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When: August 28, 2022 @ 8:30 am – 11:30 am
Where: Sodo and Zoom, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

The attendance cap is now 50 people, all welcome. If we overflow, there is seating in the dining hall and on the engawa (outside deck). Masks recommended indoors with food… Read more »

When: September 18, 2022 @ 8:30 am – 11:30 am
Where: Sodo and Zoom, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

The attendance cap is now 50 people, all welcome. If we overflow, there is seating in the dining hall and on the engawa (outside deck). Masks recommended indoors with food… Read more »

When: November 2, 2022 @ 5:30 am – 7:45 am

During the Fall Ango term (September 1 through December 12), we increase our zazen time by starting zazen an hour earlier. The service is modified from Full Morning Service, slightly… Read more »

When: September 14, 2022 @ 5:30 am – 7:45 am

During the Fall Ango term (September 1 through December 12), we increase our zazen time by starting zazen an hour earlier. The service is modified from Full Morning Service, slightly… Read more »

When: September 23, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Where: Zoom

Are you engaging your Buddhist practice to work for equality, climate action, and social/political transformation? This inter-sangha, Engaged Buddhism discussion group aspires to help you recharge, reset and see your… Read more »

When: September 18, 2022 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Where: Dharma Rain Zen Center

Dharma School begins on September 18th and registration is open for children ages 5 through high school. We meet on alternate Sundays from 10:00am to 11:30am. Parents are welcome to… Read more »

When: September 4, 2022 @ 9:30 am – 10:15 am
Where: Sodo, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

8:30am Zazen with optional sanzen 9-9:10 Kinhin (slow walking meditation) 9:10 Zazen (sanzen continues) 9:40am Chanting service, Term Opening, and Daoren Entering ceremonies 10:10am Announcements and informal tea 10:30am Dharma… Read more »

When: November 23, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Where: Sodo, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Because of the Thanksgiving Holiday, we don’t have our regular Wednesday evening class. Instead, 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… Read more »

When: September 1, 2022 all-day

Beginning September 1 and ending at the end of Rohatsu Sesshin (December 11 this year), we observe an Ango period of intensified practice. (See the wheel of the year for… Read more »

When: September 13, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 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… Read more »

When: September 3, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm
Where: Sodo, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Join us in celebrating the ordination of Stacy Zonnyo Riger as a Soto Zen priest as she completes postulancy and moves into training as a novice monk. This is a… Read more »

When: September 11, 2022 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Where: Uji East (Library), 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Taking Your Seat is a program designed to help newer members of Dharma Rain establish their meditation practice, create cohort-like warm relationships with other members, and delve deeper as part… Read more »

When: September 16, 2022 @ 9:45 am – 11:15 am

Flying Fish Murphy is teaching a study group will be based on Thich Nhat Hanh’s book Understanding the Mind.  The book looks in depth at the 50 verses on the… Read more »

When: October 1, 2022 @ 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… Read more »

When: November 12, 2022 @ 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… Read more »

When: January 7, 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… Read more »

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