Sravasti Abbey hosting compassion retreat

Senior Buddhist nuns Venerable Thubten Semkye and Venerable Thubten Jigme are leading a weekend retreat on “Standing Up for Compassion.” The retreat will be held April 4-6 at Sravasti Abbey, a Buddhist monastery near Newport. Registration is required.

The retreat aims to help participants develop internal tools like wisdom, compassion, and ethics to allow clear engagement with others. Teachings will identify harmful emotions and the role of compassion and ethics in our lives. 

Vens. Semkye and Jigme’s teachings will draw from "Buddhism for Beginners," written by Sravasti Abbey founder and abbess Venerable Thubten Chodron. Other abbey monastics will lead guided meditations on topics drawn from the teachings.

Venerable Thubten Semkye was the Abbey’s first lay resident. She moved to the abbey in 2004 becoming its third nun in 2007 and taking full ordination in Taiwan in 2010.

Venerable Thubten Jigme has been a student of Ven. Thubten Chodron since 1998 and moved to the abbey in 2008. She took novice ordination in 2009 and full ordination in Taiwan in 2011.

Sravasti Abbey is a Buddhist monastery in the Tibetan tradition. All programs are in English and the abbey offers meditation courses and retreats, has an extensive YouTube channel, and supports its founder, Venerable Thubten Chodron, to publish books on Buddhist philosophy that are read worldwide. For more information, call 509-447-5549 or email office.sravasti@gmail.com.

Information: Sravasti Abbey, 509-447-5549 or SravastiAbbey.org