In-Person and Online Practice

Sundays and Wednesdays

Join us Sundays from 8 - 9 am and Wednesdays from 7 - 8 pm either in-person at the Center or via Zoom video conferencing for practice and teaching with Michael.

We are studying the 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva during our Wednesday evening practices in-person and online. This is a wonderful exploration of our natural capacity to realize compassion and some of the challenges involved. All are welcome to join at any time. There will be an opportunity to take bodhicitta (bodhisattva) vows this fall.

Click the Zoom Video Link below and enter the password to join our video conferences.

Password: 362919

Zoom Video Link

In the News...

I was interviewed for Central Oregon Daily News, our local CBS and ABC affiliate. The interviewer was Scott Elnes who does a weekly spot called “Little Did I Know.” The segments usually involve history, geology, and other aspects of our area. But he also produces a segment on mental health. He titled this one, “Struggling with Your Thoughts? How Buddhism Can Help Reframe Anxiety.” Scott and I had quite a long discussion but he whittled it down to something very accessible to a wide audience. May it be of benefit.

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This is something that happened through the blessings of our lineage and all of you. Were it not for your love and support, this kind of opportunity could not have arisen. Although I was in front of the camera, that is just a minor detail. Much gratitude to you all for helping make the world a better place though your meditation practice and sustaining a place for others to be introduced to the Dharma. Good karma!

Much Love,

🙏🏼🌎❤️Michael

Wildflower Song Book

Michael’s new book is now available for purchase at our Dharma store, Dudleys’s Bookshop and Cafe, and through our website. To order the book, simply visit our donate page, click on “donate,” indicate you want a book, and provide your name and physical address in the designated fields. The cost is $15 in person or $20, including shipping, if you choose to order online.

All proceeds generated from the book will be dedicated to supporting the Natural Mind Dharma Center and its ongoing activities.

Spring Fundraiser

Thank you!

We did it! We reached our goal! We have received $4,125 in donations and have surpassed our goal. Thank you!

We are blessed with a wonderful sangha and are grateful for your ongoing support!

Our Spring Fundraiser goes towards keeping and maintaining our physical location, continuing and enhancing our Zoom experience, maintaining our website, providing a stipend for Michael, supporting our lineage teachers, and more.

To make a donation click the link below:

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Sustaining Mandala

Our Sustaining Mandala is our group of members who are part of our Automatic Contribution Program. Your monthly contribution sustains our Center throughout the year. We invite you to join!

You can print out the form from the link below to pay with your checking account or you can set up a recurring donation with PayPal by clicking on the Donate button above.

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"Generosity brings happiness at every stage of its expression.

We experience joy in forming the intention to be generous.

We experience joy in the actual act of giving something.

And we experience joy in remembering the fact that we have given."

-Buddha Shakyamuni

Dharma Journal Posts

Disapppointment and Laughter

I often refer to an area east of Bend, an ancient channel in the landscape of what we now call a dry river. It has been thousands of years since water flowed regularly through...

The Healing Power of Practice

Kurukulle Mantra

With great compassion and for the benefit of all beings, we are chanting and accumulating the Kurukulle Mantra:

OM KURUKULLE HRI SOHA

We are chanting this mantra with the goal of accumulating 500,000 or more!

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