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Climate Action Group

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START DATE: Tuesday, June 9, 2026
END DATE: Thursday, December 31, 2026
ORGANIZATION: Seattle Insight Meditation Society
TEACHER: Iris Antman

Re-Generation Youth Program: Where Spirituality, Ecology and Community Meet

In Person

START DATE: Monday, June 29, 2026
END DATE: Saturday, August 29, 2026
LOCATION: Fort Steele, BC
ORGANIZATION: Clear Sky Meditation Center
TEACHER: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei

Exploring the Path of Joy and Wellbeing: A Daylong Retreat with Alexa Redner

Both in person and online

START DATE: Saturday, August 15, 2026
END DATE: Saturday, August 15, 2026
LOCATION: Portland, OR
ORGANIZATION: Portland Insight Meditation Community
TEACHER: Alexa Redner

Dharma Talk: Finding Home — Between Heaven and Earth

In Person

START DATE: Saturday, August 15, 2026
END DATE: Saturday, August 15, 2026
LOCATION: Issaquah, WA
ORGANIZATION: Dharma Drum Mountain Seattle Center
TEACHER: Venerable Guo Guang

Day of Mindfulness: Impermanence and the Five Remembrances

Both in person and online

START DATE: Saturday, August 15, 2026
END DATE: Saturday, August 15, 2026
LOCATION: Seattle, WA
ORGANIZATION: Mindfulness Community of Puget Sound

Drupon Khenpo: Two-Weekend Series on Buddha Nature and Mind Training

Both in person and online

START DATE: Friday, August 21, 2026
END DATE: Sunday, August 30, 2026
LOCATION: Portland, Oregon
ORGANIZATION: Kagyu Changchub Chuling
TEACHER: Drupon Khenpo Lodrö Namgyal

Embodied Presence

In Person

START DATE: Thursday, August 27, 2026
END DATE: Monday, August 31, 2026
LOCATION: Hot Springs, MT
ORGANIZATION: Namchak Community
TEACHER: Justin Kirkwood and Eliza Bishop

A Bedtime Practice: Connecting Deeply with the Buddha *Online

Online Event Only

START DATE: Saturday, August 29, 2026
END DATE: Saturday, August 29, 2026
ORGANIZATION: Chaplain Alley Smith
TEACHER: Chaplain Alley Smith

We are a unique regional association of more than 150 Buddhist groups and 4,000 individual supporters in Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Idaho, and Montana. 

The mission of the Northwest Dharma Association is to support Buddhist teachings, practice, and community in the Pacific Northwest.

We foster a network of friendship and support among Buddhist groups and individual Buddhists from all traditions. We promote communication among Buddhists and with the larger community. We sponsor activities of interest and benefit to Northwest Buddhists.

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NW Dharma News

Summer 2026, Volume 39, #2

NW Dharma News

Compassionate Action

Dharma Education

Dharma Healing, Arts

Dharma in Canada

Sangha News

Celebrating 50 Years of KCC!

2025 Financial Statement

Regional Teachers and Leaders Gatherings

Campaign to Recognize the Vesak Holiday in Washington State

Group Membership in the Northwest Dharma Association

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NW Buddhist Groups

Great Vow Zen Monastery

Teacher: Chozen and Hogen Bays
Location: Clatskanie, OR

Oregon Ariyamagga Okasati Refuge (OAOR)

Teacher: Phra Ajahn Vuttichai Chookaew (Phrawoody)
Location: Sandy, OR

Eastside Insight Meditation

Teacher: Steve Wilhelm
Location: Kirkland, WA

The Compassion Network (TCN Buddhist Center)

Teacher: Guo Cheen
Location: Seattle, WA

Seven Thunders

Teacher: Leonard Marcel Roshi
Location: Portland, OR

Sorig Institute

Teacher: Dr. Nida Chenagtsang
Location: Seattle, WA

Nritya Mandala Mahavihara

Teacher: Prajwal Ratna Vajracharya
Location: Portland, OR

Whidbey Island Insight Meditation Group

Teacher: Kate Davies
Location: Langley, WA

Empty Field – Zen West

Teacher: Debra Seido Martin
Location: Eugene, OR

Gendun Drubpa Buddhist Centre

Teacher: We are affiliated with FPMT.inc and all the teachers within our parent organization.
Location: Williams Lake, BC

Blue Heron Zen Community

Teacher: Zen Master Jeong Bong (Eric Nord)
Location: Seattle, WA

Recovery Dharma Lynnwood Sangha

Teacher: Peer-led
Location: Lynnwood, WA

Heruka Institute

Teacher: Tulku Yeshi Rinpoche
Location: Mountlake Terrace, WA

Parayana Vihara

Teacher: Ayya Ānandabodhī
Location: Port Townsend, WA

Beginners Mind Zen Meditation

Teacher: Victoria Austin
Location: Salem, OR

Cloud Mountain Retreat Center

Teacher: .
Location: Castle Rock, WA

Snow Buddha Meditation

Teacher: Stefan Zijlstra
Location: Anchorage, AK

Dzogchen Community Seattle

Teacher: Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche
Location: Kirkland, WA