Portland Friends of the Dhamma
Events

Introduction to the Five Precepts, a six-week course

All are welcome to join in this introduction to the Five Buddhist Precepts for laypeople. Running six Mondays from Jan. 8 to Feb. 12, this course is an exploration of the Buddha’s teachings on the five ethical precepts and how they inform our practice today. It is designed to:

  • Introduce the practice of living by the Five Precepts as training for Buddhist practitioners.
  • Introduce lay etiquette and customs supportive to monastics of the Ajahn Chah lineage.
  • Provide a community of support for this exploration, and a doorway to deeper practice.

A progressive practice
Starting with the first precept in week one, by the end of the course, we will be practicing with and reflecting on all five. In the final week of the course, participants will have the option to undertake a traditional ceremony of Requesting the Five Precepts. Those requesting the precepts will be encouraged and supported to live by all five for a period of three months, draw near to the monastic sangha, and practice with others living on the precepts.

All are welcome
This course will be taught in person at the Portland Dhamma Center, 1404 S.E. 25th Ave. All are welcome to begin in the first two weeks of class. This course closes to new participants after the second session. All programs are supported by the generous giving of the community. For more information or to RSVP, email us through the contact page at www.pdxdhamma.org. There is no charge for this course. Donations are gratefully accepted.

Introduction to the Five Precepts, a six-week course

All are welcome to join in this introduction to the Five Buddhist Precepts for laypeople. Running six Mondays from Jan. 8 to Feb. 12, this course is an exploration of the Buddha’s teachings on the five ethical precepts and how they inform our practice today. It is designed to:

  • Introduce the practice of living by the Five Precepts as training for Buddhist practitioners.
  • Introduce lay etiquette and customs supportive to monastics of the Ajahn Chah lineage.
  • Provide a community of support for this exploration, and a doorway to deeper practice.

A progressive practice
Starting with the first precept in week one, by the end of the course, we will be practicing with and reflecting on all five. In the final week of the course, participants will have the option to undertake a traditional ceremony of Requesting the Five Precepts. Those requesting the precepts will be encouraged and supported to live by all five for a period of three months, draw near to the monastic sangha, and practice with others living on the precepts.

All are welcome
This course will be taught in person at the Portland Dhamma Center, 1404 S.E. 25th Ave. All are welcome to begin in the first two weeks of class. This course closes to new participants after the second session. All programs are supported by the generous giving of the community. For more information or to RSVP, email us through the contact page at www.pdxdhamma.org. There is no charge for this course. Donations are gratefully accepted.

The Friendly Heart: A Practical Approach to Metta

The Friendly Heart: A Practical Approach to Metta
Mondays from Nov. 27 to Dec. 18, 7 to 9 p.m.
Taught by Jessica Swanson at the Portland Dhamma Center and on Zoom 
For online participants: Please arrive at the meeting before 7 p.m., so Zoom technicians have a chance to meditate/participate once the class has begun.
The main objective of this four-week course is to integrate loving-friendliness into our regular practice. We will use the traditional way of extending metta to ourselves and those around us, as well as look at what the Buddha said about metta and the different ways monastic teachers from our lineage incorporate this foundational teaching. The classes will include meditation, Dhamma reflections, group sharing, and some chanting.
Our resources will include:
I’m right, you’re wrong, a booklet on loving kindness by Ajahn Amaro
Metta Bhavana by Luang Por Pasanno
Peace and Kindness & Gratitude books offering teachings on metta and gratitude from senior monastics in our lineage

http://www.abhayagiri.org/audio/punna a talk by Ajahn Pasanno on Merit and developing the ten qualities that support it.

http://www.bhavanasociety.org/resource/buddhist_concept_of_happiness/ an involved discussion on happiness that includes many of the Buddha’s teachings by Bhante Gunaratana
Metta Means Goodwill by Ajahn Thanissaro

All are welcome to attend, and donations for the center are gratefully received. Registration encouraged but is not required. Send RSVP’s and questions to pdxdhamma.org/contact. Jessica Swanson is a Theravada Buddhist in the lineage of Luang Por Chah and Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery, assistant spiritual director at Portland Friends of the Dhamma, and a board member of the Pacific Hermitage, a small monastery in White Salmon, Wash.

Zoom daylong with Ayyā Medhānandī Bhikkhunī

Please join PFOD in welcoming Ayyā Medhānandī Bhikkhunī, founder and guiding teacher of Sati Sārāņīya Hermitage in Perth, Ontario, on Jan. 7, 2024, for a daylong of meditation and Dhamma reflections. Ayyā will be Zooming in for the day, and attendees are welcome to attend remotely online or gather together at the Portland Dhamma Center to view Ayyā on a large-screen TV.

