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KCC is Hiring: Rural Retreat Center Staff Member
November 25, 2024
Kagyu Changchub Chuling seeks to fill a full-time (35 hours/week), non-exempt residential position based at KCC’s rural Buddhist retreat center located on 240 wooded acres near Goldendale, Washington. SCOL retreat […]

Volunteer Gratitude
November 13, 2024
We are delighted to honor the work of dedicated KCC volunteer, Don Cushing. Don’s behind-the-scenes AV work is vital to fulfilling KCC’s mission of making the Dharma accessible to all. […]

Training With Words
November 4, 2024
CONCURRENCE Each day’s terror, almost a form of boredom—madmen at the wheel and stepping on the gas and the brakes no good— and each day one, sometimes two, morning-glories, […]

From Lama Eric
October 16, 2024
Greetings KCC Community! The Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind to Dharma are critical contemplations to ensure that our motivation to practice remains vital and pure. The four are precious […]

2025 Events & Retreats Schedule PDF
October 15, 2024
The schedule of events and retreats for 2025 is now available as a PDF.

Volunteer Celebration
October 14, 2024
Let’s send great gratitude to Jennifer Chang, another volunteer extraordinaire! She became even more active once she had freetired from her federal job with emergency response and planning (FEMA)! She […]

Gray Squirrels are endangered? – An SCOL Nature Spotlight by Vicki Fields
September 9, 2024
Yes, the State of Washington designated the Western Gray Squirrel (Sciurus griseus) as endangered in 2023. This is because there are only three areas in the state where the species […]

A House Wren’s Love’s Labor Lost, a Nature Tale from SCOL, by Vicki Fields
August 12, 2024
One sunny late Spring morning a bachelor house wren busied himself on the edge of Carrols Creek meadow searching for a perfect nest site. He darted from tree hollows to […]

Special Scholarship Available
July 5, 2024
Special Scholarship Available: A donor has offered to sponsor one transgender person to attend each of the retreats that KCC offers at SCOL for 2024. Contact Cynthia Irvine at if you […]

Family Retreat 2024 Appreciation
June 10, 2024
Fun, friendship, and families at SCOL Over the three-day weekend May 25-27, seven children and seventeen adults gathered at SCOL to enjoy our beautiful environment, make new friends, and share in a […]