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Good Karma – Memorial Day Weekend Retreat
May 26 @ 3:00 pm - May 29 @ 2:00 pm PDT

Memorial Day 3-day Retreat
Good Karma
with Ven. Thubten Chodron
May 26 to May 29th
In person & online

Why do things happen the way they do?
How do we create the causes for a happy life?
Venerable Thubten Chodron continues a series of teachings over Memorial Day weekend based on her book, Good Karma: How to Create the Causes of Happiness and Avoid the Causes of Suffering, a commentary on “The Wheel of Sharp Weapons” by Indian sage Dharmarakshita.
With practical advice and plenty of humor, Venerable Chodron brings this 9th century mind-training text to life. It teaches how to eliminate the causes of anxiety, fear, and depression, and to create the causes of joyful liberation for ourselves and others. Watch previous teachings on this text here.
Registration information
You must register to visit.
Now that Covid cases are down, we’ve changed our policy:
- If you have respiratory symptoms, please postpone your visit. Symptoms are listed here.
- If you’ve been exposed to someone who has Covid, please postpone your visit.
- If you start having respiratory systems while you’re here we’ll do a rapid test to make sure you don’t have Covid.
Schedule
Friday, May 26 | |
3:30 – 5 pm | Guest Orientation (in person) |
5 – 5:45 pm | Medicine Meal and clean up |
6 – 8 pm | Teachings with Ven. Thubten Chodron |
Saturday and Sunday, May 27 – 28 | |
5:30 – 7 am | Morning Meditation |
9 – 10:30 am | Teaching with Ven. Chodron |
11 – 11:50 am | Guided Meditation |
12 – 2 pm | Lunch and Clean Up |
2 – 2:30 pm | Q&A session (in person) |
2:30 – 4 pm | Discussion Groups (in person and online) |
4:30 – 6 pm | Teaching with Ven. Chodron |
6 – 7 pm | Medicine Meal and clean up |
7 – 8:15 pm | Evening Meditation (in person) |
Monday, May 29 | |
5:30 – 7 am | Morning Meditation |
9 – 10:30 am | Teaching with Ven. Chodron |
11 – 11:50 am | Guided Meditation |
12 – 2 pm | Lunch and clean up |
More about the teacher
She has published many books on Buddhist philosophy and meditation, including seven volumes (so far) in The Library of Wisdom and Compassion, co-authored with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, with whom she has studied for nearly forty years.
Venerable Chodron teaches worldwide and is known for her warm, practical, and humorous explanations of how to apply Buddhist teachings in daily life. She is also involved in prison outreach and interfaith dialogue. Learn more about her. Find a media library of her teachings and info on her books on her personal website, ThubtenChodron.org.