Meditation & Teaching Gathering

Saturday, October 18th

Schedule

• 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM: Meditation and Teaching Session

• 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Community Lunch (optional)

Location

Corbett, Oregon
Private center - please register to receive the address

This gathering offers a beautiful opportunity to come together in practice, nourishment, and community. We look forward to sharing this time with you.

Unhook from routine activities and devote a day to wholeheartedly cultivating calm abiding, clear seeing, and sympathetic joy.

Pith instructions will be offered by George Draffan and there will be time for Q&A and discussion, but the day will emphasize silent group practice.

We'll intersperse sitting meditation with mindful movement that supports health, balanced energy, and flexibility.

Bring a bag lunch. The vicarage is well supplied with meditation cushions and stools.

Gratitude Potluck

Come join us for a community meal and dharma fellowship. This quarter’s theme is gratitude. Feel free to bring friends and family. Potlucks are free events held at our dharma house, the Vicarage. All are welcome.

The Shangpa practice lineage of Tibetan Buddhism was founded by the 11th century yogi Khyungpo Naljor, and based primarily upon the teachings of the wisdom dakini Niguma. Khyungpo Naljor travelled to India seven times receiving teachings and empowerments from more than 150 accomplished Indian gurus.  

Niguma instructed Khyngpo Naljor to keep the teachings restricted to transmission from one teacher to one student for seven generations. In the 19th century, Jamgon Kongtrol collected and preserved many of the tradition’s practices and in the 20th century, the first Kalu Rinpoche spread them worldwide. Today at Dekeling, our community culture and practice is deeply shaped by these spiritual roots. 

Everyone is welcome to explore with us as we study and celebrate this beautiful path. Later in the year, there will be an opportunity to learn and participate in a Shangpa practice at Dekeling. 

The Shangpa practice lineage of Tibetan Buddhism was founded by the 11th century yogi Khyungpo Naljor, and based primarily upon the teachings of the wisdom dakini Niguma. Khyungpo Naljor travelled to India seven times receiving teachings and empowerments from more than 150 accomplished Indian gurus.  

Niguma instructed Khyngpo Naljor to keep the teachings restricted to transmission from one teacher to one student for seven generations. In the 19th century, Jamgon Kongtrol collected and preserved many of the tradition’s practices and in the 20th century, the first Kalu Rinpoche spread them worldwide. Today at Dekeling, our community culture and practice is deeply shaped by these spiritual roots. 

Everyone is welcome to explore with us as we study and celebrate this beautiful path. Later in the year, there will be an opportunity to learn and participate in a Shangpa practice at Dekeling. 

Meditation & Teaching Gathering

Saturday, October 18th

Schedule

• 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM: Meditation and Teaching Session

• 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Community Lunch (optional)

Location

Corbett, Oregon
Private center - please register to receive the address

This gathering offers a beautiful opportunity to come together in practice, nourishment, and community. We look forward to sharing this time with you.

Dec. 27th, 2025 (changing to 3rd Saturdays in 2026)
10-11:00 AM (Pacific time)
This practice session takes place in this Zoom room.

Tonglen (Taking and Sending) is a meditation practice that uses altruistic intention and visualization to counter some of the greatest obstacles to awakening. Taking and Sending is a subset of Tibetan Mind Training (Lojong) practice.

All students are welcome. Come any time between 10 and 11AM and stay as long as you like. Meditations are guided by a teacher. Beginners are welcome.

Chenrezig is the embodiment of compassionate mind. Join us at the Vicarage for a 3-hour teaching and practice session of Chenrezig, in the abbreviated form. No experience is necessary, we’ll practice with very brief instruction woven in as we go.  

Chenrezig practice helps one cultivate compassion, bodhicitta, and wisdom. Benefits include purifying negative karma and obscurations, increasing positive qualities, attracting blessings, receiving protection. There are many Chenrezig practices. This one was offered to us by Khenchen Rinpoche. 

This practice includes chanting, visualization and mantra. No empowerment is needed. All are welcome. No experience is necessary.

