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SUMMARY:Refugee Welcome Kit Drive
DESCRIPTION:BDC is a collection site for Gallatin Refugee Connections Refugee Welcome Kit Drive. We have opted to collect items for their Kitchen Kits. Read more about the drive below (source: Gallatin Refugee Connections) \nThis March\, Gallatin Refugee Connections —in cooperation with Soft Landing Missoula\, Lutheran Family Services (LFS)\, and the International Rescue Committee (IRC)— is sponsoring a collection drive to help refugee families start new lives in Missoula and Billings. \nMost refugees arrive with next to nothing—sometimes just the clothes on their backs. These items will help get them started in their new lives and speed their integration into the community. Soft Landing\, LFS\, and IRC give them a start\, and we mean to help! We are collecting household goods to set up newly-arrived families. You can help! Team up with friends to donate an entire room kit\, or just donate an item or two. All donations are tax deductible. \nTax-deductible donations are welcome at: https://softlandingmissoula.org or help.rescue.org/donate/us-missoula-mt or gallatinrefugeeconnections.org. \nKitchen Items Needed\nYou can add a hand-written\, unsealed welcome note if you like! \nKitchen Kit #1 \nGently used\, clean items are acceptable for this kit. \n\nDishes (plates & bowls for 6)\nCups/glasses (6)\nTea cups/mugs (6)\nSmall paring knife\nLarge carving knife\nSilverware (6 sets)\nSilverware tray for drawer\n\nKitchen Kit #2 \nGently used\, clean items are acceptable for this kit. \n\nLarge skillet\nSmall pot & Large pot with lids\nBaking dish (9×13)\nBaking sheet\nWooden spoon\nSpatula\nDeep Mixing Spoon\nDish Drying Rack\nCan Opener\nTrivet\nDrying Towels\n\nKitchen Kit #3 \nPlease purchase NEW ITEMS for this kit (Gently used\, clean items are acceptable if the item is marked with a *) \n\nTrash can (put items in it)\nCutting board\nTea kettle (safe for stovetop)*\nMixing bowls (2-3)*\nPlastic tupperware (3-6 pcs)\nLiquid dish soap\nHand soap\nTrash bags (13 Gal)\nDrying Towels
URL:https://bozemandharmacenter.org/event/refugee-welcome-kit-drive/
LOCATION:3810 Valley Commons Dr\, #6
CATEGORIES:Non-denominational/Secular
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SUMMARY:Morning Zazen: Online
DESCRIPTION:Morning Zazen\nONLINE with Bozeman Zen Group\nWeekdays\, 6 – 6:30 AM\n \nStart your morning practicing intention! The Bozeman Zen Group offers online\, morning zazen (silent\, sitting meditation) to all interested. You do not have to be a Zen practitioner to participate.  \n \nSchedule:\n6:00 AM: Robe chant\, Bell rings three times\nZazen for 25 minutes\, bell rings once\n6:25 AM Chant Pali refuges
URL:https://bozemandharmacenter.org/event/morning-zazen-online-2/2026-03-04/
LOCATION:Online Offering
CATEGORIES:Non-denominational/Secular
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SUMMARY:Noon Sit
DESCRIPTION:Drop-In Meditation\nMondays-Fridays\n12:00 – 1:00 pm\n(except holidays)\n\nIn Person\n \nEveryone is welcome to attend. A bell-ringer will open and close the session with three bells and will ring one bell at 12:30. The meditation will be in silence\, but people are welcome to connect before and after each session. \nDrop-in meditations are offered free of any charge\, as a communal support to practice. Come and go (quietly) as you need to\, latecomers welcome.
URL:https://bozemandharmacenter.org/event/noon-sit-3/2026-03-04/
LOCATION:3810 Valley Commons Dr\, #6
CATEGORIES:Non-denominational/Secular
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SUMMARY:Tergar Bozeman Practice Group
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, 5:30 – 7 PM (Mountain Time)\nTea Social Time: 5-5:25\nIn person and via Zoom\nGroup/Practice Co-Coordinator: Sheila\, Janet & Rex Email: bozeman@tergar.org \nNo Registration Necessary\nTer is a Tibetan word for treasure\,  Gar means gathering.  So\, Tergar can be understood as a place where people come together to find the sublime treasure … that helps us calm our minds\, open our hearts and awaken wisdom. \nGeneral Schedule\n5:00 – 5:25 Tea Social Time\n5:15 Newcomer Instruction\n5:25 Gather\n5:30 Opening Aspiration\n        Participants check in on their practice\n        Meditation (15-20 minutes)\n        Group discussions on particular questions related to the current topic.\n        Meditation (15-20 minutes)\n        Q&A\n7:00 Closing Dedication\n* We do two 10 min walking meditations every 3rd week in the Practice only session \n\n Under the guidance of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche\, the Tergar Meditation Practice Group of Bozeman gathers to study and practice meditation. Mingyur Rinpoche’s approach to meditation focuses on the practice of mindful awareness\, which unlocks the door to a calm mind\, compassionate heart\, and insight into the challenges of day-to-day life. Rinpoche’s teachings emphasize universal principles that are of profound benefit to people of all faiths and belief systems. If you are new to meditation and would like to learn more\, or if you are a seasoned practitioner and would like to deepen your practice\, please join us.  Each session will include guided meditation and group discussion. \n\nMonthly Session Topics\nTergar’s Joy of Living With newly revised material and videos.\nTergar’s Joy of Living is a curriculum developed by Mingyur Rinpoche and Tergar International.  Our Leaders present these materials weekly. \nWe learn\, contemplate and meditate to become familiar with our mind\, to open our hearts and to fully develop the wisdom of knowing we are whole and complete just as we are…we are not broken\, in knowing this we see its true also of all others. \n\n“We are not training in order to learn about objects. We are training to learn about our mind\, because our mind holds the source of all possibilities—good and bad\, happy and sad\, sane and neurotic. Freedom exists within our very own heart and mind.” ~Mingyur Rinpoche \n\nTopic for December:  Born to Flourish \nDec 3rd   Topic #3  Insight  – leader\, Janet \nDec 10th  Topic #4  Purpose – Life Worth Living –  leader\, Sheila \nDec 17th  Review and Practice session of the practices presented in this section\nleader\, Sheila \nDec 24th and 31st   No meeting – Christmas\, Hanukkah\, New Years Holidays  \nThe program includes recorded video teachings from Mingyur Rinpoche and other Tergar instructiors. All are welcome to join us in this exploration of these beautiful teachings and practices. Those who are subscribed to our weekly newsletter will receive additional information and practice tools related to the topic. \n\nNectar of the Path Practice\nSundays 8 am to 8:45 am – online (NOT the BDC zoom link)    What is this practice about?  This practice “Nectar of the Path” was written by Mingyur Rinpoche to be practiced by any of his students however experienced they might be. “Nectar” signifies a distillation of something very precious and nourishing. Nectar of the Path is a complete practice encompassing all of the essential aspects of a traditional Tibetan Buddhist practice. In this practice we mix contemplation and meditation\, alternating periods of each and chanting in Tibetan and some visualization. If you are interested in joining this practice group\, or have questions\, please send an email to bozemantergarsmd@gmail.com  and tell us your interest\, how you learned about us\, if you are new to Nectar or have experience with the practice…. .  Information on the practice\, the practice liturgy\, and the zoom link will be sent to you.  \n\nLearn more about Tergar International! Find more information on The Joy of Living course here. Learn more about Tergar Bozeman here.
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