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.

 

Cultivating Gratitude: An Evening Workshop

When: Wednesday, 10/21/26, from 7-9pm
Location: The Flander’s House @ 2926 NE Flanders St, Portland, OR 97232
Cost: Gift Economy / Donation
Registration: RSVP required — sign up via Eventbrite

 

Brief Summary:

This workshop offers a framework for understanding, experiencing, and developing gratitude — but more than anything, it’s a direct immersion into three powerful gratitude practices.

You’ll take part in a guided meditation that moves gratitude through the body, a relational exercise that surfaces gratitude you didn’t know was there, and a heartfelt writing practice exploring some of gratitude’s deepest sources.

Along the way, we’ll explore a striking convergence between the core Buddhist teaching on gratitude and one of contemporary psychology’s best-studied practices.

Come ready to feel connected, uplifted, and equipped with practices you can carry with you long after the evening ends.

More info & registration here.

 

This Is It: A Daylong Buddhist Meditation Retreat

Date: Saturday, September 26, from 10:00am to 4:00pm+ Pacific Time
Location: Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple at 6401 NE 10th Ave, Portland, OR 97211
Cost: Gift economy / aka donation
Registration: RSVP required; fill out this form.

 

Brief Summary:

This daylong retreat will invite us to drop the sense of past and future, of getting somewhere or achieving something, and instead nurture along our innate capacity to be here now.

We’ll practice relating to the things that seem to be obstacles not as enemies to be destroyed but present moment occurrences to be seen with awareness and wisdom.

In essence, we’ll practice in the view that “this is it” — that your peace and liberation truly don’t come after a gazillion hours of meditation, but right now.

The day will be held in Noble Silence.  Meditators of all experience levels and backgrounds are welcome.  There are no prerequisites, requirements, or prior experience with this community needed.

Visit here for more information.

 

 

Untangling Anxiety: A 7-Week Insight Meditation Course

Dates: Wednesdays, 7-9pm, 11/4/26 to 12/9/26
Location: the Flanders House in NE Portland
Cost: Gift economy
Registration: email me via David AT Pathofsincerity DOT com

 

Overview:

Anxiety doesn’t have to trip you up so much anymore — this course will show you how.  

Rooted in Mindfulness practice, Buddhist wisdom, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, this course will help you find an inner calm amidst anxiety, be more resilient to external stressors, and “untangle” the core thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that cause anxiety.  Through guided meditations, brief lectures, worksheets, and group discussion, you will learn:

  • The most essential skills that can dramatically reduce the negative effects of anxiety, right now.
  • The experiential anatomy of anxiety — what triggers it, what perpetuates it, and its fundamental components.
  • How to consciously alter our thoughts and behaviors to break free from the habit of anxiety.
  • Buddhist frameworks that use anxiety as a vehicle for deep insight & wisdom, while also soothing its immediate impact.

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 – Tending our Building

Date: Saturday 10/17, from 10am-1pm (optional lunch to follow!)
Location: Portland Dhamma Center, at 1404 SE 25th Ave, Portland, OR 97214
Registration: RSVP by emailing sanghaserviceday AT gmail DOT com

 

Brief Summary

Our weekly Monday night sangha is held at the Portland Dhamma Center, a build owner and managed by the Portland Friends of the Dhamma community, a local Thai Forest Buddhist sangha.  Other tenants of the building include another local vipassanā group as well as a Thich Nhat Hanh community.

We’ll gather for an inter-community day of service, where we’ll join with each other as well as other communities renting the build, and do various maintenance and housekeeping service on the building that serves us.

Optional lunch likely to follow.  Come for as little or as long of the day as you like.

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
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 N PortlandTues 9/5/26 at 4:30pm PTDetailed info & RSVP found on this link.We'll be watching, "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring."

Held at a community member's house. See link for more info!
Book ClubHybridTBDAll are welcome. Visit here for more info and to RSVP. You could also check out the "Sangha Book Club" channel on the Discord.The upcoming book is "Joy of Living" by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. Date still to be decided.