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When: January 19, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: Uji W, Zoom, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

The Board of Directors meets at least monthly. If you have concerns you wish the Board to address, please contact the Board  ahead of the meeting; they will send you a Zoom link so that… Read more »

When: May 7, 2023 @ 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Where: Sodo, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Wesak is the festival of Shakyamuni Buddha’s birth. It is a precious time when adults and kids celebrate together. A bower of flowers built over a statue of the baby Buddha is placed in front… Read more »

When: March 18, 2023 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Like Fall Term Student, this program consists of three (3) one-day retreats. Unlike Fall, the Spring Term Student program has more of a specific theme. This year we will be assessing, embodying and expressing our… Read more »

When: March 18, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Where: Sodo, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Fusatsu acknowledges the truth of suffering and allows us to confess a shortcoming before the altar. We atone for the beginningless greed, hate, and delusion, renew our practice vows, and rededicate ourselves to our intention… Read more »

When: February 11, 2023 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Where: Sodo, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Kakumyo offers this Qigong workshop open tor beginners as well as advanced practitioners, and all the physical postures can be modified to fit individual needs or limitations. We will focus on “the 14” (ie., the… Read more »

When: March 25, 2023 @ 5:00 am – 5:00 pm
Where: Sodo, 8500 Northeast Siskiyou Street, Portland, OR 97220, USA

If you are searching for stillness through the practice of meditation, please join us for a day of silent, contemplative practice. This retreat will be in the style of Soto Zen Buddhism, though meditators from… Read more »

When: May 13, 2023 @ 5:00 am – 5:00 pm
Where: Sodo, 8500 Northeast Siskiyou Street, Portland, OR 97220, USA

If you are searching for stillness through the practice of meditation, please join us for a day of silent, contemplative practice. This retreat will be in the style of Soto Zen Buddhism, though meditators from… Read more »

When: March 1, 2023 @ 5:30 am – 7:45 am

During the Spring Ango term (March 1 through May 31), we increase our zazen time by starting zazen an hour earlier. The service is modified from Full Morning Service, slightly shorter, and alternates between one… Read more »

When: January 29, 2023 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Where: Powell Butte

Join sangha members for this two-hour mindfulness hike. We will hike together silently on Powell Butte’s forested and mountain-top meadow trails that feature expansive views regardless of the weather. The hike is a gentle four-mile… Read more »

When: April 1, 2023 @ 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Where: Sodo, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

This four-hour Zazenkai provides a welcoming space especially designed for those who feel the need for less rigorous form and yet want to do serious Zen practice. The schedule includes about 3 hours of sitting… Read more »

When: February 4, 2023 @ 5:00 am – 5:00 pm
Where: Sodo, 8500 Northeast Siskiyou Street, Portland, OR 97220, USA

If you are searching for stillness through the practice of meditation, please join us for a day of silent, contemplative practice. This retreat will be in the style of Soto Zen Buddhism, though meditators from… Read more »

When: December 31, 2022 @ 9:00 pm – January 1, 2023 @ 12:30 am
Where: Sodo, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Join us for an annual celebration for the new year. It will be a traditional Soto Zen format, with meditation, bowing, bell ringing, formal tea, sutra fanning and poetry.  

When: December 14, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Where: Sodo, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Fall term Wednesday evening classes are finished. (Join us in January for Precepts study.) Tonight, we do a double-sit on this schedule: 7-7:10pm Evening Service (Fukanzazengi) 7:10-7:40pm Zazen 7:40-7:50pm Kinhin (slow walking meditation) 7:50-8:20pm Zazen… Read more »

When: January 7, 2023 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Where: Zoom

Designed to address the needs of senior practitioners in the community, this monthly discussion group is open to DRZC members who have had at least seven years of practice in a meditation tradition. Not all… Read more »

When: January 13, 2023 @ 9:45 am – 11:15 am
Where: Uji East (Library), 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Flying Fish Murphy is teaching a study group based on Thich Nhat Hanh’s book Understanding the Mind.  The book looks in depth at the 50 verses on the nature of consciousness by Buddhist master Vasubandhu.… Read more »

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