Sangha Service Days

 

Brief Overview

Every month on a Saturday, we’ll take a deep-dive as a local community, alternating months between a daylong meditation retreat and a “Sangha Service Day.”  Below is the upcoming Service Day schedule:

 

Logistical Info for Next Service Day

Time: Saturday, December 14th, 11am
Location: Pacific Hermitage in White Salmon, WA
Registration: email me via David AT pathofsincerity DOT com

Summary

We’ll be offering a meal to the Ajahn Chah monastics at the Pacific Hermitage.  We’ll leave about 9:30am to arrive for the 11am meal.  We’ll feed the three’ish monks, then eat ourselves, and after, are able to meet informally with the monks and have a dhamma discussion!

Carpooling is encouraged.  Also, it’s good to prepare something to eat — think of it like a potluck, but where three of the guests only eat once per day and this is that meal!

Visit here for more information about the hermitage and meal offerings there.

 

Sangha Service Days Mission Statement

On the Sangha Service Days, we’ll do a community service project with a local non-profit organization / wholesome cause.  There are two main purposes to the Sangha Service Days:

  1. To put into action the Buddha’s teaching on “sīla,” aka virtuous action, and give back to the community with a spirit of generosity and loving-kindness.
  2. To have an opportunity to gather together more informally, develop natural connections, and touch into how when the Buddha was asked if Spiritual Friendship was half of the path, he replied that it was actually the entire path.

*As a note, in Buddhism, “sangha” is considered one of the three jewels or pillars of the entire tradition — it loosely translates as “spiritual community.”

 

Past Service Day Schedule