Who is Heartwood Mandala?
Heartwood Mandala is a sangha continuing the legacy and work of Heartwood Refuge, founded by Venerables Pannavati and Pannadipa. We are a community of practitioners with the shared aim of learning the true BuddhaDharma. Venerable Pannavati, and her master, Dorje Chang Buddha III, taught their students/ disciples to practice the lineage of the Buddha, without limiting or discriminating by lineage or sect. We understand that people are of “different minds”, propensities, and levels of understanding. So, naturally factions have arisen as patriarchs and contemporary teachers endeavored to use skillful means to expound the Dharma to living beings. Within the training of Theravada, Chan/Zen, Mahayana, and Vajrayana “schools”, there are suitable methods for every human to attain accomplishments. According to Buddhist principles, and as a community, we support one anther to do so. Please join us!
Heartwood Refuge’s Founders, Venerables Pannavati and Pannadipa
Venerable Pannavati and Venerable Pannadipa founded Heartwood Refuge, of which Heartwood Mandala was born. Read more about our beloved teachers and the history of Heartwood Refuge.
Our Blog
Luminosity
A collection of stories, insights, poems, and reflections inspired by the Dharma
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A New Chapter for Heartwood
Dear Heartwood Community, We share some important news about the path ahead for our community — change that we hope you’ll receive not as an…
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Devotion
Devotion and faith (to the way of the Buddha) aren’t outward things. They don’t depend on the words we say, the altars we build, whether…
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Turning the Light Inward: On Curiosity, Connection, and Wonder
I have been inspired lately by a couple artists. Ren, a Welsh singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, rapper, and producer -and BassForge (Tyler Engle) who is a “multidisciplinary…
