News and Events

Below are upcoming opportunities to practice together. Confirmed events and retreats will be posted below.

Latest News

NW Dharma News published an article about Luminous Dharma

• From South Korea to the Shoreline Sangha

Jason will be also be offering these retreats over the next year

• July 2026: 6 nights Cultivating Wisdom and Compassion: A Retreat for Young Adults (18-35)
• August 2026: 3 days Uncovering Natural Being at San Francisco Dharma Collective
• December 2026: 6 nights at Pilgrim Firs Retreat Center

Events

• Newest updates on the website:
  • Web page
    • Dhammadharini Korean Vihara visitors page
  • Practice Guides
    • Awakening Alchemy
    • Entries into the same realization
    • The Mysterious Pass: Advanced Dharma practice guide
    • A bridge between traditions
    • Kindness, compassion and related practices
    • Return to simplicity through wuwei
    • Returning to Nature: Advanced Dharma practice guide
    • Teachings
      • Cultivating ethical conduct
      • Repentance
      • Killing with the sword of wisdom
    • Blog posts
      • Picking Horsetail
      • Simplicity
      • The Eternal Spring
      • Light
      • The Puzzle of Life
      • Just Listen
• The most updated list of helpful books
• There is now a Luminous Dharma YouTube channel

Date	Teacher	Description	Location
07/24/2026-07/30/2026	Keri Pederson and Jason Bartlett	Young Adults Retreat	Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
08/28/2026-08/30/2026	Jason Bartlett	Uncovering Natural Being	San Francisco Dharma Collective
12/04/2026-12/10/2026	Jason Bartlett	Natural Unfolding	Pilgrim Firs Retreat Center
08/06/2027-08/12/2027	Jason Bartlett	Tranquil Shining	Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
02/12/2026-02/20/2026	Jason Bartlett	Supported Self Retreat	Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
03/06/2026-03/19/2026	Santikaro and Jason Bartlett	Natural Breathing, Natural Unfolding, Unentangled Being	Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
12/15/2025-12/20/2025	Jason Bartlett	Natural Unfolding	Pilgrim Firs Retreat Center
09/19/2025-09/21/2025	Jason Bartlett	Natural Being	San Francisco Dharma Collective
04/21/2025-05/01/2025	Jason Bartlett	Natural Unfolding	Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
02/21/2025-03/02/2025	Jason Bartlett	Lightly Guided Retreat for Experienced Practitioners	Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
02/15/2025-02/17/2025	Jason Bartlett	Practice With the Five Aggregates	Berkeley, CA
12/28/2024-01/04/2025	Santikaro Upasaka With Jason Bartlett Assisting	Releasing and Greeting the New Year with Dhamma	Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
11/15/2024-11/21/2024	Jason Bartlett	Letting It All Go	Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
07/20/2024	Jason Bartlett	Natural Unfolding	Portland OR
09/06/2024-09/19/2024	Jason Bartlett	Insight Breath Meditation	Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
02/21/2024-03/02/2024	Jason Bartlett	Lightly Guided Retreat for Experienced Practitioners	Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
07/05/2024-07/07/2024	Jason Bartlett	Uncovering Natural Being	SF Dharma Collective/Zoom
06/06/2024-06/09/2024	Jason Bartlett	Practical Steps Into Liberating Emptiness	Frankfort IL, Portiuncula Center for Prayer
03/15/2024-03/21/2024	Jason Bartlett	Freedom Through Unbinding: The Five Aggregates	Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
02/09/2024-02/16/2024	Jason Bartlett	Supported self-retreat, lightly guided by Jason Bartlett	Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
11/17/2023-11/21/2023	Jason Bartlett	Releasing Body and Mind: 7-Point Vairocana	Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
06/30/23-07/02/23	Jason Bartlett	Pure Land Chanting	Portland, OR and Online/Zoom
03/10/2023-03/17/2023	Jason Bartlett	Jhourney Jhana Data Collection Retreat	Mount Madonna Retreat Center
12/10/2022	Jason Bartlett	Cultivating Kindness and Freedom	Vancouver, WA and Online/Zoom
10/28/2022-10/31/2022	Jason Bartlett	Freedom From Fear and Reactivity	Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
08/06/2022-08/07/2022	Jason Bartlett	Piercing the Veil	Vancouver, WA
05/06/2022-05/11/2022	Jason Bartlett	Awareness of Mind	Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
04/09/2022-04/15/2022	Jason Bartlett	Pure Land: Chanting Amitabha	Online/Zoom
02/25/2022-03/10/2022	Leigh Brasington and Mary Aubry with Jason Bartlett	Jhanas, Metta, & Dependent Origination	Online/Zoom
01/21/2022-01/30/2022	Jason Bartlett	Solo Retreat for Advanced Practitioners	Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
11/19/2021-11/22/2021	Jason Bartlett	Clear Knowing: Balancing Samatha and Vipassana	Cloud Mountain Retreat Center