Brief Overview

Every month on a Saturday, we’ll take a deep-dive as a local community, alternating months between a daylong meditation retreat and a “Sangha Service Day.”  Below is the upcoming Service Day schedule:

  • April 19, 2025 — Earth Day Planting w/ Depave in North Portland
  • June 14, 2025 — Lift Up in NW Portland (from 2:30-4pm)

 

Logistical Info for Next 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!

Held in partnership with the Lower Columbia Estuary, there will be free coffee, snacks, and environmental education art projects for kids.

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.

 

Sangha Service Days Mission Statement

On the Sangha Service Days, we’ll do a community service project with a local non-profit organization / wholesome cause.  There are two main purposes to the Sangha Service Days:

  1. To put into action the Buddha’s teaching on “sīla,” aka virtuous action, and give back to the community with a spirit of generosity and loving-kindness.
  2. To have an opportunity to gather together more informally, develop natural connections, and touch into how when the Buddha was asked if Spiritual Friendship was half of the path, he replied that it was actually the entire path.

*As a note, in Buddhism, “sangha” is considered one of the three jewels or pillars of the entire tradition — it loosely translates as “spiritual community.”

 

Past Service Day Schedule