Weekly Schedule
Monday Temple is closed
Tuesday 7:00 am meditation and morning service, 7:30pm meditation and vespers
Wednesday 7:00 am meditation and morning service, 7pm meditation, vespers, Dharma Class
Thursday 7:00 am meditation and morning service. No evening meditation.
Friday No formal morning meditation or morning service. Usual Friday
services, 7:30pm meditation and vespers
Saturday 7:30 am meditation, 7:30pm meditation and vespers
Sunday 9:30 am Meditation & Walking Meditation, usual Sunday services

 

Monthly Calendar
Oct
31
Wed
Halloween
Oct 31 all-day

Oct 31, All Hallow’s Eve

Nov
2
Fri
Meditation and Class
Nov 2 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Meditation, Mid-day Service and Dharma Discussion

Nov
4
Sun
Meditation
Nov 4 @ 9:30 am

Meditation, walking meditation and meditation.

Founder’s Day Ceremony
Nov 4 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

This festival ceremony is an opportunity to pay our respects and offer gratitude in memory of the founder of our temple, Reverend Master Jiyu-Kennett. Reverend Master Jiyu brought our practice to the US from Japan where she was trained and certified as a Zen Master.  She is considered the founder of the Portland Buddhist Priory since she was the teacher of those who established the temple and she gave us her support and encouragement. We established the temple in her name, the name of our teacher, as is traditional in Japan.

To learn more about Rev. Master Jiyu, go here.

Nov
5
Mon
Priory Closed
Nov 5 all-day
Nov
7
Wed
Meditation and Vespers
Nov 7 @ 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm

30 minutes of meditation followed by vespers, the last ceremonial of the day. Vespers is the Chanting of The Litany of the Great Compassionate One followed by other short verses.

Dharma talk
Nov 7 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

The Dharma discussion will be on various topics of training in the Soto Zen Tradition.

Nov
9
Fri
Meditation and Class
Nov 9 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Meditation, Mid-day Service and Dharma Discussion

Nov
10
Sat
Working Meditation Day
Nov 10 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Work is a long standing element of practice in the Zen tradition and represents a concrete way to put practice into action in our everyday life. Working Meditation days at the Priory are a way to concentrate on and develop this aspect of practice and they are a way to give expression to generosity by helping take care of the practical elements of the life of the temple.

Nov
11
Sun
Meditation
Nov 11 @ 9:30 am

Meditation, walking meditation and meditation.