Calendar of Events & Classes

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Portland | How to train in Happiness
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
How to train in Happiness If there was ever a good time to recognize that in order to be happy we need to actively train in happiness, that time is now! Happiness is a state of mind, and like any state of mind it can be strengthened through training. But to do so we need to know what are the actual causes of happines , ...
Portland | Melodious Drum
4:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Extensive Prayers to Dorje Shugden This monthly practice takes place on or close to the 29th of each month, so-called Protector Day, and consists principally of prayers to our Dharma Protector, the Wisdom Buddha Dorje Shugden. A Dharma Protector is an emanation of a Buddha or Bodhisattva whose main functions are to ave , ...
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Portland | Fundamentals of Meditation
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
FUNDAMENTALS OF MEDITATION The hows and whys behind building a deep and lasting meditation practice. Meditation is for everyone and anyone can do it right here, right now. But enjoying a five-minute meditation every now and then and developing a sustained practice are two very different things. The latter requ , ...
SE Portland | How Karma Shapes our Lives
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
How Karma Shapes our Lives Buddha’s teachings on the law of karma gives us a clear and practical explanation on why things happen the way they do, and how we can begin to change our experiences from not so great to fantastic. Rather than simply seeking happiness, we learn to create it. Rather than running from unhappin , ...
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Portland | Wishfulfilling Jewel with Tsog Offering
5:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Please join us for prayers and requests to the wisdom Buddha Je Tsongkhapa combined with offerings to the protector Buddha Dorje Shugden. If you would like to add someone to our prayer list for someone experiencing illness or who recently died, please contact us. , ...
Beaverton | Like a Diamond
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Like a Diamond If you cut a diamond into small pieces, each piece is valuable. Buddha’s teachings are like that. Practicing all of them together, the whole diamond, is great but can seem like a lot. Practicing just some of the teachings, smaller pieces of the gem, is also very worthwhile! In this course, we’ll e , ...
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Portland | Habits of Happy People
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Habits of Happy People We tend to make achieving happiness more complicated than it actually is. The reality is it’s much simpler than we think. In this course you will discover simple meditation methods that will make you really happy. You will understand through teachings and guided meditations how to cultivate the p , ...
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Portland | Foundation Program (Thursdays)
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Thursday Foundation Program with Susan de la Vergne Book: Meaningful to Behold Thursdays | 9:30am-11:30am If you are interested in this class, please email [email protected] to learn how to become a Foundation Program member. Meaningful to Behold by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Many people have the compassionate wis , ...
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Salem | Letting Go of the Inner Critic
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Letting Go of the Inner Critic: How to Cultivate Positive Narratives We all have an inner critic that undermines ourself and others. However, this critic has no power once it’s been correctly identified and re-focused using simple, yet effective meditation techniques. During this series we will explore recognizing ou , ...
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Portland | Foundation Program (Saturdays)
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Saturday Foundation Program With Kadam Heather Book: Universal Compassion Saturdays | 9:00am—11:00am If you are interested in this class, please email [email protected] to learn how to become a Foundation Program member. Universal Compassion is a commentary to a twelfth-century text on training the mind, enti , ...
Salem | Foundation Program
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Salem Saturday Foundation Program With Kadam Heather Book: MEANINGFUL TO BEHOLD Saturdays | 4:00pm—6:00pm If you are interested in this class, please email [email protected] to learn how to become a Foundation Program member. Meaningful to Behold by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Many people have the compassionate , ...
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Portland | Letting Go of the Inner Critic
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Letting Go of the Inner Critic: How to Cultivate Positive Narratives We all have an inner critic that undermines ourself and others. However, this critic has no power once it’s been correctly identified and re-focused using simple, yet effective meditation techniques. During this series we will explore recognizing ou , ...
Portland | Guru Yoga Mandala Retreat
4:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Guru yoga is an especially powerful method for receiving the blessings of the Buddhas and increasing our merit. By following the Sutra path alone it would take a thousand aeons to accumulate the vast amount of merit needed to attain Buddhahood, but, as Sakya Pandita observed, by wholeheartedly practicing Guru yoga we c , ...
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Portland | The Happiness Tool Kit
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