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Zoom daylong with Ayyā Medhānandī Bhikkhunī
10 a.m. Requesting the Five Precepts, Meditation, Dhamma Reflection
11:30 a.m. Break for lunch
12:30 p.m. Dhamma Reflections and Questions
3 p.m. Chanting and Close

You’ll be able to enter and leave the daylong as works best for you. All participants will be muted throughout the event. Questions will be accepted in the chat box and shared with Ayyā. Talks will be posted on our website. Please refrain from eating, drinking, or walking around while visually online.

About Ayyā Medhānandī
Ayyā Medhānandī is the founder and guiding teacher of Sati Sārāņīya Hermitage, a Theravāda forest monastery established in her native Canada in 2007. Her meditation experience spans 53 years, 35 of them as an alms-mendicant nun. She was given sāmaņeri (novice) ordination by Sayadaw U Pandita in Myanmar in March 1988. Nearly 20 years later, she fulfilled her long-held wish for full ordination as a bhikkhunī in Taiwan, joining the wave of pioneer women restoring the Theravāda Bhikkhunī Saņgha in our era.

Dhamma talks by Ayya Medhanandi

Dana: Support for Ayyā’s livelihood
Ayyā and her monastery are completely supported by our donations (dana in Pali). If you would like to help assure her and her monastery’s well-being, click here. Thank you!

Support for Portland Friends of the Dhamma
Your support helps us to continue hosting these freely offered events, and donations are gratefully accepted. Click here to learn more.

Day of Practice and Teachings with Ajahn Nyaniko

Please join PFOD in welcoming Ajahn Nyaniko, abbot of Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery, on Sunday, Dec. 3. The day will run in person and online from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a meal offering at 11 a.m. 

Schedule
Ajahn will lead us in precepts, meditation, and Dhamma reflections. Meal offering is potluck. If you would like to bring a dish for the meal offering, please plan to arrive with your dish no later than 9:30. We would like to get the meal sorted out before the day begins so meal volunteers do not have to miss much of the morning meditation.

10 a.m. Requesting of the 3 refuges and 5 precepts, followed by meditation.
11 a.m. Potluck meal offering
12:30 p.m. Dhamma reflections, Q & A , meditation (break as needed)
4 p.m. Closing chant, then move to garden level for tea and conversation

The event will be hybrid, available to both onsite guests at the Portland Dhamma Center and online. No registration is necessary. Come and go quietly as you please.
Zoom Meeting Login (same as Sunday Sila’s link)
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Meeting ID: 895 7817 8445

Support for Portland Friends of the Dhamma
Your support helps us continue hosting these freely offered events, and donations are gratefully accepted. Click here to offer dana to PFOD.

Introduction to the Five Precepts, a six-week course

All are welcome to join in this introduction to the Five Buddhist Precepts for laypeople. Running six Mondays from Jan. 8 to Feb. 12, this course is an exploration of the Buddha’s teachings on the five ethical precepts and how they inform our practice today. It is designed to:

  • Introduce the practice of living by the Five Precepts as training for Buddhist practitioners.
  • Introduce lay etiquette and customs supportive to monastics of the Ajahn Chah lineage.
  • Provide a community of support for this exploration, and a doorway to deeper practice.

A progressive practice
Starting with the first precept in week one, by the end of the course, we will be practicing with and reflecting on all five. In the final week of the course, participants will have the option to undertake a traditional ceremony of Requesting the Five Precepts. Those requesting the precepts will be encouraged and supported to live by all five for a period of three months, draw near to the monastic sangha, and practice with others living on the precepts.

All are welcome
This course will be taught in person at the Portland Dhamma Center, 1404 S.E. 25th Ave. All are welcome to begin in the first two weeks of class. This course closes to new participants after the second session. All programs are supported by the generous giving of the community. For more information or to RSVP, email us through the contact page at www.pdxdhamma.org. There is no charge for this course. Donations are gratefully accepted.

Introduction to the Five Precepts, a six-week course

All are welcome to join in this introduction to the Five Buddhist Precepts for laypeople. Running six Mondays from Jan. 8 to Feb. 12, this course is an exploration of the Buddha’s teachings on the five ethical precepts and how they inform our practice today. It is designed to:

  • Introduce the practice of living by the Five Precepts as training for Buddhist practitioners.
  • Introduce lay etiquette and customs supportive to monastics of the Ajahn Chah lineage.
  • Provide a community of support for this exploration, and a doorway to deeper practice.

