Portland Friends of the Dhamma and teachers are supported by the generosity of its members, friends and anyone so inspired. We never charge a fee for any events taking place at our facility. Our doors remain open because of the voluntary contributions of time, effort and/or financial (tax deductible) donations of participants. Please do not hesitate to come whatever your financial situation may be, all contributions are deeply appreciated whether that be in the form of graciously accepting from this gift of Dhamma and/or giving of spiritual, material or financial means.
It is with the Dana Paramita that the Buddha’s teaching of universal harmony is put into practice. Mutual interdependence becomes mutual intersupport. It is practice that is not only Buddhist but perennial as well. The Earth itself flourishes by what Emerson calls the endless circulation of the divine charity: ‘The wind sows the seed, the sun evaporates the sea, the wind blows the vapor to the field… the rain feeds the plant, the plant feeds the animal.’ The very stars hold themselves on course through a mutual interchange of energy
— Robert Aitken, The Practice of Perfection
