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 (June 8th)

Time: 12-3pm (optional come at 11am for brunch)
Location: Kindness Farm at 7101 SE 127th Ave, Portland, OR 97236

Registration: sign-up here!  The farm requires that each individual RSVP via that link. Please email me as well to let me know you’re joining (david@pathofsincerity.com).

For this service day, we’ll offer service to Kindness Farm, an urban farm / non-profit that donates all of its produce to people in need.  Tasks may include removing invasive weeds, creating pathways and planting areas, building wood-berms for planting, cardboarding and woodchipping, planting, seeding, and harvesting.

Space is limited to 15 people — in turn, only sign up if you fully intend to join!

The formal volunteering happens from 12 to 3pm, though you are welcome to join us at 11am for informal socializing and brunch (bring your own food).

 

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 Days