Join the Bozeman Zen Group on Sunday April 26 from 8 AM to 12 PM for a half-day of practice including sitting and walking meditation with an emphasis on zen forms including musical instruments used in Zen practice. There will be opportunities to practice and receive instruction with chanting (kokyo), bell ringing (doan), altar-care (chiden).
with Betsy Johnston
“How can everyday people create peace?” This question prompted Betsy’s curiosity and led to her collecting responses from 108 people from 40 countries in the book “Gaku’s Question: How Can Everyday People Create Peace?”
The question remains relevant today as we wonder what we can do to impact global peace.
On Saturday April 18, Betsy will lead a discussion about everyday peace and our ability to affect peace in our daily lives and beyond. We will explore some of the responses to this question and have an opportunity to reflect, write, and share our own responses. Megan Higgs will guide us with opening and closing meditations. Free and open to all! Please register so we know how many people are attending.
Betsy Johnston sees all the work she does as peacebuilding. For more than 30 years, Betsy has been transforming change with a wide range of audiences, including government entities, corporate teams, higher education institutions, schools, military units, and NGOs. At Montana State University (MSU), Betsy teaches Global Leadership & Cultural Humility. She is also an active member of the Bozeman Dharma Center’s Tergar group.
On Thursday, April 17th, 6:30-8:00 pm, the BIC will welcome devon and nico hase to discuss their latest book This Messy, Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership that just launched! Hybrid.
devon and nico are longtime Buddhist teachers (and married to each other for nearly 20 years) who bring humor, honesty, and deep practice to the messy reality of long-term relationships.
Join the BIC for an evening exploring how Buddhist wisdom meets the beautiful chaos of partnership. devon and nico will share key insights from the book and lead a practice together.
This is a free, open evening—all are welcome, whether you’re partnered, single, married, dating, or somewhere in between.
Want to go deeper? We’re also forming a book club to read and discuss the book together over the next 6 weeks. We will meet again on Wednesday, June 10th to discuss what we’ve discovered.
This book club is perfect for:
Space is limited to 25 people so we can have meaningful conversation.
The Dharma Book Club will meet on Monday April 6 from 1-2 PM to discuss the book, “Determined” by Robert M. Sapolsky. All are welcome to join this informal discussion. Come even if you haven’t finished the book! Free. No registration necessary.
Come learn about meditation and the Bozeman Dharma Center at a newcomer orientation on Tuesday April 7, from 5-6 PM. Free!
Receive basic meditation instruction and learn about what the Center offers. Bring your questions! No registration necessary. In person.
Saturday April 4, 9 AM to 12:30 PM, Hybrid!
Senior BDC practitioners, Katie Travis-Arnold and Nick Woodward, explore central teachings of our 2600 year old Buddhist tradition. The class will discuss the different lineages of Buddhism, the life of the Buddha, the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path and the precepts. Great for those new to meditation and Buddhist practice; seasoned practitioners are warmly encouraged as well.
With Brittany and James Nepenthe, Saturday March 28, 9 AM-12:30 PM. Zoom only!
This half-day workshop offers practical tools for directly investigating the sense of self. Through guided inquiry and experiential exercises, participants will learn how to look closely at present-moment experience and examine whether a separate self can actually be found. The emphasis is on active investigation rather than philosophy, supporting clear seeing in everyday life.
Brittany & James Nepenthe are dharma practitioners specializing in the intersection of relationship as spiritual path, transcendent awakening, and trauma healing. With years of extensive silent retreat experience, they are committed to deep realization in the midst of ordinary life. As a married couple and expectant parents, they are devoted to awakening as householders, with no part of life excluded from the path.
Yamama! is back on Friday, March 20 from 7- 8 PM.
Explore meditation and connection through sound. Yamama! will offer a meditative soundscape using drums, percussion and vocals. No registration necessary. Donations welcome! Any funds collected will be split evenly with the artists. In person.
Come learn about meditation and the Bozeman Dharma Center! The first Tuesday of every month, we host a newcomer orientation. Receive basic meditation instruction and learn about what the Center offers. The next one is on Tuesday March 3, from 5-6 PM. Bring your questions! No registration necessary. In person.
The Dharma Book Club will meet on Monday March 2 from 1-2 PM to discuss the book, “The Power of Awakening: Mindfulness Practices and Spiritual Tools to Transform your Life” by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer. All are welcome to join this informal discussion. Come even if you haven’t finished the book! Free. No registration necessary.
