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

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.

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.

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.

Decoding a Thangka  

Back by popular demand, this class lets you in on the secrets of Buddhist scroll paintings called ‘thangkas.’ You’ll learn about the various kinds of thangkas and their uses, and how they are created. We’ll take one thangka and Lama Lekshe will ‘decode’ the small details, each of which is a dharma teaching in itself.

Fall Garden Cleanup and Lunch at the Vicarage - Sat Oct 25 

Join us at the Vicarage for a 'come-one-come-all' Fall garden work party at the Vicarage on Saturday, October 25th. We'll arrive between 9:30 and 10:00 AM and work for 2 hours. After, you can join in a warm soup and bread lunch made by others (it's fine to bring something if you want, or not) and some time with sangha. We'll be done by 2 or 3 PM for those who stay for lunch. 

The projected forecast is 54 degrees with light rain. It's likely to change as we get closer. If it looks like it will be wet, consider bringing a change of shoes or socks to wear in the Vicarage, so we can keep the mud at bay. If you want gloves, bring some. At this point we only have 2 pairs over here. We have a few tools, but while we grow our collection, maybe you can bring your trowel or borrow one from a friend for the day? 

If you'd like to come, but you're not physically able to garden, email Lekshe and she'll send you the list of inside tasks that we could use some help with. No bending or lifting in these jobs. 

We'll put the garden to sleep for the season, while leaving some seed pods and so on for the birds and other creatures. Excellent practice. 

Ngöndro Series

Ngöndro is a series of practices taught in every school of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. The practice of Ngöndro helps clear away obstacles and strengthens the accumulation of merit and wisdom. Gradually body and mind are ripened with view, meditation, and experience conducive to forward momentum in understanding and direct experience.  

Ngöndro consists of two categories of practice: 

• the ‘outer preliminaries’ of The Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind to Dharma (precious human birth, impermanence and death, karma and the defects of samsara). Students work individually, guided by Lama Lekshe or Teacher George for this practice for about 7 hours over time.

• and the ‘inner preliminaries’ of Refuge, Vajrasattva Practice, Mandala Offering and Guru Yoga, each of which require a little over 100,000 repetitions of a brief practice. 

In 2026, our Ngondro students will receive instruction in Vajrasattva, Mandala and Guru Yoga. (Sincere students just beginning can get ‘catch up’ teachings from our teachers.) There is an on-going, open Ngöndro Practice Group as well.

2026 Ngondro: Vajrasattva Practice 

Vajrasattva practice is a powerful way to purify body, speech and mind from confusion and previous harmful actions. Our traditional approach uses recitation of liturgy, visualizations, and mantra recitation, as well as extending the practice beyond formal mediation to daily life.

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.

Ngöndro Series

Ngöndro is a series of practices taught in every school of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. The practice of Ngöndro helps clear away obstacles and strengthens the accumulation of merit and wisdom. Gradually body and mind are ripened with view, meditation, and experience conducive to forward momentum in understanding and direct experience.  

Ngöndro consists of two categories of practice: 

• the ‘outer preliminaries’ of The Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind to Dharma (precious human birth, impermanence and death, karma and the defects of samsara). Students work individually, guided by Lama Lekshe or Teacher George for this practice for about 7 hours over time.

• and the ‘inner preliminaries’ of Refuge, Vajrasattva Practice, Mandala Offering and Guru Yoga, each of which require a little over 100,000 repetitions of a brief practice. 

In 2026, our Ngondro students will receive instruction in Vajrasattva, Mandala and Guru Yoga. (Sincere students just beginning can get ‘catch up’ teachings from our teachers.) There is an on-going, open Ngöndro Practice Group as well.

2026 Ngondro: Vajrasattva Practice 

Vajrasattva practice is a powerful way to purify body, speech and mind from confusion and previous harmful actions. Our traditional approach uses recitation of liturgy, visualizations, and mantra recitation, as well as extending the practice beyond formal mediation to daily life.