Gardening or meditation your thing? Saturday your day? Have we got a September for you! (And, don’t miss one very special Sunday.)
The Saturdays
September 5 – The Fall-n-Garden Party at the Hermitage
With summer nearly over, this will be our fifth and final “Garden Party” for the year. The focus will be on Fall and Winter preparations: gardening, firewood splitting and stacking, and house painting. With your help, just two hours of work can make a huge difference readying the Hermitage for the Pah Bah weekend and the coming seasons.
Join us for a potluck meal (arrive by 10:30 am), work period (1:00 pm) and/or tea and Dhamma talk with the monks (3:00 pm “ish”). If you’re coming to the potluck, please let dana@pacifichermitage.org know. Wear your gardening and painting clothes!
September 12 – 1/2-Day Meditation Retreat (w/Ajahn Sudanto)
Sit, walk, stand (no, it’s not puppy training!). Deepen your meditation by practicing 1–5 pm at Yoga Samadhi, 177 W Jewett Blvd, White Salmon, WA. Some Dhamma discussion.
September 19 – 1/2-Day Meditation Retreat (w/Luang Por Pasanno)
Luang Por Pasanno, Abbot of Abhayagiri Monastery, will lead a similar 1/2-day retreat from 1-4 pm at Mt. View Grange, 1085 N. Main Ave., White Salmon, WA.
The Very Special Sunday
September 20 – Pah Bah (Annual Alms Ceremony)
Join in the potluck meal, watch or join in the ceremony, have tea with the monks and/or tour the Pacific Hermitage. The meal and ceremony are at Mt. View Grange (address above). Please see the previous post (below) for times and more information.
For more information:
- Garden Party and Sept. 12 Retreat: hermitage@abhayagiri.org
- Meal Offerings Sept. 5, 12 or 19: dana@pacifichermitage.org
- Sept. 19 & 20 events (including Pah Bah meal): pahbah@sanghata.net