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 20 to 30 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

Visit here for more information.

 

Portland-area Classes

Monday Night Sangha — Twice-a-Month

Dates: 2nd & 4th Mondays, 7-8:30pm+
Location: Awakenings Wellness Studio @ 1016 SE 12th Avenue Portland, OR 97214
Cost: Gift Economy / Donation
Registration: None needed / just show up!

Evening Themes:
8/25/25 — Mindfulness of the Awakening Factors
9/8/25 — Mindfulness of the Sense Doors
9/22/25 — Mindfulness of the Aggregates (aka the sense of self)
10/13/25 — Mindfulness of the Noble Truths

 

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.

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Wise Aspiration – A Daylong Buddhist Meditation Retreat (also on Zoom)

Date: Saturday, 9/27/25, from 10:00am to 4:00pm+ PT
Location: Portland Friends of the Dhamma @ 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:

This daylong retreat will offer an exploration of our deepest, most heartfelt aspirations.  The focus will be less on intellectual ideas of what we should do with our life, and more on what is the most important thing right now.  To feel that right now aspiration in our bones and find the courage to really live it.

We’ll draw upon the Buddha’s teachings on “right intention” and bring an interest to cause & effect.  How do we cultivate a wise aspiration?   How to find the courage to follow through on it?  What are the downstream effects of an aspiration we really live?

Meditators will be encouraged as much as possible to not think about our aspirations, but to fuse our heartfelt intentions with present moment awareness — to be here now in a simple, loving, non-reactive way.

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Deep Harmony — A 7-Week Course in Buddhist Ethics

When: Wednesdays, 7-9pm PT, 9/3/25 to 10/15/25
Where: The Flander’s House — 2926 NE Flanders St, Portland 97232
Registration: RSVP Required; email me at David AT pathofsincerity DOT com
Cost: Gift Economy / Donation (see below)

 

Brief Summary:

This course will focus on the Buddhist tradition’s core ethical principles & practices — namely, The Five Precepts.

Rather than treating them as rules or dogmas, we’ll use them as guidelines to mindfully explore our intentions, actions, and their impacts.

In this spirit, we’ll focus not so much on philosophy or theory, but on learning how to infuse our actions with greater wisdom & compassion, thus contributing to deeper harmony within ourself, our relationships, and this beautiful world we all share.

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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 Potluck

When: October, specific date TBD
Where: TBD
Registration: None needed; just show up!

 

Brief Summary

There is no set end point, 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!

Bring your own bowl/plate/utensils/water.  It’s not a requirement to bring any food, though of course awesome if you’re able!

Visit here for more information (i.e. parking & specific location).

 

Sangha Service Day

Time: August 23, 9:30-1pm+
Location: Samadhi Grove Sanctuary in Oregon City
Registration: email me via David AT pathofsincerity DOT com

 

Brief Summary

The Samadhi Grove Sanctuary is a community-funded meditation hut to be used for solitary meditation retreats by people in the community (and that includes you!).

Using natural building techniques, we’ll be putting the finishing touches on its construction, focusing on the earthen floor, learning natural building techniques, and likely doing trail maintenance, and any other tasks needed to help finish up the project.  Be prepared to get a little dirty!

The official service day runs from 9:30 to 5pm, with lunch provided around 1pm.  I thought it would be fun for us to join as a sangha for at least 9:30 to 1pm, and then you’re welcome to stick around or depart.

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Community Discussion (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.