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When: September 27, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Where: Sodo, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

This evening will feature a potluck dinner and an opportunity for parents, children and teachers to play games, relax and get to know each other. Please bring a vegetarian dish to share.

When: February 20, 2025 @ 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: January 5, 2025 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Where: Sodo and Zoom

Dharma Rain Zen Center facilitates a monthly support group primarily for prison grads making the transition into life “outside.” This group meets the first Sunday of each month. The group is open to prison grads… Read more »

When: February 13, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: Uji East (Library), 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

The Dharma Council meets once a month on Thursdays. The Dharma Council primarily focuses on how the teachings of the Dharma are presented at Dharma Rain. Members are welcome to attend meetings and bring issues… Read more »

When: April 12, 2025 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Where: Sodo, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

This evening will feature a potluck dinner and an opportunity for parents, children and teachers to play games, relax and get to know each other. Please bring a vegetarian dish to share.

When: March 11, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Where: Sodo, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

This advanced study group will examine the first ten fascicles of Dogen’s Shobogenzo. Each week, a different member will lead the group discussion. If you would like to join this study group, we ask that… Read more »

When: March 15, 2025 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Where: Sodo, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Like Fall Term Student, this program consists of three (3) one-day retreats, March 15, April 12, and May 17. Unlike the Fall version, Spring has different topics in different years. This year’s theme is Genjokoan,… Read more »

When: January 16, 2025 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Where: Uji East (Library), 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Zen Poet Society is a Dharma Rain cohort group for those in the sangha with an appreciation for poetry and its many intersections with practice. Come to write, share your own poetry, poems you’ve found… Read more »

When: February 1, 2025 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Where: Sodo, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Yoga Playgrounds will offer a training on mindful movement and redirection for teachers working with students between the ages of 3-12 years. Participants will practice games and movement activities and discuss ways of implementing them… Read more »

When: March 11, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Where: Uji East (Library), 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

This class is on the Wisdom Sutras, which include the Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Lines, the Diamond Sutra, and the Heart Sutra. To take this class for seminary credit you must be enrolled in… Read more »

When: February 15, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Where: Sodo and Zoom, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

In this ceremony, a few students will each make a formal commitment to the student-teacher relationship and receive a rakusu and a Dharma name. Please join us as we welcome new Lay Disciples! Zoom Link… Read more »

When: February 2, 2025 @ 9:30 am – 10:15 am
Where: Sodo and Zoom, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Nehan Festival commemorates the Buddha’s most profound teaching, offered on his deathbed. This takes the place of the regular Sunday morning service.

When: April 13, 2025 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Where: Sodo and Zoom, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Twice a year, the sangha has an opportunity to hear from our governing bodies and to ask questions and give feedback. In the spring, the forum is sponsored by the Dharma Council, giving updates on… Read more »

When: October 12, 2025 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Where: Sodo/Online, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Twice a year, the sangha has an opportunity to hear from our governing bodies and to ask questions and give feedback. The Sangha Forum takes the place of a dharma talk. At the forum, the… Read more »

When: January 3, 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Where: Sodo, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Kakumyo offers this Qigong class open to 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: January 4, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Where: Uji East (Library), 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Zen and the Art of Psychotherapy is a cohort group for mental health professionals who are practitioners of Zen Buddhism. Our mission is to support and learn from one another to integrate and embody the… Read more »

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