The Happiness Tool Kit Meditating on Lamrim Lamrim means ‘stages of the path to enlightenment’. It is a series of clear, step-by-step meditations that show us how to progress on the spiritual path to enlightenment in a way that is perfectly suited to our busy modern lives. Lamrim is the condensation of all Bud , ...
SE Portland | Understanding Karma
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Understanding Karma Buddha’s teachings on the law of karma gives us a clear and practical explanation on why things happen the way they do, and how we can begin to change our experiences from not so great to fantastic. Rather than simply seeking happiness, we learn to create it. Rather than running from unhappiness, we , ...
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Portland | Wishfulfilling Jewel with Tsog Offering
5:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Please join us for prayers and requests to the wisdom Buddha Je Tsongkhapa combined with offerings to the protector Buddha Dorje Shugden. If you would like to add someone to our prayer list for someone experiencing illness or who recently died, please contact us. , ...
Beaverton | Like a Diamond
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Like a Diamond If you cut a diamond into small pieces, each piece is valuable. Buddha’s teachings are like that. Practicing all of them together, the whole diamond, is great but can seem like a lot. Practicing just some of the teachings, smaller pieces of the gem, is also very worthwhile! In this course, we’ll e , ...
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Portland | Letting go of Unhelpful Tendencies
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Letting Go of Unhelpful Tendencies Do you find yourself thinking, saying or doing things you wish you didn’t? Do your bad habits make you unhappy, unhealthy, destroy your sense of self-worth or your relationships? You’re not alone. Most of us have some habits we’d like to break, but sometimes we just don’t know how or , ...
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Portland | Foundation Program (Thursdays)
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Thursday Foundation Program with Susan de la Vergne Book: Meaningful to Behold Thursdays | 9:30am-11:30am If you are interested in this class, please email [email protected] to learn how to become a Foundation Program member. Meaningful to Behold by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Many people have the compassionate wis , ...
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Salem | Letting Go of the Inner Critic
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Letting Go of the Inner Critic: How to Cultivate Positive Narratives We all have an inner critic that undermines ourself and others. However, this critic has no power once it’s been correctly identified and re-focused using simple, yet effective meditation techniques. During this series we will explore recognizing ou , ...
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Portland | Offering to the Spiritual Guide
9:00 am - 11:00 am
This is a special practice of relying upon our Spiritual Guide as a Buddha and making praises and requests, but it also contains beautiful essential instructions on all the stages of the path to enlightenment and training the mind, as well as both the generation stage and completion stage of Highest Yoga Tantra. , ...
Salem | Foundation Program
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Salem Saturday Foundation Program With Kadam Heather Book: MEANINGFUL TO BEHOLD Saturdays | 4:00pm—6:00pm If you are interested in this class, please email [email protected] to learn how to become a Foundation Program member. Meaningful to Behold by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Many people have the compassionate , ...
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Portland | Letting Go of the Inner Critic
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Letting Go of the Inner Critic: How to Cultivate Positive Narratives We all have an inner critic that undermines ourself and others. However, this critic has no power once it’s been correctly identified and re-focused using simple, yet effective meditation techniques. During this series we will explore recognizing ou , ...
Portland | Teacher Training Program
4:30 pm - 8:00 pm
About the Teacher Training Program The Teacher Training Program (TTP) is designed for people who wish to train as authentic Dharma Teachers or simply engage with Buddha’s teachings in the deepest possible manner. In addition to completing the study of fourteen texts of Sutra and Tantra, the student is required to obser , ...
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Portland | The Happiness Tool Kit
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
The Happiness Tool Kit Meditating on Lamrim Lamrim means ‘stages of the path to enlightenment’. It is a series of clear, step-by-step meditations that show us how to progress on the spiritual path to enlightenment in a way that is perfectly suited to our busy modern lives. Lamrim is the condensation of all Bud , ...
SE Portland | Understanding Karma
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Understanding Karma Buddha’s teachings on the law of karma gives us a clear and practical explanation on why things happen the way they do, and how we can begin to change our experiences from not so great to fantastic. Rather than simply seeking happiness, we learn to create it. Rather than running from unhappiness, we , ...
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Portland | Wishfulfilling Jewel with Tsog Offering
5:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Please join us for prayers and requests to the wisdom Buddha Je Tsongkhapa combined with offerings to the protector Buddha Dorje Shugden. If you would like to add someone to our prayer list for someone experiencing illness or who recently died, please contact us. , ...
