Name: Pause for Peace: Tools for Building Calm, Contentment, and Community
Start: 2025-06-13T19:00:00.000Z
Location: Nalanda West

Nalandabodhi Seattle is pleased to announce another a short series of teachings on Bodhicitta with special guest teacher Lama Karma Chötso.

**Sundays, June, 8, 15 and 22, 2025**

In these teachings, students will explore what prevents compassion from arising and what enhances it once we have an experience of compassion. Students will practice giving and taking (*Tib. tong len*). Questions are encouraged!

### **Registration**

[https://seattle.nalandabodhi.org/events/sunday-open-meditation-exploring-bodhichitta-with-lama-chotso](https://seattle.nalandabodhi.org/events/sunday-open-meditation-exploring-bodhichitta-with-lama-chotso)

Please register on this page if you would like to attend online. For onsite participation, registration isn't necessary, but if you would like to join us for lunch, please register and let us know what kind of dish you can bring to the potluck!

### **Schedule**

10:00–11:00a Open Meditation (sitting & walking)
11:00a–12:00p Dharma Talk by Lama Chötso
12:00–1:00p Community Lunch

### **Format**

These teachings will be held in person at Nalanda West and shared online via zoom. Recordings will be posted for listening and review within \~24h of each class and available until 24 August 2025 (2 months after the conclusion of the series).

### **Registration**

Nalandabodhi Seattle offers dharma teachings at no cost, but please consider making a donation if you are able. After registering, you should receive an email [subject: Registration Confirmation: Sundays with Lama Karma Chötso (June 2025)] containing zoom, resource page, and dana links.

### **Questions?**

Please contact [seattle@nalandabodhi.org](mailto:seattle@nalandabodhi.org) if you would like to volunteer to support this event or have any questions.

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Sunday Open Meditation

Nalanda West

Nalandabodhi Seattle invites you to join us on Tuesday and Thursday mornings to ease into the practice of sitting meditation by gently waking the body and warming up the muscles. Through mindful movement and basic yoga, we will train in the suppleness required to sit comfortably so that our meditation can accomplish the goal of completely taming our minds.

Sit & Stretch is offered at no cost to Nalandabodhi Seattle members with a suggested contribution of $10 for community drop-ins.

Beginning meditators are welcome to join as we explore ways to sit comfortably. Meditation posture and the basics of shamatha (calm abiding meditation) are the focus of these ongoing classes. Participants are welcome to stay for Open Morning Meditation from 8:00–9:30a on Tuesdays and Thursdays after the conclusion of Sit & Stretch.

Led by Karunika Karen de Luna, all those who are interested in training their bodies and taming their minds are welcome to join.

## **Registration**

Please check the Nalandabodhi Seattle website to register for Sit & Stretch.

[https://seattle.nalandabodhi.org/events/?em_search=Sit%20and%20Stretch](https://seattle.nalandabodhi.org/events/?em_search=Sit%20and%20Stretch)

## **Schedule**

Tuesdays and Thursdays
onsite at Nalanda West only
7:00–8:00a

Sit and Stretch: Meditation and Movement — Training the Body, Taming the Mind

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](https://www.lionsroar.com/how-to-practice-tonglen-meditation/) 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.

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