Congratulations Sensei Vielle and Sensei Marr!

Two of our ministers assistants, Sensei Paul Vielle and Sensei Christine Marr, recently took it to the next level, earning their Tokudo ordinations in Japan. The temple congratulates them on all of the hard work and studying it took to earn this honor!

Congratulations Sensei Vielle and Sensei Marr!

Annual Sangha Picnic

Every summer our Sangha gets together for a picnic. We enjoy beautiful weather, delicious food, and good company.

Annual Sangha Picnic

Sangha makes Senbei

Our Sangha has a blast getting together to make senbei crackers for our food bazaars! We spend a Saturday rolling, cutting, and frying dough; coating the crackers with sauce and baking them; and bagging it all up for sale. It's such a great time to chat with and get to know other members of the sangha better, have some free lunch, and at the end of the day you can even munch on the reject sebei.

Sangha makes Senbei

Sangha Movie Nights

Occassionally we host a Sangha Movie Night where we show a Buddhism-related film for the Sangha. Past screenings have included Departures and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring at The Magic Lantern, and Secondhand Lions at The Shop. Keep an eye on our news page for information about the next Sangha Movie Night!

Sangha Movie Nights

A Hatsumairi Presentation at the Yakima Buddhist Temple

The Yakima Buddhist Temple, and parents Gabriella and Jovan, welcome 7 month old Camila to the Sangha. This was her "Hatsu-Mairi" (Infant Presentation Ceremony)

A Hatsumairi Presentation at the Yakima Buddhist Temple

Calendar of Events


Passage Meditation Support Group

Satsang group is meeting regularly on Tuesdays. We are focusing on Sri Easwaran's form of passage meditation and his 8-Point Program for daily living. This form of meditation fits very well with our Buddhist as well as any spiritual path. Passage meditation was designed specifically for the Western monkey mind. It is a very disciplined approach to slowing down and focusing. It is difficult but very rewarding!

We suggest that interested people read Sri Easwaran's book - Passage Meditation - that can be found on the web, or at Auntie's bookstore - and then practice meditating for a month before joining our group.
Also available is "Learn to Meditate" - on the web.

For more information or to attend a sitting, please call Mary Naber: 509-328-3829


Vipassana Meditation Sitting

A Recollective Awareness meditation sitting group meets weekly on Wednesdays at the Temple, from 5:30-6:30 pm.  This group  has elected to work together in a more committed fashion and so is only open to newcomers at specific points.  If you would like to commit to the next session, please come on November 16th. That session will run through January December 21st. Drop-ins will be welcome again starting on December 28th and lasting into mid-January.

If you have questions or would like more information on sitting groups, workshops and meditation instruction, please call Mary Webster at 509-535-1458, or email her at maryw@icehouse.com.

Mary is a teacher with the Skillful Meditation Project and a trained Vipassana meditation teacher.

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