Events

Virtual Classes


Daily Morning Meditation

Dates: Every day 8:00-9:00am PT
Cost: Gift Economy / aka on Donation
Location: Virtual via Zoom:  https://zoom.us/j/370125244
Zoom Password: meditation
Registration: None needed / just show up!

 

Brief Summary:

We gather in community 365 mornings a year for a short teaching, meditation, and discussion.  Usually, around 30 to 40 people join.  You are welcome to have your video on or off, and stay for as little or as long as you like.

Morning Flow (Monday to Friday):

8:00 – 8:15am  — a short talk
8:15 – 8:45am — silent meditation
8:45 – 9:00am — group discussion

Morning Flow (Saturday & Sunday)

8:00 – 8:55am — silent meditation
8:55 – 9:00am — “lightning round,” sharing intentions for the day or one-sentence reflections

Then first Sunday of each month is a more connection-oriented morning.

Visit here for more information.

 

 

Portland-area Classes

Monday Night Sangha

Dates: Mondays, 7:00-8:45pm
Location: Portland Dhamma Center, at 1404 SE 25th Ave, Portland, OR 97214
Cost: Gift Economy / Donation
Registration: None needed / just show up!

 

Brief Summary:

These weekly drop-ins are dynamic explorations of the Buddhist Path — delving into right-now-freedom, the practical teachings & practices, and thoughtful peer discussion.

We always starts with a 30-minute meditation, sometimes silent, sometimes lightly guided.

After that, a teaching is presented, followed by small group discussion with a prompt to take you beyond the surface, and then a final big group discussion or Q&R.

The basic purpose is to offer something that nourishes, inspires, and takes you deeper into a dharma life.

Visit here for more information.

 

Understanding Nature: A Daylong Buddhist Meditation Retreat

Date: Saturday, July 25, from 10:00am to 4:00pm+ Pacific Time
Location: The Lotus Herd Horse Ranch in Canby, Oregon
Cost: Gift economy / aka donation
Registration: RSVP required; fill out this form.

 

Brief Summary:

We return to the Lotus Herd horse ranch for our annual outdoor retreat, surrounded by the whispering trees, the tranquil horses, and the gently flowing Molalla River.

Our day will feature periods of sitting meditation, walking meditation, and unstructured meditative time around the ranch.  There will be some light instruction offered, but the primary teacher will be nature itself — dropping the stories and immersing ourselves in the timeless here and now.

We’ll attune to how not just the trees, horses and rivers are nature, but also how these thoughts, emotions and sensations are nature too.  With awareness as our guide, we’ll study the unfolding of this shared nature in a way that liberates.

Visit here for more information.

 

Being Nobody: A 7-Week Insight Meditation Course

Dates: Wednesdays, 7-9pm, 5/27/26 to 7/1/26
Location: the Flanders House in NE Portland
Cost: Gift economy
Registration: email me via David AT Pathofsincerity DOT com

 

Brief Summary:

While you will leave this course with a better understanding of the Theravāda Buddhist perspective on not-self (anatta), the overarching goal is to live from a deeper center of peaceful presence; or, more simply, to be nobody.

Things we’ll explore include:

  • How experiential insight into not-self can lead to deep peace, letting go, and an ability to be here now in a simple stress-free way.
  • The primary wise perceptions the underly the not-self insight.
  • Several classic practices, investigations, and reflections used to develop the not-self insight.
  • How to balance the not-self insight with love, integrity, and being an healthy individual who cares about others & the world.

Visit here for more info.

 

Unfolding of Awareness: 5-Night Meditation Retreat

Where: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center, about 75 minutes north of Portland
When: September 11, 2026 to September 16, 2026
RSVP: register via Cloud Mountain

 

Brief Summary:

I’m assisting my dear dharma friend, Vance Pryor, in leading this 5-night residential retreat at Cloud Mountain, my favorite retreat center in the PNW.  It was be held in noble silence and offer a supportive container to cultivate steady awareness in every moment of practice—sitting, walking, and daily activities.

We’ll explore how to fuse that awareness with wisdom and kindness, creating the conditions for a practice that is steady, grounded, and freeing, both on retreat and in daily life.