A progressive practice
Starting with the first precept in week one, by the end of the course, we will be practicing with and reflecting on all five. In the final week of the course, participants will have the option to undertake a traditional ceremony of Requesting the Five Precepts. Those requesting the precepts will be encouraged and supported to live by all five for a period of three months, draw near to the monastic sangha, and practice with others living on the precepts.

All are welcome
This course will be taught in person at the Portland Dhamma Center, 1404 S.E. 25th Ave. All are welcome to begin in the first two weeks of class. This course closes to new participants after the second session. All programs are supported by the generous giving of the community. For more information or to RSVP, email us through the contact page at www.pdxdhamma.org. There is no charge for this course. Donations are gratefully accepted.

Introduction to the Five Precepts, a six-week course

All are welcome to join in this introduction to the Five Buddhist Precepts for laypeople. Running six Mondays from Jan. 8 to Feb. 12, this course is an exploration of the Buddha’s teachings on the five ethical precepts and how they inform our practice today. It is designed to:

  • Introduce the practice of living by the Five Precepts as training for Buddhist practitioners.
  • Introduce lay etiquette and customs supportive to monastics of the Ajahn Chah lineage.
  • Provide a community of support for this exploration, and a doorway to deeper practice.

A progressive practice
Starting with the first precept in week one, by the end of the course, we will be practicing with and reflecting on all five. In the final week of the course, participants will have the option to undertake a traditional ceremony of Requesting the Five Precepts. Those requesting the precepts will be encouraged and supported to live by all five for a period of three months, draw near to the monastic sangha, and practice with others living on the precepts.

All are welcome
This course will be taught in person at the Portland Dhamma Center, 1404 S.E. 25th Ave. All are welcome to begin in the first two weeks of class. This course closes to new participants after the second session. All programs are supported by the generous giving of the community. For more information or to RSVP, email us through the contact page at www.pdxdhamma.org. There is no charge for this course. Donations are gratefully accepted.

Introduction to the Five Precepts, a six-week course

All are welcome to join in this introduction to the Five Buddhist Precepts for laypeople. Running six Mondays from Jan. 8 to Feb. 12, this course is an exploration of the Buddha’s teachings on the five ethical precepts and how they inform our practice today. It is designed to:

  • Introduce the practice of living by the Five Precepts as training for Buddhist practitioners.
  • Introduce lay etiquette and customs supportive to monastics of the Ajahn Chah lineage.
  • Provide a community of support for this exploration, and a doorway to deeper practice.

A progressive practice
Starting with the first precept in week one, by the end of the course, we will be practicing with and reflecting on all five. In the final week of the course, participants will have the option to undertake a traditional ceremony of Requesting the Five Precepts. Those requesting the precepts will be encouraged and supported to live by all five for a period of three months, draw near to the monastic sangha, and practice with others living on the precepts.

All are welcome
This course will be taught in person at the Portland Dhamma Center, 1404 S.E. 25th Ave. All are welcome to begin in the first two weeks of class. This course closes to new participants after the second session. All programs are supported by the generous giving of the community. For more information or to RSVP, email us through the contact page at www.pdxdhamma.org. There is no charge for this course. Donations are gratefully accepted.

Introduction to the Five Precepts, a six-week course

All are welcome to join in this introduction to the Five Buddhist Precepts for laypeople. Running six Mondays from Jan. 8 to Feb. 12, this course is an exploration of the Buddha’s teachings on the five ethical precepts and how they inform our practice today. It is designed to:

  • Introduce the practice of living by the Five Precepts as training for Buddhist practitioners.
  • Introduce lay etiquette and customs supportive to monastics of the Ajahn Chah lineage.
  • Provide a community of support for this exploration, and a doorway to deeper practice.

A progressive practice
Starting with the first precept in week one, by the end of the course, we will be practicing with and reflecting on all five. In the final week of the course, participants will have the option to undertake a traditional ceremony of Requesting the Five Precepts. Those requesting the precepts will be encouraged and supported to live by all five for a period of three months, draw near to the monastic sangha, and practice with others living on the precepts.

All are welcome
This course will be taught in person at the Portland Dhamma Center, 1404 S.E. 25th Ave. All are welcome to begin in the first two weeks of class. This course closes to new participants after the second session. All programs are supported by the generous giving of the community. For more information or to RSVP, email us through the contact page at www.pdxdhamma.org. There is no charge for this course. Donations are gratefully accepted.