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 (August 17th)

Time: 9:30-1pm+
Location: Samadhi Grove Sanctuary in Oregon City
Registration: email me at david@pathofsincerity.com!

My dear dharma friends, Asher and Amanda, are building the “Samadhi Grove Sanctuary,” a community-funded meditation hut, privately nestled into the forest on their 1.5-acre property.

The vision is for the hut to be used for solitary meditation retreats by people in the community (and that includes you!).  The hut will be approximately 100 square feet, have a wood stove, and feature natural building techniques and materials.

For the service day, tasks may include digging, earthen plastering, glass bottle insertion, altar construction, flooring installation, digging, trail maintenance around the hut, and the like.  Be prepared to get a little dirty!

The day will go from 9:30am to 4pm and you are welcome to join for as little or as long as you like, though lunch will be provided around 1pm, and I think it would be fun to do at least the morning of service together, have lunch, and then take care of your needs from 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 Days