Each person will receive a new text. Bring paper for taking notes. If you’d like to stay for lunch afterwards, bring it with you. We’ll take a brief tea break mid-way, complements of the Green Tara practice group.  

Third Saturday Tonglen

Online Only.

3rd Saturdays in 2026
10-11:00 AM (Pacific time)
This practice session takes place in this Zoom room.

Tonglen (Taking and Sending) is a meditation practice that uses altruistic intention and visualization to counter some of the greatest obstacles to awakening. Taking and Sending is a subset of Tibetan Mind Training (Lojong) practice.

All students are welcome. Come any time between 10 and 11AM and stay as long as you like. Meditations are guided by a teacher. Beginners are welcome.

Four Immeasurables Daylong at the Vicarage 

Saturday January 24

9:00am to 3:00pm

Led by George Draffan

Join us for a day of cultivating the four immeasurables of lovingkindness, compassion, appreciative joy, and equanimity. We’ll alternate silent meditation and contemplation with gentle qigong. 

Bring a bag lunch. The vicarage is well supplied with meditation cushions and stools. 

Cost: 40 / 75 / 100

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Event details will be posted in 2026.

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Come join us for a potluck at the Vicarage. We’ll celebrate the New Year and our practice together as friends and community. Feel free to bring friends and family. Kids welcome. This is a good event for non-Buddhist friends. Food and fun, no meditation. Bring a container and consider taking home some leftovers. Registration helps us make sure we have enough dishes and seats.

Third Saturday Tonglen

Online Only.

3rd Saturdays in 2026
10-11:00 AM (Pacific time)
This practice session takes place in this Zoom room.

Tonglen (Taking and Sending) is a meditation practice that uses altruistic intention and visualization to counter some of the greatest obstacles to awakening. Taking and Sending is a subset of Tibetan Mind Training (Lojong) practice.

All students are welcome. Come any time between 10 and 11AM and stay as long as you like. Meditations are guided by a teacher. Beginners are welcome.

Format.

Short Description.

Event details will be posted in 2026.

 In modern usage, the Sanskrit word dana has come to mean a donation of money, usually offered as a sort of entrance fee to a teaching or event. But dana means generosity, in all its forms. Not clinging to resources, wealth, and pride are generosity. Not harboring anger is generous. Rejoicing in another's happiness is generous. Giving time and attention is generous. Mentoring and supporting are generous.

     Generosity is a practice and quality cultivated in the Dharma from day one up to the highest levels because it cuts the craving and delusion that lead to suffering. Generosity is the antidote for self-centeredness. Generosity supports every worthwhile project. Generosity overcomes poverty and need. Generosity sustains life itself.

     Join us on March 5 and March 19 to explore and reflect on the practice of generosity.

 In modern usage, the Sanskrit word dana has come to mean a donation of money, usually offered as a sort of entrance fee to a teaching or event. But dana means generosity, in all its forms. Not clinging to resources, wealth, and pride are generosity. Not harboring anger is generous. Rejoicing in another's happiness is generous. Giving time and attention is generous. Mentoring and supporting are generous.

     Generosity is a practice and quality cultivated in the Dharma from day one up to the highest levels because it cuts the craving and delusion that lead to suffering. Generosity is the antidote for self-centeredness. Generosity supports every worthwhile project. Generosity overcomes poverty and need. Generosity sustains life itself.

     Join us on March 5 and March 19 to explore and reflect on the practice of generosity.

Third Saturday Tonglen

Online Only.

3rd Saturdays in 2026
10-11:00 AM (Pacific time)
This practice session takes place in this Zoom room.

Tonglen (Taking and Sending) is a meditation practice that uses altruistic intention and visualization to counter some of the greatest obstacles to awakening. Taking and Sending is a subset of Tibetan Mind Training (Lojong) practice.

All students are welcome. Come any time between 10 and 11AM and stay as long as you like. Meditations are guided by a teacher. Beginners are welcome.

