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
Feb
14
Wed
Dharma talk
Feb 14 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

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

Feb
16
Fri
Meditation and Class
Feb 16 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Meditation, Mid-day Service and Dharma Discussion

Feb
17
Sat
Introduction to Practice and Meditation Instruction
Feb 17 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Meditation instruction and an introduction to the ceremonial aspect of the Soto Zen tradition. Please call to confirm: 503 238 1123 (Introduction to practice could be conducted via zoom, during the covid-19 restrictions.)

Feb
18
Sun
Meditation
Feb 18 @ 9:30 am

Meditation, walking meditation and meditation.

Festival of Avalokiteshwara
Feb 18 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Avalokiteshwara is the bodhisattva of compassion and embodies the compassionate aspect of Buddha Nature, which can be found and cultivated in each of us. The name Avalokiteshwara is Sanskrit (Japanese: Kanzeon, Chinese: Kwan Yin, Tibetan: Chenrezig), and means “The regarder the cries of the world”. To practice compassion is to pay attention to the cries of suffering within ourselves and from those around us and to be willing to respond positively to that suffering

At this festival, a variety of images of Avalokiteshwara are placed around the temple and we circumambulate the hall and bow to each image as we pass it. This represents the appearance of compassion in many different forms and sometimes in unexpected ways. We can come to know a deeper peace and contentment in our lives when we accept, and bow to, all these different appearances of the real.

The ceremony will be followed by a short Dharma talk and tea.

 

Feb
19
Mon
Priory Closed
Feb 19 all-day
Feb
21
Wed
Meditation and Vespers
Feb 21 @ 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
Feb 21 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

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

Feb
23
Fri
Meditation and Class
Feb 23 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Meditation, Mid-day Service and Dharma Discussion

Feb
25
Sun
Meditation
Feb 25 @ 9:30 am

Meditation, walking meditation and meditation.