Welcome to Seven Thunders Online.
We are an organization formed to support growth towards a deepening spiritual awareness and appreciation of life. Each of us has a unique path and we benefit from teachers and companions along the Way. We offer multi-day contemplative retreats and zen sesshins throughout the year, and have weekly meditation opportunities. In addition to this website, we electronically publish a newsletter three times a year and we maintain a list serve to keep members informed of Seven Thunders developments.
Ongoing Sittings in the Portland Area
See Sitting page for details
- Zazen at Stones and Clouds zendo, Monday Evenings, 7:00 pm
- Next "First Saturday Sitting" at the Trappist Abbey is July 6th
- Next "First Saturday Sitting" at the Trappist Abbey is July 6th
- Other sittings in Corvallis, Olympia, Port Angeles and Redmond - see Sitting Page
Zen Sesshin and Contemplative Intensive Retreats Offered
- July 9-13, at Stones and Clouds.
- October 14-18, McKenzie Bridge.
- October 18-19, Contemplative Intensive Retreat, Bend
- November 22-24, Contemplative Intensive Retreat, Mount Angel
See Retreats Page for more information
Two Invitations
I climb the road to Cold Mountain,
The road to Cold Mountain that never ends.
The valleys are long and strewn with stones,
The streams broad and banked with thick grass.
Moss is slippery, though no rain has fallen;
Pines sigh, but it isn’t the wind.
Who can break from the snares of the world
And sit with me among the white clouds?
Han-shan
(T’ang dynasty 618-906)
Gamble everything for love.
Half-heartedness doesn't reach into majesty,
You set out to find God,
but then keep stopping for long periods at
mean-spirited roadhouses.
Dive in the ocean,
leave and let the sea be you.
Jalal al-Din Rumi
1207-1273
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