Virtual Events

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 – 8:10ish  — a short talk (Fridays are way-seeking mind talks)
8:10ish – 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

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Deep Dhamma in Daily Life — Virtual Bi-Weekly Class

When: ~ Every other Tuesday from 4-5pm PT (see above link for specific dates)
Where: Zoom (here’s the link)
Cost: Gift Economy / donation
Registration: none needed / just show up!

 

Brief Summary:

This bi-weekly class will explore how to weave “Deep Dhamma” into our daily lives, unpacking traditional Buddhist teachings to live with greater love, integrity, wisdom, meditative presence, and inner freedom.  A typical class features a 15-minute talk, 15-minute guided meditation, and 30 minutes of discussion/questions. 

For 2024, the classes will all revolve around the Buddha’s “Seven Factors of Awakening,” which include mindfulness, investigation, effort, joy, tranquility, concentration, and equanimity.

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Local Events in Portland

 

Uprooting Affliction — A Daylong Insight Meditation Retreat

Date: Saturday, 9/7/24, from 10:00am to 4:00pm+
Location: Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple in NE Portand
Cost: Gift economy / aka donation
Registration: RSVP required; email me via Da***@Pa*************.com

 

Brief Summary:

This daylong retreat will explore the three primary roots of suffering — craving, aversion, and delusion — which bubble up into despair, anxiety, apathy, restlessness, anger, sorrow, and other everyday afflictions.

By observing them with mindful awareness, we will see more clearly how they function, as well as their impersonal and changing nature.  As with all Insight Meditation practices, the purpose of this is to break free from their grip, allowing us to live with a deeper ease and freedom.

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Awareness+Wisdom — An 8-week Insight Meditation Course

Dates: Wednesday evenings, 9/4/24 to 10/23/24, from 7-9pm
Location: 2926 NE Flanders Street, Portland, OR @ The Flander’s House
Cost: Gift Economy (see below)
Registration: RSVP required; email me at Da***@pa*************.com to sign-up

 

Brief Summary:

This course will guide you step-by-step into one of the most ancient and proven meditation approaches, Buddhist Insight Meditation, aka Vipassana.

In a nutshell, it uses mindfulness to steady ourselves in the present, where we can see what’s actually happening beneath the veils of our stories and reactions, and through that, develop a profound ease & peace in our own skin.

In turn, the central aim of this course is to help you develop or deepen a consistent meditation practice that allows you to realize this clear-seeing wisdom & peace for yourself, as much in moments of quiet as in your relationships, work, and everyday life.

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Monthly Sangha — Meditation + Dhamma + Community

Dates: 2nd Sundays from 6:30-8pm+
Location: Awakenings Wellness Studio @ 1016 SE 12th Avenue Portland, OR 97214
Cost: Gift Economy / Donation
Registration: none needed / just show up!

 

Brief Summary:

This group is devoted to cultivating the Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path, especially the key teachings on ethics, meditation, and wisdom.  While the idea is to spiritually beautify our lives in every possible way, we’ll place special emphasis on how via wise awareness, freedom is always available right now. 

We aspire to build community, explore Buddhist philosophy in a down-to-earth manner, and find ways to bring these rich teachings alive in our own lives.

Remaining 2024 Dates: 9/8, 10/13, 11/10, 12/8

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Sangha Service Day

Dates: October 5th, 1-3pm
Location: Pacific Hermitage in White Salmon, WA
Registration: email me via Da***@pa*************.com