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Climate Action Group

Online Event Only

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

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

Class: Living With – Not Against: Mindfulness for Persistent Conditions

Both in person and online

START DATE: Tuesday, September 1, 2026
END DATE: Wednesday, September 23, 2026
LOCATION: Seattle, WA
ORGANIZATION: Seattle Insight Meditation Society
TEACHER: Shawn Holmes

Five Forces: Practices for a Lifetime

Both in person and online

START DATE: Friday, September 4, 2026
END DATE: Monday, September 7, 2026
LOCATION: Newport, WA
ORGANIZATION: Sravasti Abbey
TEACHER: Ven. Thubten Chodron

The Buddha’s Mother: Queen Maya *Online

Online Event Only

START DATE: Sunday, September 6, 2026
END DATE: Sunday, September 6, 2026
ORGANIZATION: Chaplain Alley Smith
TEACHER: Alley Smith

North American Bokar Mahamudra Seminar 2026

Both in person and online

START DATE: Friday, September 11, 2026
END DATE: Saturday, September 19, 2026
LOCATION: Goldendale, Washington
ORGANIZATION: Kagyu Changchub Chuling
TEACHER: Lama Eric Triebelhorn, Lama Sonam Dargye & Lama Kathleen Benz

Daylong Retreat: The Seven Factors of Awakening

Both in person and online

START DATE: Saturday, September 12, 2026
END DATE: Saturday, September 12, 2026
LOCATION: Seattle, WA
ORGANIZATION: Seattle Insight Meditation Society
TEACHER: Steve Wilhelm, Lyndal Johnson, Sooz Appel, Judith Avinger

Gong Sound Bath

In Person

START DATE: Saturday, September 12, 2026
END DATE: Saturday, September 12, 2026
LOCATION: Portland, Oregon
ORGANIZATION: Portland Insight Meditation Community
TEACHER: Laura Li Fong Yee, Crown Heart Healing

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

Rigdrol Dechen Ling Vajra North

Teacher: His Eminence Chagdud Rinpoche
Location: Whitehorse, BC

Seattle Soto Zen

Teacher: Eko Jeff Kelley
Location: Seattle, WA

Ocean Light Zen Center

Teacher: Tim Lerch, JDPSN
Location: Seattle, WA

Anacortes Mindfulness Community

Teacher: Guest Teachers vary
Location: Anacortes, WA

Dharma Drum Vancouver Centre

Teacher: Ven. Chang Wu & Others
Location: Richmond, WA

Mountain Lamp Community

Teacher: Eileen Kiera, Jack Duffy
Location: Deming, WA

Nalanda Institute

Teacher: Geshe Jamyang Tsultrim
Location: Olympia, WA

Parayana Vihara

Teacher: Ayya Ānandabodhī
Location: Port Townsend, WA

People of Color and Allies Sangha

Teacher: Peer-led
Location: Seattle, WA

Island Sangha

Teacher: Thich Nhat Hanh
Location: Guemes Island, WA

Olympic Peninsula Mindfulness

Teacher: Ellen Falconer
Location: Port Townsend, WA

Shinnyo-en

Teacher: Shinjo Ito
Location: Burien, WA

Ashland Zen Center

Teacher: Etsudo Patty Krahl and Jintei Harold Little
Location: Ashland, OR

Dharma Buddies

Teacher: Peer Led
Location: Seattle, WA

Tergar Meditation Community of Oregon

Teacher: Mingyur Rinpoche
Location: Portland, OR

Puget Sound Zen Center

Teacher: Koshin Christopher Cain
Location: Vashon, WA

Ellensburg Zen Group (Rai Un Zan Ji)

Teacher: Genjo Marinello Osho
Location: Ellensburg, WA

Mindfulness Community of Puget Sound

Teacher: Thich Nhat Hanh
Location: Seattle, WA