Programs

The Essence of Meditation: Letting Go into Being - A Weekend Retreat at SCOL - In Person

With Lama Eric Triebelhorn

April 11 - 13, 2025
Goldendale, WA

Seeking an introduction to meditation? Looking for some deeper understanding or inspiration for your meditation? Do you long for some retreat but cannot miss work? This weekend retreat—from Friday evening until Sunday lunch—can serve any of these purposes and more! Do not underestimate the power of even just a weekend to enrich your connection to your […]

The Essence of Meditation: Letting Go into Being - A Weekend Retreat at SCOL - Zoom

With Lama Eric Triebelhorn

April 11 - 13, 2025
Goldendale, WA

Seeking an introduction to meditation? Looking for some deeper understanding or inspiration for your meditation? Do you long for some retreat but cannot miss work? This weekend retreat—from Friday evening until Sunday lunch—can serve any of these purposes and more! Do not underestimate the power of even just a weekend to enrich your connection to your […]

Sallie Jiko Tisdale — On Death & Dying

With Sallie Jiko Tisdale

May 3, 2025

This interactive workshop, led by Sallie Jiko Tisdale, explores our hopes, fears, ad ideas about death and dying. Topics covered include what a 'good death' means, common experiences in the final months of life, care of the body, and the experience of being a caregiver for the dying. Sallie Jiko Tisdale is a Zen Buddhist […]

The Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma with Khenchen Lodrö Donyö Rinpoche

With Khenpo Lodro Donyo Rinpoche

May 30 - June 2, 2025
KCC Portland Center

The Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma outline three approaches to the teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni with increasing subtlety and profundity. In the lineages of Vajrayana Buddhism that flourished in Tibet, all three are practiced in unison. Khenchen Rinpoche will teach on the essences of each of these three, explain how we integrate each […]