Beaverton | Like a Diamond
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Like a Diamond If you cut a diamond into small pieces, each piece is valuable. Buddha’s teachings are like that. Practicing all of them together, the whole diamond, is great but can seem like a lot. Practicing just some of the teachings, smaller pieces of the gem, is also very worthwhile! In this course, we’ll e , ...
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Portland | Letting go of Unhelpful Tendencies
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Letting Go of Unhelpful Tendencies Do you find yourself thinking, saying or doing things you wish you didn’t? Do your bad habits make you unhappy, unhealthy, destroy your sense of self-worth or your relationships? You’re not alone. Most of us have some habits we’d like to break, but sometimes we just don’t know how or , ...
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Portland | Foundation Program (Thursdays)
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Thursday Foundation Program with Susan de la Vergne Book: Meaningful to Behold Thursdays | 9:30am-11:30am If you are interested in this class, please email [email protected] to learn how to become a Foundation Program member. Meaningful to Behold by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Many people have the compassionate wis , ...
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Ocean Meditation Retreat 2025
All Day
Our Precious Human Life Every moment of our human life is precious, rare, and immensely meaningful. **Registration Closes May 12th** Yet, with the stress of daily life and chaos in the world, sometimes it can be hard to feel this way. The meditation on our precious human life has the power to uplift the mind, giving yo , ...
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Ocean Meditation Retreat 2025
All Day
Our Precious Human Life Every moment of our human life is precious, rare, and immensely meaningful. **Registration Closes May 12th** Yet, with the stress of daily life and chaos in the world, sometimes it can be hard to feel this way. The meditation on our precious human life has the power to uplift the mind, giving yo , ...
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Ocean Meditation Retreat 2025
All Day
Our Precious Human Life Every moment of our human life is precious, rare, and immensely meaningful. **Registration Closes May 12th** Yet, with the stress of daily life and chaos in the world, sometimes it can be hard to feel this way. The meditation on our precious human life has the power to uplift the mind, giving yo , ...
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Portland | The Happiness Tool Kit
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
The Happiness Tool Kit Meditating on Lamrim Lamrim means ‘stages of the path to enlightenment’. It is a series of clear, step-by-step meditations that show us how to progress on the spiritual path to enlightenment in a way that is perfectly suited to our busy modern lives. Lamrim is the condensation of all Bud , ...
SE Portland | Understanding Karma
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Understanding Karma Buddha’s teachings on the law of karma gives us a clear and practical explanation on why things happen the way they do, and how we can begin to change our experiences from not so great to fantastic. Rather than simply seeking happiness, we learn to create it. Rather than running from unhappiness, we , ...
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Portland | Wishfulfilling Jewel with Tsog Offering
5:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Please join us for prayers and requests to the wisdom Buddha Je Tsongkhapa combined with offerings to the protector Buddha Dorje Shugden. If you would like to add someone to our prayer list for someone experiencing illness or who recently died, please contact us. , ...
Beaverton | Like a Diamond
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Like a Diamond If you cut a diamond into small pieces, each piece is valuable. Buddha’s teachings are like that. Practicing all of them together, the whole diamond, is great but can seem like a lot. Practicing just some of the teachings, smaller pieces of the gem, is also very worthwhile! In this course, we’ll e , ...
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Portland | Letting go of Unhelpful Tendencies
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Letting Go of Unhelpful Tendencies Do you find yourself thinking, saying or doing things you wish you didn’t? Do your bad habits make you unhappy, unhealthy, destroy your sense of self-worth or your relationships? You’re not alone. Most of us have some habits we’d like to break, but sometimes we just don’t know how or , ...
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Portland | Foundation Program (Thursdays)
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Thursday Foundation Program with Susan de la Vergne Book: Meaningful to Behold Thursdays | 9:30am-11:30am If you are interested in this class, please email [email protected] to learn how to become a Foundation Program member. Meaningful to Behold by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Many people have the compassionate wis , ...
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International Spring Festival 2025
All Day
Solving our Daily Problems with Loving Kindness Buddha Maitreya is the manifestation of all the Buddhas’ realisation of loving kindness. This festival is a unique opportunity to concentrate on understanding and practising the precious instructions given by Venerable Geshe-la on how to dev , ...
Salem | Letting Go of the Inner Critic
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Letting Go of the Inner Critic: How to Cultivate Positive Narratives We all have an inner critic that undermines ourself and others. However, this critic has no power once it’s been correctly identified and re-focused using simple, yet effective meditation techniques. During this series we will explore recognizing ou , ...
