NWDC 2025 ~ Profound Wisdom
NWDC 2025 ~ Profound Wisdom
Welcome to the Northwest Dharma Celebration 2025!
Dates: March 21-23, 2025
The Northwest Dharma Celebration is a special opportunity for people from all over the Northwest to gather together as a spiritual community to receive empowerments, Dharma teachings, and to spend time with Sangha. This annual event was created by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, founder of the New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union, to foster our spiritual growth and the growth of Dharma throughout our broad region.
Profound Wisdom

About the empowerment
The empowerment ceremony is a blissful guided meditation transmitted over centuries, that draws us into the clear wisdom energy of the enlightened mind itself. When we open ourself to receiving Manjushri’s blessings, our mind is empowered to experience the truth of how things exist, providing methods and solutions for solving our inner problems of worry, fear, anger or the sense of hopelessness. Wisdom is a special type of virtuous intelligence that helps us to understand what ways of thinking are beneficial, and which are counterproductive.
About How to Understand the Mind
Gen Demo will give essential teachings from Geshe Kelsang Gyatso's book, How to Understand the Mind. This book is an extraordinary exploration of the mind and its myriad mental factors. With a deeper understanding of our mind, we are empowered to control and transform our mind, leading to lasting joy independent of external conditions.
Schedule
Friday, March 21 |
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7:30 - 9:00pm | Introduction |
Saturday, March 22 |
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9:00 - 10:00am | Meditation |
11:00 - 1:00pm | Empowerment |
1:00 - 2:00pm | Lunch |
3:30 - 5:00pm | Teaching |
5:30 - 6:30pm | BBQ Dinner |
7:00 - 8:00pm | Wishfulfilling Jewel |
Sunday, March 23 |
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9:00 - 10:00am | Meditation |
11:00 - 12:30pm | Teaching |
12:30 - 1:30pm | Lunch |
2:00 - 3:30pm | Teaching |
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Additional meals
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