Newcomer Orientation

Tuesday
July 7
5-6 PM

In Person

We know it can be intimidating to walk in the door! This evening is intended to be a welcoming place to ask questions before coming to an official event. Learn more about meditation, the Bozeman Dharma Center and the seven groups that practice here. All welcome! No registration necessary.

MahaSangha Picnic

Friday
July 17
5-7 PM

In Person at Bozeman Ponds Pavilion

Come get to know each other outside of the meditation hall at our third annual mahasangha picnic. Everyone is welcome! Please join us.

Wondering what to bring? Here are some suggestions based on your last name:

A-G: Beverages
H-M: Appetizer/Snack/Side
N-T: Salad/Main
U-Z: Dessert

Knowing and Wisdom

Half-day with the Bozeman Zen Group

Saturday
July 18
8AM – Noon

Hybrid

Sometimes knowledge is equated with wisdom; we have a picture of a wise old master who knows all the answers. Yet Zen practice teaches us to be okay with not knowing. What is it about “knowing” that’s so compelling and how do we cultivate wisdom? This half-day of practice offers an opportunity to sit with these types of questions and discern our own meaning.

Special Guest: Shannon Smith

with the Bozeman Insight Community

Thursday
July 30
6:30 – 8 PM

Hybrid
(teacher by Zoom)

Over the last decade Shannon has been sitting and studying in the Theravada tradition integrating Dharma Practice and addiction recovery practices resulting in more than 25 years of sobriety. In 2014, she stepped out of a long and successful career to have her first son and to become a Co-Founder to a Buddhist-based Recovery Treatment Center working with recovering addicts and their families. During this time, she also graduated from a four-year teacher training program with Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society. Shannon has taught meditation, led Recovery groups and co-facilitated Year-to-Live groups since 2008. She founded the Secular Dharma Foundation with Dave Smith.

Social Sangha Supper

Friday
July 31
6-7 PM

In Person

Meet fellow practitioners, eat a nutritious meal, and support a worthy cause all in one go! On the last Friday of each month, we’ll meet at Fork & Spoon to have dinner together.

Please let us know you’re coming. It gets busy and we’ll need to reserve a table so we can all sit together!

General price for meal is $12.50, but you can pay what you can and also can pay it forward.

Interweaving Metta & Vipassana

with Dave & Shannon Smith

Sept 4-8

In Person

Bozeman Dharma Center in collaboration with Bozeman Insight Community with be hosting our second residential retreat at Camp Mimanagish 

During this silent retreat, we will develop practices that unite the heart and the mind. By combining the Four Foundations of Mindfulness with the practice of Metta, we learn to balance moment-to-moment awareness with the qualities of kindness, care, joy, and equanimity. As your body and mind start to settle, a natural, intuitive wisdom begins to emerge—a process that helps shift your energy toward a sense of wholesome intention and genuine contentment.