Visit here for more information.

 

 

Past & Future Courses

Live in Portland, I usually teach four multi-week courses a year.  While I’m often adding new ones, below is a list of some I rotate through:

I’m also currently running a 10-month deep dive into the Noble Eightfold Path Deep Dive.  Sign up for the newsletter if you want first notice about any of the above — they generally fill up.

 

Community-focused Events

 

Sangha Service Day – Portland Fruit Tree Project

Date: Saturday 8/22, from 10am-12pm
Location: 4375 N Trenton St in Portland
Registration: required / sign up here

 

Brief Summary

Come join fellow sangha members and other Portlanders to help a lovely local organization tend our urban orchard!  The tasks will include harvesting, weeding, and possibly pruning.

After the service day, there will be an optional opportunity to get lunch together at a nearby spot connection and debrief.

Portland Fruit Tree Project is a nonprofit that harvests and distributes fruit from the city’s backyards and orchards, while also caring for fruit trees and teaching skills like pruning and preservation — connecting neighbors and food equity, they distributed 28,000 lbs of fruit distributed to the community this past year.

Visit here for more information.

 

 

Sangha Retreat / Campout

Where: Milo McIver State Park, about 40 minutes southeast of Portland
When: Thursday, July 9, 2026 to Sunday July 12, 2026
Cost: Gift Economy
RSVP: register here!

 

Brief Summary

Similar to a “meditation retreat,” this sangha retreat will offer seclusion from the busyness of daily life, a drop-in to the natural world, and an opportunity to nourish our spiritual practice, strengthening our connection both to the dhamma as well as the sangha (the spiritual community).

There will be a light daily schedule, including morning and evening meditation, shared dinner, and an optional afternoon community-building activity.

However, the majority of the day will have an open schedule, where you can follow your own rhythms of what feels supportive, whether that’s connect with each other, explore the State Park (hiking trails, river, frisbee golf course, etc.), or just take time in further contemplation and quiet.

This is also an opportunity to bring alive the generosity mindset, as it will be a largely community supported & created event.

Visit here for more information.

 

Community Picnic in the Park

When: Sunday July 19th, 1pm – 4pm’ish
Where: Laurelhurst Park in SE Portland
Registration: Email me for the specific location in the park (David AT Pathofsincerity DOT com)

 

Brief Summary

Just an opportunity to informally gather with each other, have some food and wholesome discussion & community-building time.  Come whenever during the time-window works for you and stay as long as you like!

 

Community Discord / Discussion Forum (Virtual)

For both the local & online communities, I host a free virtual Discord forum, for ongoing discussion in a more informal way.

There are sub-forums for the local sangha, the morning meditation group, wholesome living, general discussion, and also a fairly active daily gratitude forum.

Visit here for the sign-up link and some instructions on how to have it be a seamless, less-than-one-minute process.

 

 

Community-Created Events

The events on the following table are created by community members for the purpose of deepening community through wholesome activities.  Note that these are not “official” Path of Sincerity events, and David may or may not be present.

For more information or how to submit an event, visit here.

Title
LocationDate & timeRSVP / ContactDescription
Recovery & Mental Health Dharma GroupZoomWednesdays at 5pm PTJust show up! Visit the "Recovery Dharma" section of the Community Discord for the Zoom link & questions.With an informal and welcoming vibe, several longtime practitioners & community members co-formed this group. The meeting discussions hope to dovetail dharma practice with 12 step learnings and mental health. People who join range from people with decades of experience in recovery to therapists to dharma practitioners to newer folks who are struggling with the weight of getting through the days — though everyone is willing to be completely and fully human, in the highs and the lows. You are warmly welcome to join any time!
Mindful Movie MatineeInner NE PortlandTues 7/28/26 at 7pm PTDetailed info & RSVP found on this link.We'll be watching, "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives." See link for details and other upcoming movies. Movie is happening at at the Clinton Street Theater
Book ClubInner NE Portland / Zoom7/3/26 at 4pm PTAll are welcome. Visit here for more info and to RSVP. You could also check out the "Sangha Book Club" channel on the Discord.This month we're reading "How Yoga Works."