Virtual Events


Daily Morning Meditation

Dates: Every day 8:00-9:00am PT
Cost: Gift Economy / aka on Donation
Location: Virtual via Zoom:  https://zoom.us/j/370125244
Zoom Password: meditation
Registration: None needed / just show up!

 

Brief Summary:

We gather in community 365 mornings a year for a short teaching, meditation, and discussion.  Usually, around 20 to 30 people join.  You are welcome to have your video on or off, and stay for as little or as long as you like.

Morning Flow (Monday to Friday):

8:00 – 8:10ish  — a short talk (Fridays are way-seeking mind talks)
8:10ish – 8:45am — silent meditation
8:45 – 9:00am — group discussion

Morning Flow (Saturday & Sunday)

8:00 – 8:55am — silent meditation
8:55 – 9:00am — “lightning round,” sharing intentions for the day or one-sentence reflections

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10-month Eightfold Path Small Group Study Program

When: April 2025 to January 2026 (more details below)
Where: Zoom / virtual
Cost: Gift Economy / see below
Registration: The program is currently full; get on the waitlist here.

 

Brief Summary:

Come together in a teacher-led small group for a 10-month deep dive into the most essential teaching in Buddhism: The Noble Eightfold Path.

The core of the program will be twice-a-month 1hr group sessions on Zoom.  We’ll use as our primary practice manual, Gil Fronsdal’s book, “Steps to Liberation,” which offers a short reading on each “Fold” of the Eightfold Path, along with weekly practice exercises.  Here is a sample.

In a nutshell, this offering is designed for people who already understand some of the basics of the Buddhist/meditative path and want to “go deeper,” particularly through weaving the dharma more fully into their everyday life & doing so with the support of consistent community.

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Local Events in Portland

 

Being Love: A 6-week Buddhist Meditation Course

When: Wednesdays, 3/19/25 – 4/23/25, from 7-9pm
Where: The Flander’s House in NE Portland
Registration: Email me at David AT pathofsincerity DOT com
Cost: Gift economy / aka donation

Brief Summary:

While you will leave this course with a better understanding of the Theravāda Buddhist perspective on loving-kindness (mettā), the overarching goal is to live from a deeper wellspring of love; or, more simply, to be love now.

Through guided meditations, brief lectures, discussion, and optional between-week homework, you will internalize:

  • A Buddhist vision of love
  • How to balance love with wisdom
  • Several classic techniques and reflections used to develop love.
  • The connection between loving feelings, intentions & actions.

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Being Nobody: A 6-week Buddhist Meditation Course

When: Wednesdays, 5/14/25 – 6/18/25, from 7-9pm
Where: The Flander’s House in NE Portland
Registration: Email me at David AT pathofsincerity DOT com
Cost: Gift Economy / Donation

Brief Summary:

While you will leave this course with a better understanding of the Theravāda Buddhist perspective on not-self (anatta), the overarching goal is to live from a deeper center of peaceful presence; or, more simply, to be nobody.

Through guided meditations, brief lectures, discussion, and optional between-week homework, you will internalize:

  • How experiential insight into not-self can lead to deep peace, letting go, and an ability to be here now in a simple stress-free way.
  • The primary wise perceptions the underly the not-self insight.
  • Several classic practices, investigations, and reflections used to develop the not-self insight.
  • How to balance the not-self insight with love, integrity, and being an healthy individual who cares about others & the world.

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Essential Insight— A Daylong Buddhist Meditation Retreat (hybrid also on Zoom!)

Date: Saturday, 3/29/25, from 10:00am to 4:00pm+
Location: Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple in NE Portland
Cost: Gift economy / aka donation
Registration: RSVP required; email me via David AT Pathofsincerity DOT com

Brief Summary:

in this daylong retreat, we’ll sharpen our meditative presence, and then turn it towards the essential insights of inconstancy, not-self, and unsatisfactoriness, which facilitate a deep letting go of grasping, resisting, and other forms of suffering.

We’ll emphasize a gentle approach that isn’t so much a lot of “doing” and “efforting,” but rather a relaxing and getting out of our own way.

Add it all together, we’ll mostly be exploring the essential insight of how to be here now in a simple way, without all the grasping and resisting.

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Monday Night Sangha — Twice-a-Month

Dates: 2nd & 4th Mondays, 7-8:30pm+
Location: Awakenings Wellness Studio @ 1016 SE 12th Avenue Portland, OR 97214
Cost: Gift Economy / Donation
Registration: None needed / just show up!

Evening Themes:
3/10/25 — The Purpose of Life
3/24/25 — Contemplating Death
4/14/25 — Gratitude & Reciprocity
4/28/25 — A Map of the Path — Generosity, Ethics & Meditation

Brief Summary:

This group is devoted to cultivating the Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path, especially the key teachings on ethics, meditation, and wisdom.  While the idea is to spiritually beautify our lives in every possible way, we’ll place special emphasis on how via wise awareness, freedom is always available right now. 

We aspire to build community, explore Buddhist philosophy in a down-to-earth manner, and find ways to bring these rich teachings alive in our own lives.

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Earth Day Planting – Community Service Day

What: Earth Day Planting w/ Depave
Dates: April 19th, 10-1pm
Location: Sitton Elementary School @ 9930 N Smith St, Portland, OR 97203
Registration: Required!  Visit this link to register.

Brief Summary:

We’re joining Depave for their Earth Day Planting event, which involves planting, weeding, and general maintenance.  It will happen at a site where they previously removed a bunch of pavement and turned it into a green space!

Here is a lovely six-minute video of their mission to create more urban green spaces by removing pavement.

Visit here for more info and registration.

 

Community Discussion

For both the local & online communities, I host a free virtual Discord forum, for ongoing discussion in a more informal way.

There are sub-forums for the local sangha, the morning meditation group, wholesome living, general discussion, and also a fairly active daily gratitude forum.

Via this link, you’ll need to hit the “join the server” tab on the left side of the screen and submit an “application.”  This is basically just a way to keep out spammers.  Once you submit it, I’ll “approve your application” and you’re free to just check it out & disappear, or stick around and participate!