Introduction to Meditation (for People Who Keep Meaning to)

5 Thursday evenings October 1–29, 2026 6:00–7:30p You’ve got the meditation app. Maybe you had a streak going before you dropped it. This is five weeks, in a room, with other people who don’t know what they’re doing either. No badges. Nobody optimizing your calm for you. We start from Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche’s *Rebel Buddha* and learn to actually sit and pay attention to our minds, which is harder than it sounds. You leave with fifteen minutes a day you’ll actually do. It’s not on your phone. **DETAILS** In this introductory course we aspire to give the students confidence in meditation as a practice and to support them in creating a fifteen minute (or longer) daily meditation practice that they will want to continue when the course is completed. The course also offers students engaging and beneficial experiences of studying and reflecting on the essence of the Buddha’s teachings as a support for their lives and of meditation in the context of a sangha community. We will use Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche’s book, *Rebel Buddha*, as a guideline for basic Buddhist tenets and the practice of meditation. Students are welcome to purchase Rebel Buddha, but it is not required. **REGISTRATION** [https://seattle.nalandabodhi.org/events/introduction-to-meditation-course-1-2026-10-01/](https://seattle.nalandabodhi.org/events/introduction-to-meditation-course-1-2026-10-01/) **FORMAT** This course will be onsite at Nalanda West.