Pause for Peace: Tools for Building Calm, Contentment, and Community

In these tumultuous times, the practice of sitting meditation, can help to establish a modicum of inner peace. With our own minds stabilized, we can start to cultivate contentment and begin to work to benefit other sentient beings.

Pause for Peace is a chance to cultivate inner and outer peace. Shamatha (calm abiding) meditation and the Open Heart Circle liturgy (including tonglen practice) are components of each session. Anyone who is touched by suffering in the world is welcome. There will be an opportunity within the practice to light candles and dedicate prayers, especially for the ill and the recently deceased.

Following the practice period, community is invited to gather in the Community Room for quiet conversation, tea, and co-working.

### Registration

Please check the Nalandabodhi Seattle website for the schedule and to register for Pause for Peace & Community Co-Working.

### Schedule

12:00–1:00p Pause for Peace in the Mahabodhi Shrine Room (upstairs)
1:00–3:00p Co-Working in the Community Room (downstairs)

### Questions?

Please contact [seattle@nalandabodhi.org](mailto:seattle@nalandabodhi.org) if you have questions about this practice.