Events
Wise Spirit Buddhist Community offers weekly drop-in meditation and talks on Thursdays, Sutta study, daylongs, the First Sunday Series, classes.
Check out our calendar of events and special events below.
Morning Meditation
Monday-Friday
7 AM-8 AM
Meditate in community from 7-8 am ONLINE Mon-Fri, beginning Monday, June 22nd. We'll sit together for 45 minutes and close with metta. This is an opportunity to join in sangha to develop and support a daily meditation practice. Register via zoom to get a link.
Rotating meditation hosts will begin with light meditation guidance or a quote for contemplation, then we will have a group sit and conclude with metta. This is a group meditation period only. There will not be practice Q&A, group sharing, or a Dhamma talk component to this program. (Check out our First Sundays, Thursday nights, or Sutta Study for those opportunities!)
Please arrive on time as the meeting will be locked by 7:10 am to hold space for the meditation container. You are welcome to stay as long your schedule permits. Although you do need to register for a link to be emailed to you, this is a drop-in group. Come as often as you like.
We will offer this program for three months as a pilot, if the community attends regularly we'll make it a permanent offering.
Special Event
First Sunday Series
First Sunday of the Month, (Sept. 6th) 10 AM-12 PM
Join us for the first Sunday of the month for meditation, a Dhamma talk, and tea/snacks.
If you prefer to use a cushion to sit on (instead of a chair), please bring one with you.
The First Sunday series takes place at
Woodstock Community Center
5905 SE 43rd Ave.
Portland, OR 97206
Can't make it in person? Join us online!
Guest Teacher
Kate Davies, September 17th
IN-PERSON AND ONLINE, 7 PM-8:45 PM
Kate will be giving a talk on the SACRED PAUSE.
In the rush of modern life, we rarely take the time to pause and listen to the quiet wisdom inside us. The sacred pause is an intentional, interested, and kindhearted suspension of all doing, when we are not trying to achieve something or be someone - when we simply rest in the nature of awareness. We can pause while doing in almost any activity and it can last for a few seconds, for a whole day, or for an entire season of life.
In this talk, Kate will explore the nature of the sacred pause and its profound benefits on the Buddhist journey.
BIO
Kate Davies D.Phil. has had a daily Buddhist practice for about 25 years and has studied Tibetan and Theravada teachings. She teaches at Sanghas in the Pacific Northwest, including Bellingham Insight Meditation Society, Eastside Insight, and Whidbey Island Insight Meditation. She also co-teaches an annual retreat at the Cloud Mountain Retreat Center with Ayya Santacitta.
Kate spent her career working on environmental & social policy and personal change. She is currently Board Chair and President of the Saranaloka Foundation and Professor Emerita at Antioch University. She is the author of two award-winning books – The Rise of the US Environmental Health Movement (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013) and Intrinsic Hope: Living Courageously in Troubled Times (New Society Publ., 2018).
Kate is a mother and a grandmother. She lives on Tscha-kole-Chy, also known as Whidbey Island, WA.