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: 1:00pm (see below for more detailed itinerary)
Location: Pacific Hermitage in White Salmon, WA
Registration: email me at da***@pa*************.com!

This service day will be at a Theravada Buddhist Monastic Hermitage located in White Salmon, where we’ll help out with their monthly “garden party.”  Tasks likely to include grounds, garden, and maintenance work.  No prior skills needed.  Come in your yard clothes!

Feel free to come whenever you like, though here is the formal schedule:

  • Meal Offering to the monks: 11:00 AM. Feel free to bring a dish for the potluck style meal offering (please arrive by 10:30 if you’re bringing food).
  • Garden Work: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
  • Tea: 3:00 pm – 4:00 PM.  An opportunity to talk with the monks.

 

 

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

  • August 17 — Samadhi Grove Sanctuary, a community-funded meditation cabin for personal retreats
  • June 8, 2024 — Kindness Farm, a non-profit farm that donates 100% of its produce to people in need.
  • Dec 9, 2023 — Friends of Trees, a non-profit planting trees all around Portland metro
  • Oct 7, 2023 – Tideman Johnson Park Habitat Enhancement w/ Portland Parks & Rec
  • Aug 12, 2023 – The Lotus Herd, a Horse Therapy non-profit