Tush*ta Kadampa Buddhist Center

Thursdays in October
6 - 7:15 pm

Learn how to connect with your own potential for inner resilience and unshakeable happiness, no matter what happens around you.

In this 5-week series we will explore the five forces that give power to our Buddhist practice. Engaging these practices will bring strength to our meditations and help us to control our mind. Be empowered to rise above negative habits of mind and learn how to overcome them with proven meditation techniques that enable us to develop attitudes that support inner peace. Everybody is welcome!

Of course we celebrate Halloween! Join us for skulls, skeletons and chilling stories of karma with Resident Teacher Rob Lutz in our annual Halloween get together. We’ll be serving special spooky snacks to send shivers down your spine.

🎃👻Feel free to bring your favorite scary vegetarian treats to share! 🎃👻

Everybody is welcome!

$25 (discounts for members)

https://meditateinolympia.org/ghost-stories-2/

with Resident Teacher Rob Lutz
Saturday, September 14
10:00 am - 1:00 pm

We dedicate most of our time and energy trying to avoid problems by making changes to the external world. However, the main cause of our unhappiness and difficulties cannot be found in external conditions. The main cause
of our unhappiness and difficulties is the negative karma we have created in the past through performing harmful actions. By relying upon Vajrasattva, the Buddha of purification and practising a special meditation we can free ourselves from all our negative karma, thus, removing the cause of unhappiness and difficulties from our mind.

In this half-day course, Resident Teacher Rob Lutz will explain the four powerful methods that Buddha taught to create a transformation in our mind. If we transform our mind, we will change the outcomes that we experience down the road.

Meditation and Modern Buddhism - Olympia Tush*ta Kadampa Buddhist Center offers meditation and Buddhist teachings in Olympia and the South Sound area. We provide everyone with the opportunity to listen to, contemplate, and meditate on the ancient teachings of Buddha in a modern setting. We offer regular drop-in classes, half-day courses, r...

“From giving comes wealth, from discipline comes happiness, from patience come attractive forms, from effort comes the fulfilment of wishes, from concentration comes peace, and from wisdom comes liberation.” – Nagarjuna

August 8 – Remaining calm in difficult circumstances

August 15 – Keeping engaged

August 22 – Finding focus

August 29 – How things actually exist

Everyone is welcome!

Buddhism 101 with Rob Lutz

Saturday, August 17
10 am - 1 pm

Buddhist images are beautiful to look at, but there are also deeper meanings within our images and statues of Buddha. This two session workshop with Resident Teacher Rob Lutz, is an opportunity for new or experienced practitioners to gain an understanding of Buddhist rituals and symbols. The first session will demystify rituals, practices and implements that are used in Buddhist practice and the second session will focus on the visual language within our images and statues of Buddhas. Everyone is welcome!

$25

Meditation and Modern Buddhism - Olympia Tush*ta Kadampa Buddhist Center offers meditation and Buddhist teachings in Olympia and the South Sound area. We provide everyone with the opportunity to listen to, contemplate, and meditate on the ancient teachings of Buddha in a modern setting. We offer regular drop-in classes, half-day courses, r...

Half-Day Course with Rob Lutz
Saturday, July 20 (10am-1pm)

Our mind has limitless potential. But we can easily find ourself stuck in repetitive ways of thinking and behaving. Buddha taught many gentle methods to help us transform our mind and break free from old habits. Buddha also taught ways to stabilize more realistic, constructive and positive views, intentions and actions. It all starts with understanding and transforming our own mind. With compassion and wisdom we can solve all our daily problems and accomplish the real meaning of our human life, and like two wings of a bird they will enable us to reach enlightenment quickly.

In this half-day course with Rob Lutz, we will take a practical look at Buddha’s wisdom teachings and how it can be applied to our modern life. This class is perfectly suited for those seeking solutions within Buddhism, as well as for encouraging practitioners of all faiths to deepen their understanding and practice of the spiritual path.

Everyone is welcome!

https://meditateinolympia.org/meditation-and-buddhism/

Olympia, Seattle, and Portland sangha all came together for another incredible Ocean Retreat! Thank you to Resident Teachers Gen Rinzin, Kadam Heather, and Rob Lutz for the most meaningful teachings on Buddha’s 3 Higher Trainings. 🙏🏼
Let’s get out of samsara swiftly and benefit all living beings! 🩷