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When: January 10, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: Sodo, 8500 Northeast Siskiyou Street, Portland, OR 97220, USA

The Introduction to Zen Meditation workshop is designed for complete beginners, but it is also recommended for anyone who has not received instruction in the Soto Zen style of zazen. No previous experience is necessary.… Read more »

When: July 28, 2018 @ 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 elders and others who feel the need for less rigorous form and yet want to do serious Zen practice. The schedule will include about 2… Read more »

When: June 27, 2018 @ 7:45 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: Sodo, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Dōgen Zenji’s text “Uji” in the Shobogenzo was written as a guide for enacting Soto Zen practice. Shinshu Roberts, author of Being-Time: A Practitioner’s Guide to Dōgen’s Shōbōgenzō Uji (Wisdom Publications), will talk about a… Read more »

When: June 14, 2018 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Where: Sodo, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Read about the Dharma Council. If you have concerns you wish the Council to address, please contact them ahead of the meeting.

When: August 4, 2018 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Where: Dharma Rain campus, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

A Summer Party An afternoon of Food, Friends and Family on our Siskiyou Campus. Join us for a Fun and Family-friendly afternoon while supporting Dharma Rain Zen Center. Music, Games, Beverages and Food provided. Gluten-free… Read more »

When: May 5, 2018 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Where: DRZC Gardens, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

We have an open garden work party this Saturday. Please come and join the fun. Many tasks available. We provide tools, or you can bring your own.

When: June 2, 2018 @ 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Where: Sodo, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Does my garden have buddhanature? How are the simple acts of planting corn, weeding purslane, composting old husks of food, Zen practice? To take up the life of the gardener is to look directly into… Read more »

When: May 31, 2018 all-day

Each fall and spring we have a period of increased practice known as Ango. We begin sitting earlier in the morning and add a mid-day sitting as well. Many of our seminary classes and Term… Read more »

When: June 6, 2018 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Where: Sodo, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

The summer format alternates between two schedules: 7-7:10pm Evening Service (Fukanzazengi) 7:10-7:40pm Zazen 7:40-7:50pm Announcements 7:50~8:30-9pm Discussion After discussion: Vespers OR 7-7:10pm Evening Service (Fukanzazengi) 7:10-7:40pm Zazen 7:40-7:50pm Kinhin 7:50-8:20pm Zazen 8:20pm Vespers

When: June 30, 2018 @ 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: August 11, 2018 @ 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 24, 2018 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: Sodo, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

This workshop is for those beginning Buddhist practice who want to know more about the basic teachings of Buddhism. Each year in the fall we offer a Wednesday night class series called Foundational Teachings that… Read more »

When: June 9, 2018 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Where: Uji East, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

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

When: March 27, 2018 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: Uji, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Sewing Master Genko hosts an occasional sewing workshop for those in the process of sewing, or who are interested in learning how to make temple items or sewing Zen clothing. Genko also sews on Wednesdays… Read more »

When: March 17, 2018 @ 9:15 am – 3:30 pm
Where: Dormitories, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Some of the units in the duplexes will be ready to paint inside for the work party this Saturday. There are also plenty of other tasks available, both inside and outside. Please find time to… Read more »

When: May 5, 2018 @ 9:30 am – 5:30 pm
Where: Sodo, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97220, USA

Excerpts from workshop description. There are likely one of three ways you want to focus your practice with anger. 1. You may have a fear or block around anger and want to find access anger… Read more »

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