Portland Friends of the Dhamma is a Buddhist center affiliated with Abhayagiri Monastery and the lineage of Ajahn Chah and Ajahn Sumedho. This community is completely supported by the goodwill and generosity of its participants. Everyone is welcome, regardless of experience or financial means. More about PFoD →
Ajahn Sucitto
May 17 – 21, 2013 (Portland & White Salmon)
Ajahn Sucitto will be coming to Portland and White Salmon in May. His schedule will be:
Friday, May 17 – Portland
5:30 – 6:40 PM Tea and casual conversation
7:00 – 9:00 PM Mediation, Dhamma talk, Q&A
Saturday, May 18 – White Salmon
Ajahn Sucitto will be offering teachings near the Pacific Hermitage
Sunday, May 19 – Portland
11:00 AM Meal offering at a private home, everyone welcome. Contact here for details.
5:30 – 6:40 PM Tea and casual conversation
7:00 – 9:00 PM Mediation, Dhamma talk, Q&A
(Also, at 12:30 PM until the tea, we will continue packing to move.)
Tuesday, May 21 – White Salmon
Ajahn Sucitto will be offering teachings near the Pacific Hermitage
Ajahn Sucitto was born in London in 1949. He received bhikkhu ordination in 1976 in Thailand, came to Britain in 1978 and was part of the original group that established Cittaviveka under Ajahn Sumedho in 1979. Ajahn Sucitto helped establish Harnham Vihara in 1981 then Amaravati in 1984, and in 1992 became the third abbot of Cittaviveka, where he remains today.
Packing Up the Center to Move
Saturday, May 11 & Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 12:30 PM
As Portland Friends of the Dhamma continues to investigate options (rent, lease, purchase) of a permanent home for our community, we begin by renting space from Dharma Zen Rain Center as of June 1st.
Dharma Rain Zen Center, 2514 SE Madison
Save the dates! We are packing up!
Saturday, May 11, 12:30 – 6:00 PM After the Aloka Vihara nuns meal offering
Sunday, May 19, 12:30 – 5:15 PM Before the Ajahn Sucitto tea
Calling all library and kitchen packers, and people of ability who can move furniture. If you come every week, if you only came once, or haven’t been able to make it in a while—you all are encouraged to join the packing party. Sign up in the kitchen or contact Charla to let her know you are coming.
We will be focusing our packing and moving activities on May 11 and 19 to work in harmony with the monastic visits and the momentum already at the center. We will have a “pod” delivered to the parking lot for ease of packing, and for storage.
The final two weeks at the Sellwood center there will still be the regular weekly program offerings where more can be incrementally added to the pod, and the final Friday night in Sellwood on May 31st.
We all have a chance to share this experience of anicca, dukkha, anatta together while practicing the Dhamma at all times. We welcome all the time and energy you can offer toward the move.
Ajahn Pasanno
Starting Friday, June 28 (Portland & White Salmon)
Ajahn Pasanno will visit Portland and White Salmon in late June and early July. Check back for details as the date gets closer.
Ajahn Pasanno took ordination in Thailand in 1974 with Venerable Phra Khru Ñāṇasirivatana as preceptor. During his first year as a monk he was taken by his teacher to meet Ajahn Chah, with whom he asked to be allowed to stay and train. One of the early residents of Wat Pah Nanachat, Ajahn Pasanno became its abbot in his ninth year. During his incumbency, Wat Pah Nanachat developed considerably, both in physical size and reputation. Spending 24 years living in Thailand, Ajahn Pasanno became a well-known and highly respected monk and Dhamma teacher. He moved to California on New Year’s Eve of 1997 to share the abbotship of Abhayagiri with Ajahn Amaro. In 2010 Ajahn Amaro accepted an invitation to serve as abbot of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in England. Ajahn Pasanno is now the sole abbot of Abhayagiri. [From the Abhayagiri website]
Some Past Visiting Teachers
