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This retreat is geared for beginners and provides an introduction to the practices at Dharma Rain Zen Center. The day will consist of a gentle introduction to silent meditation, formal oryoki-style meals, and communal work… Read more »
Primary task will be mulching our many plantings. We will also be stomping blackberries, getting them down to a reasonable size for spraying later. As always, come for all or part of the day, and… Read more »
Tasks include de-nailing the lovely donated wood from the Rebuilding Center that we will use for the floor of the Sodo. Bring your favorite nail-pulling tool if you have one. There will also be various… Read more »
Dharma Rain and Portland Friends of the Dhamma (PFoD) folks gather together for our mutual Move Out – Move In Day. Though moving of House and Zendo has been going on for quite some time… Read more »
Fusatsu includes recitation of the Precepts, zazen, and a group meeting. We emphasize the two-sided nature of confession, as each participant brings something that is going well in their practice and something that is challenging.… Read more »
Fusatsu includes recitation of the Precepts, zazen, and a group meeting. We emphasize the two-sided nature of confession, as each participant brings something that is going well in their practice and something that is challenging.… Read more »
Dharma Rain Zen Center will again join the Village Building Convergence to continue the path-building project from last year. We will be out there every day through Saturday, May 31. We plan to extend the… Read more »
Ordinarily spring Ango period (a 3-month block where we intensify our practice with increased sitting) would end May 31. Because of the move and because of the VBC project, we are ending a week early.… Read more »
This work party will focus on the getting the fresh plantings in the ravine ready for the summer: spreading mulch around the new plants and digging the few (quickly growing but still easily pulled) blackberry… Read more »
Each summer we take a week to study a fascicle of Dogen’s Shobogenzo. The focus of the sesshin is sustaining practice during an intensive period, acting out our Buddhahood in the meditation, disciplines and rituals… Read more »
Late Summer Silent Retreat Suitable for beginners with some meditation experience This silent Zen retreat offers an experience of intimacy with nature, with the other than human world, and ultimately, our own Buddha nature. Like… Read more »