Precept Series Week 9 - Do Not Praise Self or Blame Others – maintain modesty, extol virtue

Ever Present Refuge: Dogen's Thusness - Domyo (5/31/2026)

When we experience mental and emotional states of distress, what can we do? Through patient practice, we can relieve our own suffering by turning to the ever-present refuge of thusness, or suchness -- when we discover and recognize the emptiness of all our perceptions.

Precept Study Week 11 - Do Not Indulge in Anger

In the eleventh week of our precept series, Sangha member Jen, weaving Buddhist literature, personal stories and experience, leads the sangha through a deeply meaningful discussion on the role of anger in our life and our Buddhist practice.

Buddha is Like an Old Growth Tree - Domyo (5/23/26)

One's practice and spiritual growth could be described as a "path". However, by reframing our practice as one of fulfillment, maturation, and becoming more beautiful and beneficial with time (as old growth Douglas Fir trees do!) we can engage with this process in a new way, and realize our true potential.

Precept Series Week 10 - Do Not Be Mean With Dharma Or Wealth: Share Understanding, Give Freely Of Self

In the 10th week of our Precept Study Series, Sangha member, Rachel takes us through a personal discussion on her engagement with the Precept of not being mean with Dharma or wealth.

What Is This Life? - Domyo (5/17/2026)

Apart from life's enjoyments, work, creativity, contributions, personality traits, talents, and intellectual pursuits - What is our deeper search about? In the context of the great matter of birth and death, those things are ultimately ephemeral and ungraspable. Without giving a single definitive answer, Zen practice encourages us and refocuses us toward the discovery of something more profound. Members of our beloved Sangha describe their own moments of closeness to this deeper truth.