New Home
Offering each other refuge
by Greg Satir, board vice president Last month, Portland Friends of the Dhamma Board and community came together and formally agreed to purchase the Dharma Rain Zendo. Soon we will produce a formal offer to Dharma Rain. Since this is a transaction between two Dharma groups, there is enormous goodwill and shared interest in making […]
Read moreNotes from the Annex
A report on the latest efforts of PFOD’s Board of Directors When the possibility of purchasing the Dharma Rain Zendo first came up, the natural question was, Does the community support this purchase? One way to interpret this is purely financially: Do we have the money coming in for a downpayment and monthly loan payments. […]
Read moreWe Can Do This
As the practice of the Dhamma continues to influence our lives in profound ways, we would like to express not only our gratitude, but a wholesome desire to help bring to fruition a permanent home for Portland Friends of the Dhamma, so that it may establish itself as an important lay center in the Ajahn […]
Read moreIs This Our New Home?
In a tree-lined residential neighborhood just off Southeast 25th and Hawthorne in beautiful Portland Oregon, Buddhists have gathered for Dhamma instruction and meditation for more than 25 years. Kyogen and Gyokuko Carlson moved from California to Oregon in 1982. They eventually purchased a historic church (originally built in 1926) and established The Dharma Rain Zen Center. They have […]
Read moreLet’s Buy the Dharma Rain Zendo
On Monday July 22, 2013 the Portland Friends of the Dhamma Board made the formal decision to pursue the purchase of Dharma Rain Zendo (the building we are renting now) for our new home. Click on “A New Home?” or in the above menu bar for expanded information. Perhaps you thought that we’d already done […]
Read moreOur History with Dharma Rain Zendo
Did you know that Sakula painted the sign above the main entrance of the Dharma Rain Zendo 15 years ago? It’s also where Sakula and Alistair heard their first Dhamma talk, and met their first monk Theravada monk – Ajahn Amaro. Many in our community have practiced in this building. Soon, we’ll be adding a comments […]
Excellent News from Saturday’s Community Benifit
A Beautiful Short Story On Saturday, June 29th, we held our first ever Community Benefit. We were a bit nervous, but there were beautiful displays, moving sharings, five venerable Bhikkhus teaching and encouraging, and by the end over $25,000 offered or pledged. That’s more than the TOTAL dana for the last 12 months. Yup. Oh, and Luang Por Pasanno offered a […]
Read moreAjahn Pasanno – Teaching and Community Benefit
Friday, June 28, 5:30 – 9:00 PM Saturday, June 29, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM At our New Location: Dharma Rain Zen Center 2514 SE Madison St, Portland (Thai/ภาษาไทย) Luang Por Pasanno, Ajahn Sudanto, Ajahn Karunadhammo and Tan Titabho walking Alms round on Hawthorne in 2007. Their route started just a few block from the […]
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