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Spokane: Beginning Buddhism

March 19 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

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Beginning Buddhism

In person with Abbey monastics

Wednesdays, 6 – 7:30 pm

at Spokane Buddhist Temple, Lower Level—new location!

927 S. Perry St. Spokane, WA 99202

Sravasti Abbey is pleased to return to Spokane for weekly teachings. A rotating pair of Abbey monastics will teach from Ven. Thubten Chodron’s Open Heart, Clear Mind, giving a solid foundation in understanding the Buddhist world view.

Venerables Thubten Jigme and Thubten Dekyi begin the spring session on March 19, beginning with a focus on working effectively with emotions. Classes will include time for discussion and Q&A, along with guided meditations from time to time. No prior experience or registration is required; just bring your open and curious mind!

No registration necessary.

The class is in the lower level at the Spokane Buddhist Temple at 927 S Perry St. Enter through the basement door on Perry Street, north of the main Temple stairs.

All Abbey programs are offered freely, and your offerings are welcomed. Make an offering here.

The bookBook cover

Open Heart, Clear Mind: An Introduction to Buddha’s Teaching by Abbey founder Venerable Thubten Chodron is a practical introduction to the application of Buddhist psychology to modern life in order to better understand ourselves and improve the quality of our lives.

The teachers

Venerable Thubten Jigme met Venerable Chodron in 1998 at Cloud Mountain Retreat Center. She took refuge in 1999 and attended Dharma Friendship Foundation in Seattle, where Ven. Chodron was the resident teacher. She moved to the Abbey in 2008 and took shramanerika and shiksamana vows with Venerable Chodron as her preceptor in March 2009. In 2011, along with Ven. Chonyi, she received bhikshuni ordination at Fo Guang Shan in Taiwan. Before moving to Sravasti Abbey, Venerable Jigme worked as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in private practice in Seattle. In her career as a nurse, she worked in hospitals, clinics and educational settings.

Venerable Thubten Dekyi was interested in Buddhism since she was 16 but never had a teacher or Dharma center until 2006. While living in Sandpoint, ID, she saw a flier that a Buddhist nun, Venerable Thubten Chodron, was teaching nearby in Newport, WA. Being greatly inspired by Venerable Chodron and the residents at Sravasti Abbey, the future Ven. Dekyi attended retreats and offered service while continuing to live less than an hour away in Sandpoint. After joining in a one-month Vajrasattva retreat at the Abbey in 2019, she decided to take the leap and move to the Abbey, which she did in October 2019. She trained as an anagarika for 11 months, and then received novice ordination on October 7, 2020. She received bhikshini ordination at Fo En Si Temple in Taiwan in March 2024.

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Date:
March 19
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6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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Organizer

Sravasti Abbey Event Organizer
Phone
(509) 447 5549
Email
office.sravasti@gmail.com
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Venue

Spokane Buddhist Temple
927 S. Perry St.
Spokane, 99202 United States
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Phone
(509) 534-7954
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