Turning the Mind to the Dharma is a four-part contemplation that is often considered just a preliminary, but it turns out to be the foundation of fruitful meditation practice. When we contemplate precious human life, the truth of impermanence, the inevitability of karma, and the faults of samsara, we see more deeply the nature of our life, aspire to make our life meaningful, and turn the mind toward the genuine refuge of the Three Jewels. This four evening series will explore traditional contemplations and explore ways we can adapt them to their own lives. This series is suitable for all levels of poractitioners, from total beginners to lifelong meditators. The Four Thoughts always inspire motivation and insight. 

Third Saturday Tonglen

Online Only.

3rd Saturdays in 2026
10-11:00 AM (Pacific time)
This practice session takes place in this Zoom room.

Tonglen (Taking and Sending) is a meditation practice that uses altruistic intention and visualization to counter some of the greatest obstacles to awakening. Taking and Sending is a subset of Tibetan Mind Training (Lojong) practice.

All students are welcome. Come any time between 10 and 11AM and stay as long as you like. Meditations are guided by a teacher. Beginners are welcome.

Turning the Mind to the Dharma is a four-part contemplation that is often considered just a preliminary, but it turns out to be the foundation of fruitful meditation practice. When we contemplate precious human life, the truth of impermanence, the inevitability of karma, and the faults of samsara, we see more deeply the nature of our life, aspire to make our life meaningful, and turn the mind toward the genuine refuge of the Three Jewels. This four evening series will explore traditional contemplations and explore ways we can adapt them to their own lives. This series is suitable for all levels of poractitioners, from total beginners to lifelong meditators. The Four Thoughts always inspire motivation and insight. 

The two basic meditation methods in the Kagyu tradition: calm abiding (shamatha or shinay) and clear seeing (vipashyana or lhatong), and their ultimate fruition in the Great Seal (mahamudra). We’ll introduce the basic techniques, explore the common pitfalls, and encourage participants to establish a daily practice. We will refer to several texts, including Dezhung Rinpoche’s Lamp for the Path, Kamalashila’s Stages of Meditation, and Aspirations for Mahamudra. Texts will be provided. This four evening series is suitable for beginning and experienced meditators.

Led by George Draffan

The two basic meditation methods in the Kagyu tradition: calm abiding (shamatha or shinay) and clear seeing (vipashyana or lhatong), and their ultimate fruition in the Great Seal (mahamudra). We’ll introduce the basic techniques, explore the common pitfalls, and encourage participants to establish a daily practice. We will refer to several texts, including Dezhung Rinpoche’s Lamp for the Path, Kamalashila’s Stages of Meditation, and Aspirations for Mahamudra. Texts will be provided. This four evening series is suitable for beginning and experienced meditators.

Led by George Draffan

The two basic meditation methods in the Kagyu tradition: calm abiding (shamatha or shinay) and clear seeing (vipashyana or lhatong), and their ultimate fruition in the Great Seal (mahamudra). We’ll introduce the basic techniques, explore the common pitfalls, and encourage participants to establish a daily practice. We will refer to several texts, including Dezhung Rinpoche’s Lamp for the Path, Kamalashila’s Stages of Meditation, and Aspirations for Mahamudra. Texts will be provided. This four evening series is suitable for beginning and experienced meditators.

Led by George Draffan

The two basic meditation methods in the Kagyu tradition: calm abiding (shamatha or shinay) and clear seeing (vipashyana or lhatong), and their ultimate fruition in the Great Seal (mahamudra). We’ll introduce the basic techniques, explore the common pitfalls, and encourage participants to establish a daily practice. We will refer to several texts, including Dezhung Rinpoche’s Lamp for the Path, Kamalashila’s Stages of Meditation, and Aspirations for Mahamudra. Texts will be provided. This four evening series is suitable for beginning and experienced meditators.

