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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 »

When: December 31, 2024 @ 9:00 pm – January 1, 2025 @ 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: January 5, 2025 @ 8:25 am – 11:30 am
Where: Sodo and Zoom, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Sunday Morning Schedule 8:30am Zazen (in-person sanzen only) 9-9:10 Kinhin (slow walking meditation) 9:10 Zazen (sanzen continues) 9:40am Chanting service 10:30am Announcements/Dharma Talk Note: The schedule sometimes varies. Subscribe to our weekly e-bulletin (see link… Read more »

When: March 11, 2025 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Where: Sodo, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Tuesday through Saturday (with some exceptions) during Spring Ango (March 1 through May 31) we host a midday sit. There is a posture adjustment bell at noon, and closing bells at 12:25pm. It is open… Read more »

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

The Queer Cohort meets monthly on a Thursday at 7pm in the library. The group is about seeing each other, sharing our lives and practice, enjoying each others’ company, and supporting each other as needed.… Read more »

When: April 14, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – April 20, 2025 @ 7:45 am
Where: Sodo and Zoom, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Each year we study a chapter of the Denkoroku as a way of honoring and learning from our ancestors. Denkoe is one of our more quiet, formal and rigorous sesshin, and is a powerful way… Read more »

When: November 17, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Youth and their friends ages 9-18 years are invited to a social gathering this Sunday. All are welcome. We have extended our invitation to Oregon Buddhist Temple, Nritya Mandala Mahavihara, Portland Insight Meditation Center and… Read more »

When: February 13, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: Sodo and Zoom, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

The Starting a Practice workshop offers a way to cultivate insight by looking at our own actions in the light of the Buddhist Precepts. We also look at the forms used at Dharma Rain, including an explanation of… Read more »

When: March 1, 2025 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Where: Sodo and Zoom, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

The Starting a Practice workshop offers a way to cultivate insight by looking at our own actions in the light of the Buddhist Precepts. We also look at the forms used at Dharma Rain, including an explanation of… Read more »

When: April 3, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: Sodo and Zoom, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

The Starting a Practice workshop offers a way to cultivate insight by looking at our own actions in the light of the Buddhist Precepts. We also look at the forms used at Dharma Rain, including an explanation of… Read more »

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