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Zoom: Working with Our Emotions with Ven. Thubten Semkye

September 6, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

Nun leads discussion.

Working With Our Emotions: The Mind Is The Source Of Our Happiness As Well As Our Pain
with Ven. Thubten Semkye

Tuesday, September 6

5:30-6:30 pm Pacific Time
7:30-8:30 pm Central Time

on Zoom

Nun on computer.

Everyone, without exception, wants to be happy and not suffer no matter who they are. Sadly more often than not, we believe the external world is responsible for that happiness or suffering. And as a result, our emotions can seem like being on a roller coaster because the world continually disappoints us in this role we have assigned it. Ven. Thubten Semkye will share some of her understanding of the Buddha’s teachings that clear this confusion – that our own mind and how we interpret our lived experience in this external world is what determines our happiness or pain. By taking ownership of our experience and the emotions that come, we can open to the many opportunities the Dharma offers to soothe and balance our emotions and grow our wisdom and compassion as we do.

More about the teacher

Ven. Thubten Semkye was the Abbey’s first lay resident. She met Venerable Chodron at the Dharma Friendship Foundation in Seattle in 1996 and took refuge with her in 1999. When the land was acquired for the Abbey in 2003, Ven. Semkye coordinated volunteers for the initial move-in and early remodeling.

A founder of Friends of Sravasti Abbey, she accepted the position of chairperson to provide the four requisites for the monastic community. Realizing that was a difficult task to do from 350 miles away, she moved to the Abbey in spring 2004.

Although she didn’t originally see ordination in her future, after the 2006 Chenrezig retreat when she spent half of her meditation time reflecting on death and impermanence, Ven. Semkye realized that ordaining would be the wisest, most compassionate use of her life. She became the Abbey’s third nun in 2007. See her ordination photos. In 2010 she received bhikshuni ordination at Miao Fa Chan Temple in Taiwan. See photos.

Ven. Semkye draws on her extensive experience in landscaping and horticulture to manage the Abbey’s forests and gardens. She is an offering service coordinator and helps to oversees Offering Service Saturdays during which volunteers help with construction, gardening, and forest stewardship.

Organizer

Tara Buddhist Center
Phone
(615) 750-2539
Email
tarabuddhistcenter@gmail.com
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Venue

Sravasti Abbey
692 Country Lane
Newport, WA 99156 United States
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Phone
509-447-5549
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