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International Spring Festival 2025
All Day
Solving our Daily Problems with Loving Kindness Buddha Maitreya is the manifestation of all the Buddhas’ realisation of loving kindness. This festival is a unique opportunity to concentrate on understanding and practising the precious instructions given by Venerable Geshe-la on how to dev , ...
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International Spring Festival 2025
All Day
Solving our Daily Problems with Loving Kindness Buddha Maitreya is the manifestation of all the Buddhas’ realisation of loving kindness. This festival is a unique opportunity to concentrate on understanding and practising the precious instructions given by Venerable Geshe-la on how to dev , ...
Portland | Letting Go of the Inner Critic
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Letting Go of the Inner Critic: How to Cultivate Positive Narratives We all have an inner critic that undermines ourself and others. However, this critic has no power once it’s been correctly identified and re-focused using simple, yet effective meditation techniques. During this series we will explore recognizing ou , ...
Portland | Offering to the Spiritual Guide
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
This is a special practice of relying upon our Spiritual Guide as a Buddha and making praises and requests, but it also contains beautiful essential instructions on all the stages of the path to enlightenment and training the mind, as well as both the generation stage and completion stage of Highest Yoga Tantra. , ...
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International Spring Festival 2025
All Day
Solving our Daily Problems with Loving Kindness Buddha Maitreya is the manifestation of all the Buddhas’ realisation of loving kindness. This festival is a unique opportunity to concentrate on understanding and practising the precious instructions given by Venerable Geshe-la on how to dev , ...
Portland | The Happiness Tool Kit
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
The Happiness Tool Kit Meditating on Lamrim Lamrim means ‘stages of the path to enlightenment’. It is a series of clear, step-by-step meditations that show us how to progress on the spiritual path to enlightenment in a way that is perfectly suited to our busy modern lives. Lamrim is the condensation of all Bud , ...
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International Spring Festival 2025
All Day
Solving our Daily Problems with Loving Kindness Buddha Maitreya is the manifestation of all the Buddhas’ realisation of loving kindness. This festival is a unique opportunity to concentrate on understanding and practising the precious instructions given by Venerable Geshe-la on how to dev , ...
Portland | Melodious Drum
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Extensive Prayers to Dorje Shugden This monthly practice takes place on or close to the 29th of each month, so-called Protector Day, and consists principally of prayers to our Dharma Protector, the Wisdom Buddha Dorje Shugden. A Dharma Protector is an emanation of a Buddha or Bodhisattva whose main functions are to ave , ...
Beaverton | Like a Diamond
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Like a Diamond If you cut a diamond into small pieces, each piece is valuable. Buddha’s teachings are like that. Practicing all of them together, the whole diamond, is great but can seem like a lot. Practicing just some of the teachings, smaller pieces of the gem, is also very worthwhile! In this course, we’ll e , ...
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International Spring Festival 2025
All Day
Solving our Daily Problems with Loving Kindness Buddha Maitreya is the manifestation of all the Buddhas’ realisation of loving kindness. This festival is a unique opportunity to concentrate on understanding and practising the precious instructions given by Venerable Geshe-la on how to dev , ...
Portland | Letting go of Unhelpful Tendencies
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Letting Go of Unhelpful Tendencies Do you find yourself thinking, saying or doing things you wish you didn’t? Do your bad habits make you unhappy, unhealthy, destroy your sense of self-worth or your relationships? You’re not alone. Most of us have some habits we’d like to break, but sometimes we just don’t know how or , ...
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Portland | Foundation Program (Thursdays)
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Thursday Foundation Program with Susan de la Vergne Book: Meaningful to Behold Thursdays | 9:30am-11:30am If you are interested in this class, please email [email protected] to learn how to become a Foundation Program member. Meaningful to Behold by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Many people have the compassionate wis , ...
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Portland | Foundation Program (Saturdays)
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Saturday Foundation Program With Kadam Heather Book: Universal Compassion Saturdays | 9:00am—11:00am If you are interested in this class, please email [email protected] to learn how to become a Foundation Program member. Universal Compassion is a commentary to a twelfth-century text on training the mind, enti , ...
Salem | Foundation Program
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Salem Saturday Foundation Program With Kadam Heather Book: MEANINGFUL TO BEHOLD Saturdays | 4:00pm—6:00pm If you are interested in this class, please email [email protected] to learn how to become a Foundation Program member. Meaningful to Behold by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Many people have the compassionate , ...

