Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:00AM: Sitting & Moving in Awareness

June Thursdays: Shamatha, Vipashyana, & Mahamudra.

June 27: Daylong meditation: Calm Abiding & Clear Seeing. Online and in person in Portland.

August Thursdays: Poetry of the Bodhisattva: Chanting and Meditation.

August 29: Daylong meditation: Bodhicitta: Awakening Heart & Mind. Online and in person in Portland.

October Thursdays. Monsters Under the Bed: Karma, Kleshas, & the Six Realms.

Oct 30 to Nov 3: Abiding Light Retreat on the Oregon Coast.

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May all be safe and free from inner and outer harm.
May all be healthy in body and mind.
May all be at ease.
May we be compassionate, courageous, and skillful in action.
May we notice and appreciate the good in the world.
May all be healthy, happy, and peaceful.
May all be well! Sarva mangalam!

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This free and well-favored human form is difficult to obtain.
Now that you have the chance to realize the full human potential,
If you don’t make good use of this opportunity,
How could you possibly expect to have such a chance again?
~ Shantideva, The Way of the Bodhisattva

This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds.
To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movement of a dance.
A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky,
Rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain.
~ The Play Sutra (Lalitavistara Sutra)

When his time has come, even a king has to die,
And neither his friends nor his wealth can follow him.
So for us—wherever we stay, wherever we go—
Karma follows us like a shadow.
~ Sutra of Instructions to the King (Rajavavadaka Sutra)

Because of craving, attachment and ignorance,
Men, gods, animals, hungry ghosts and hell-beings
Foolishly go round,
Like the turning of a potter’s wheel.
~ The Play in Full Sutra (Lalitavistara Sutra)