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:

We’re a Portland-based Buddhist community that puts special emphasis on liberating meditation, mindfulness in daily life, heartful ethics, and creating a real sense of sangha / community.

After the sit and a short talk, roughly half the evening is spent in meditative co-contemplation, including 1-on-1 conversations that go beyond the surface, large group discussions, and Q&A.

Visit here for more information, including class themes.

 

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Daylong Buddhist Meditation Retreat (also on Zoom)

Date: Saturday, 4/4/25, from 10:00am to 4:00pm+ PT
Location: Portland Dhamma Center @ 1404 SE 25th Ave, Portland, OR 97214 (also virtual)
Cost: Gift economy / aka donation
Registration: RSVP required; email me via David AT Pathofsincerity DOT com

 

Brief Summary:

Perhaps the most central meditative text in all of Buddhism is the Satipatthana Sutta, aka the discourse on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness.

This daylong retreat will explore that teaching, diving into the four foundations of body, feelings, mindstates, and insight frameworks, as well as look at how exactly the Buddha defined mindfulness, how it can lead to a collected mind and generate wisdom that makes a difference in our lives.

We’ll lean into the punchline of the text, where the Buddha suggests abiding without clinging.  In other words, we’ll use mindfulness a vehicle to find a deep ease in our skin.  To be here now, in a simple, restful way.

Visit here for more information.

 

 

Embodied Forgiveness: A 6-Week Mindfulness 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:

This course will offer a holistic approach to finding freedom by releasing resentment and emotional pain.

We’ll draw upon Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s Fourfold Path to Forgiveness, Buddhist psychology & mindfulness meditation, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy — grounding our approach in somatic exploration, self-compassion, emotional regulation, and the power of narrative to shape experience.

You’ll also learn the essential difference between forgiveness, which is an internal gift-to-self of releasing painful resentment, and external reconciliation, which is optional, and can be done with or without clear boundaries.

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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.

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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 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.

 

Sangha Potluck

When: Sunday April 19th, 2pm
Where: A sangha member’s house in SE Portland / near Seawallcrest Park
Registration: Email me at David AT Pathofsincerity DOT com

 

Brief Summary

The event will probably last two hours or so, and you are welcome to come and go as you please. Although, we’ll do a community 5-minute meditation before we begin eating, if you want to be here for that!

It’s not a requirement to bring any food, though of course awesome if you’re able!

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Sangha Service Day

Date: Sunday 4/26, from 10am-1pm
Location: The Lotus Herd, non-profit Horse Therapy Ranch @ 9606 South Alder Creek Lane, Canby, Oregon 97013
Registration: email me!

Brief Summary

We’ll be helping out with various tasks around the ranch; whatever is needed that day, which may include weeding, pressure washing, painting, clearing up debris, or building a dike, or building back up the horse arena after recent flooding.  No need to bring anything others than clothes you can do dirty and a friendly attitude!

We’ll be there 10 to 1pm, though feel free to come late or leave early — whatever works for your schedule!  We’ll end with an optional shared lunch, overlooking the river, and around the horses.

Visit here for more information.

 

 

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
Dharma & RecoveryZoomWednesdays at 5pm PTJust show up! Visit the "Recovery Dharma" section of the Community Discord for the Zoom link & questions.For folks who would find benefit from talking to some others who have experience with addiction and sobriety. Our meeting discussions hope to dovetail dharma practice with our 12 step learnings (AA, NA, OA, Al-Anon, etc.). Anyone is welcome!
Mindful Movie MatineeInner NE PortlandTBDDetailed info & RSVP found on this link.Next movie TBD. See link for upcoming movies.
Book ClubInner NE Portland / ZoomSun 3/29 at 2pm PTAll are welcome. Visit here for more info and to RSVP. You could also check out the "Sangha Book Club" channel on the Discord.We'll be reading The Dalai Lama's Cat. Hybrid, both online and local. Please read the book beforehand. All are welcome!