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May 2025
Wishfulfilling Jewel

Portland | Wishfulfilling Jewel with Tsog Offering

Please join us for prayers and requests to the wisdom Buddha Je Tsongkhapa combined with offerings to the protector Buddha Dorje Shugden. If you would like to add someone to our prayer list for someone experiencing illness or who recently died, please contact us.
Tue May 20
5:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Portland | Mahasiddha Kadampa Buddhist Center
9498 SW Barbur Blvd #101, Portland, OR 97219
like a diamond

Beaverton | Like a Diamond

Like a Diamond If you cut a diamond into small pieces, each piece is valuable. Buddha’s teachings are like that. Practicing all of them together, the whole diamond, is great but can seem like a lot. Practicing just some of the teachings, smaller pieces of the gem, is also very worthwhile! In this course, we’ll […]
Tue May 20
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Park Plaza West - Building 3
10700 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy, Building 3, Suite 555, Beaverton OR, 97005
letting go

Portland | Letting go of Unhelpful Tendencies

Letting Go of Unhelpful Tendencies Do you find yourself thinking, saying or doing things you wish you didn’t? Do your bad habits make you unhappy, unhealthy, destroy your sense of self-worth or your relationships? You’re not alone. Most of us have some habits we’d like to break, but sometimes we just don’t know how or where to start. Although bad habits may have created well-worn […]
Wed May 21
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Portland | Mahasiddha Kadampa Buddhist Center
9498 SW Barbur Blvd #101, Portland, OR 97219

Portland | Foundation Program (Thursdays)

Thursday Foundation Program with Susan de la Vergne Book: Meaningful to Behold Thursdays | 9:30am-11:30am If you are interested in this class, please email [email protected] to learn how to become a Foundation Program member. Meaningful to Behold by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Many people have the compassionate wish to benefit others, but few understand how to […]
Thu May 22
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Portland | Mahasiddha Kadampa Buddhist Center
9498 SW Barbur Blvd #101, Portland, OR 97219
Spring Festival 2025

International Spring Festival 2025

Solving our Daily Problems with Loving Kindness Buddha Maitreya is the manifestation of all the Buddhas’ realisation of loving kindness. This festival is a unique opportunity to concentrate on understanding and practising the precious instructions given by Venerable Geshe-la on how to develop the three types of love. We will also learn how we ourselves […]
Fri May 23
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England | Manjushri
Ulverston, England
letting go

Salem | Letting Go of the Inner Critic

Letting Go of the Inner Critic: How to Cultivate Positive Narratives We all have an inner critic that undermines ourself and others. However, this critic has no power once it’s been correctly identified and re-focused using simple, yet effective meditation techniques. During this series we will explore recognizing our inner critic without identifying as the […]
Fri May 23
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Woodland Chapel
582 High Street SE, Salem OR 97301
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@ Yoga Refuge

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@ Sage Center for Wholeness and Health
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like a diamond

Beaverton | Like a DiamondAll Levels

Like a Diamond If you cut a diamond into small pieces, each piece is valuable. Buddha’s teachings are like that. Practicing all of them together, the whole diamond, is great but can seem like a lot. Practicing just some of the teachings, smaller pieces of the gem, is also very worthwhile! In this course, we’ll […]
Tue May 20
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Park Plaza West - Building 3
10700 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy, Building 3, Suite 555, Beaverton OR, 97005
like a diamond

Beaverton | Like a DiamondAll Levels

Like a Diamond If you cut a diamond into small pieces, each piece is valuable. Buddha’s teachings are like that. Practicing all of them together, the whole diamond, is great but can seem like a lot. Practicing just some of the teachings, smaller pieces of the gem, is also very worthwhile! In this course, we’ll […]
Tue May 27
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Park Plaza West - Building 3
10700 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy, Building 3, Suite 555, Beaverton OR, 97005
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OUR PUBLIC TALK IS RESCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY JAN 21ST @ 10:30AM​

Due to the snow storm, all of our classes & events will be cancelled.

Please email [email protected] with any questions.