Year: 2022
Kakumyo Lowe-Charde contributed to the Winter 2022 issue of Buddhadharma in a forum exploring this topic. In an excerpt from the interview highlighted in the article, Kakumyo shared, “Part of what the teacher is using to determine whether someone’s ready to become a teacher is, is it needed? Is the community seeing them as a… Read more »
I wanted to touch on a topic that has been painful to many of Dharma Rain’s members and supporters to witness and wrestle with. We’re aware of how dire the housing situation has become in Portland. Recent county estimates suggest there are more than 5,000 homeless but with some support or shelter in Multnomah County, and more… Read more »
Peter Nichols Zen Center of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ESLT was a great, intense, exhausting experience. The schedule was packed— it felt like a sesshin with talking—but the days/evenings off, along with interspersed fun activities, provided much-needed relief from the intensity of the curriculum and sharing. The warmth and humor of participants and facilitators was a… Read more »
Sam Murphy, Board Member I recently had the opportunity to attend three DEI training sessions along with 25 other Dharma Rain leaders. It was great to engage in this work with other sangha members, especially after the relative isolation of COVID. When we first began, I wondered why Dharma Rain needed to have DEI training. … Read more »
Sokyo writes: During an in-person all day gathering, six Daoren members wrote gathas, based on Robert Aiken’s book, The Dragon Who Never Sleeps. Together we ventured into writing and sharing what was on our minds. The intention in writing them is to express the interdependence of everyday experiences in members’ personal lives. When the dark of… Read more »
Flying Fish was a teacher at Clouds in Water Zen Center in St. Paul, Minnesota for many years. About a year and a half ago, she moved here with her husband, Sam, and they have since started practicing here at Dharma Rain. In the interview below, Kakumyo talks to Fish about how this transition has… Read more »