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:

  • April 26, 2026 — The Lotus Herd, a non-profit horse therapy ranch, working with disabled children and seniors

 

Logistical Info for Next Service Day

Date: Sunday 4/26, from 10am-1pm
Location: The Lotus Herd, non-profit Horse Therapy Ranch @ 9606 South Alder Creek Lane, Canby, Oregon 97013
Registration: email me at David AT Pathofsincerity DOT com

 

Summary

We’ll be helping out with various tasks around the ranch; whatever is needed that day, which may include weeding, pressure washing, painting, clearing up debris, or building a dike, or building back up the horse arena after recent flooding.  No need to bring anything others than clothes you can do dirty and a friendly attitude!

We’ll be there 10 to 1pm, though feel free to come late or leave early — whatever works for your schedule!  We’ll end with an optional shared lunch, overlooking the river, and around the horses.

The owner said she’s happy to spend some time with folks interacting with the horses or sharing any info about them or what work she’s doing with the Lotus Herd.

This is the place where we host our annual July, outdoor retreat.  It’s a really great opportunity to deepen relationship with the land, and the place and people that support our community in deepening.

 

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