Come learn about the Bozeman Dharma Center. No registration necessary. No fee! Just bring your curiosity. Learn basic meditation skills, get a quick orientation to the Center and ask your questions. It’s an easy, low-commitment way to learn about Buddhism and meditation.
The June Newcomer orientation is Tuesday June 2 from 5-6 PM.
To begin to meditate is to look into our lives with interest in kindness and discover how to be wakeful and free. – Jack Kornfield
Meditation is a simple but powerful tool that can help us cope when we feel overwhelmed, anxious, and stressed. Meditation is a useful tool at other times too with known health benefits. If you’re interested in starting a meditation practice and aren’t sure how to start, this class is for you! We’ll discuss and practice different styles of meditation including practicing with the breath, body scans, working with a question, Metta practice and Tonglen. You’ll leave with an understanding of meditation fundamentals such as different postures that work well, how to work with attention, and ways to support your meditation practice.
This event will be held in person and via Zoom on Saturday May 2, 9 AM – 12:30 PM. We plan on recording the class and sending the link to registrants who request it.
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.
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.
If you’re interested in starting a meditation practice and aren’t sure how, come to our Intro to Meditation class on Saturday January 10 from 9 AM – 12:30 PM! We’ll discuss (and practice) different styles of meditation including practicing with the breath, body scans, working with a question, Metta practice and Tonglen. You’ll leave with an understanding of meditation fundamentals such as different postures that work well, how to work with attention, and ways to support your meditation practice. Please pre-register.
We will write and enjoy the art of haiku together in this colorful season.
Weather allowing, a walk outside will start us off.
Bring a notebook and a sweater!
Join senior BDC practitioners on Saturday October 4 from 9 AM to 12:30 PM to explore central teachings of our 2600 year old Buddhist tradition. We will learn about the five aggregates, five remembrances, five hindrances and the six paramitas. Great for those new to meditation and Buddhist practice; seasoned practitioners are warmly encouraged as well.
Learn about Tibetan singing bowls and how to ring them from Brian Sparks! He will offer an introduction to sounding the bowls on Sunday, September 21 from 1:30 to 3:30 PM.
The class will introduce information on several therapeutic uses, bowl types, considerations on buying a bowl and a therapeutic set of bowls, how to play the bowls, mallet types, and physiological impacts of bowl sounds on the body and brain as well as some hands on practice with the bowls.
Brian received his spiritual teaching from several masters in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. His teachers blessed his bowl work by giving him the specific “Prayer of Aspiration” and granted him many Buddhist empowerments. He has toured with notable Tibetan musicians, actors, and at the Garden of One Thousand Buddhas in Arlee.
He offers his practice of playing Tibetan bowls in service of healing, compassion and awakening.
If anyone is interested in learning how to become part of this tradition, they can talk with Brian after the session to discuss the structure and content of what is required to become a proficient bell ringer.
Enjoy an afternoon of origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, on Saturday August 23 from 3:30-5 PM!
Repetitively folding paper can produce a calming, meditative state while also working on focus and concentration. And it’s fun!
Our facilitator, Cam Palmer Warner, has been a folding fanatic since second grade and enjoys teaching others to fold. Cam will offer designs inspired by the Dharma such as lotus flowers and cranes (specific designs to be determined).
You do not need prior experience to attend this workshop. Children and complete beginners welcome!
All materials supplied (but if you have paper you’d like to use, you’re welcome to bring it).
This event is in-person only.
Crafting Calm has been moved to Sunday July 27, 2:30 PM to 4 PM! Join us to paint rocks with images or words that bring a moment of mindfulness and calm to all who see them. Inspired by the Kindness Rocks Project who believes that “one message at just the right moment can change someone’s entire day, outlook, life.”
Family friendly event! This event is in-person only.