Led by George Draffan

The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryavatara) is a unique, epic poem on the bodhisattva path of compassion and wisdom. Shantideva’s poem explores and inspires the reader to awaken mind and heart, and to perfect the bodhisattva qualities of generosity, ethics, patience, enthusiasm, meditation, and wisdom. Shantideva’s practice of “equalizing and exchanging self and other” is also a powerful introduction to the classic Tibetan practices of mind training (lojong) and taking and sending (tonglen). This four evening series will explore boidhisattva poetry through chanting, meditation, and discussion.

Led by George Draffan

The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryavatara) is a unique, epic poem on the bodhisattva path of compassion and wisdom. Shantideva’s poem explores and inspires the reader to awaken mind and heart, and to perfect the bodhisattva qualities of generosity, ethics, patience, enthusiasm, meditation, and wisdom. Shantideva’s practice of “equalizing and exchanging self and other” is also a powerful introduction to the classic Tibetan practices of mind training (lojong) and taking and sending (tonglen). This four evening series will explore boidhisattva poetry through chanting, meditation, and discussion.

Led by George Draffan

The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryavatara) is a unique, epic poem on the bodhisattva path of compassion and wisdom. Shantideva’s poem explores and inspires the reader to awaken mind and heart, and to perfect the bodhisattva qualities of generosity, ethics, patience, enthusiasm, meditation, and wisdom. Shantideva’s practice of “equalizing and exchanging self and other” is also a powerful introduction to the classic Tibetan practices of mind training (lojong) and taking and sending (tonglen). This four evening series will explore boidhisattva poetry through chanting, meditation, and discussion.

Led by George Draffan

The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryavatara) is a unique, epic poem on the bodhisattva path of compassion and wisdom. Shantideva’s poem explores and inspires the reader to awaken mind and heart, and to perfect the bodhisattva qualities of generosity, ethics, patience, enthusiasm, meditation, and wisdom. Shantideva’s practice of “equalizing and exchanging self and other” is also a powerful introduction to the classic Tibetan practices of mind training (lojong) and taking and sending (tonglen). This four evening series will explore boidhisattva poetry through chanting, meditation, and discussion.

Led by George Draffan

Despite our best intentions, we often find ourselves in unintended situations. Where do habitual emotional reactions come from? How do our images of self and other lead to confusion and conflict? Are we born with a certain karma and that’s our fate? Let’s explore how we create the world we live in, and how it’s possible to see more clearly and act more intentionally. Topics to be explored include karma, kleshas, the six realms of samsara, and the three turnings of antidote, recognize, transform. This four evening series will draw from the contemplations and meditations in “Wake Up to Your Life” by Ken McLeod.

Led by George Draffan

Despite our best intentions, we often find ourselves in unintended situations. Where do habitual emotional reactions come from? How do our images of self and other lead to confusion and conflict? Are we born with a certain karma and that’s our fate? Let’s explore how we create the world we live in, and how it’s possible to see more clearly and act more intentionally. Topics to be explored include karma, kleshas, the six realms of samsara, and the three turnings of antidote, recognize, transform. This four evening series will draw from the contemplations and meditations in “Wake Up to Your Life” by Ken McLeod.

Led by George Draffan

Despite our best intentions, we often find ourselves in unintended situations. Where do habitual emotional reactions come from? How do our images of self and other lead to confusion and conflict? Are we born with a certain karma and that’s our fate? Let’s explore how we create the world we live in, and how it’s possible to see more clearly and act more intentionally. Topics to be explored include karma, kleshas, the six realms of samsara, and the three turnings of antidote, recognize, transform. This four evening series will draw from the contemplations and meditations in “Wake Up to Your Life” by Ken McLeod.

Led by George Draffan

Despite our best intentions, we often find ourselves in unintended situations. Where do habitual emotional reactions come from? How do our images of self and other lead to confusion and conflict? Are we born with a certain karma and that’s our fate? Let’s explore how we create the world we live in, and how it’s possible to see more clearly and act more intentionally. Topics to be explored include karma, kleshas, the six realms of samsara, and the three turnings of antidote, recognize, transform. This four evening series will draw from the contemplations and meditations in “Wake Up to Your Life” by Ken McLeod.

Led by George Draffan