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Kindness You Can Wear
November 14, 2025
Looking to stay warm this winter? Discover cozy Nordic-inspired woolens in the bookstore—handmade in Norway and offered with love to support Karmaoke fundraising.

Wrapping up the 2025 Leadership Retreat
October 22, 2025
About twenty of us gathered October 17 at SCOL for KCC’s annual leadership retreat. We focused on our ongoing effort to implement the goals in the KCC Strategic Plan 2024-2029 that was adopted with extensive community input.

The Elephant in the Shrine Room…
September 3, 2025
It’s clear from recent conversations that there’s energy around engaging on current events together. It’s been said that there’s an ‘elephant in the room that nobody talks about’—something significant we’ve yet to fully name or explore together.

SCOL Wildfire Work Party Recap
August 6, 2025
On July 18th, the very day KCC’s White Tara Retreat began, the Burdoin Fire broke out on the west side of Klickitat County. On the first weekend of August, there was an SCOL workparty to help reduce wildfire risk around the retreat center.
Welcome Craig Hill, KCC’s new Director’s Assistant
August 5, 2025
Craig returned to the U.S. from France in 2024 to reconnect with his country of origin after a life abroad. A dedicated Dharma practitioner of five years, he has lived, […]

Welcome to Bruce Niemann, our new SCOL staff member
July 24, 2025
KCC is delighted to welcome our new SCOL Residential Staff member, Bruce Niemann! Bruce has lived in NE Portland for 29 years. He raised two sons with Caroline Nowosieski and […]

Retreat Reflections: Teri Rowe on her first retreat at SCOL
July 15, 2025
“This is the last night of my week-long personal practice retreat. There are four of us remaining. It’s been a wonderful time.”

Video: A Buddha’s Journey
June 23, 2025
Update 23 June 2025: Two years ago, KCC’s Buddha arrived in a (very large) box. This post is being shared to commemorate its arrival.

Thank you to the mighty SCOL Forest Crew!
June 10, 2025
Our most recent SCOL work party was on June 7. If we were Scouts, the members of this crew would have earned their Wood Stacking Badges. Rick McMonagle led the […]

Closing Words from Rinpoche
June 4, 2025
Please enjoy this video clip of Rinpoche’s closing words to KCC.
