Social Sangha Supper

Friday
September 25
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.

Peace Sit

Saturday
September 26
12-1 PM

In Person
Lindley Park Pavilion

Come together for a silent contemplation for compassion and peace. Bring camp chairs and cushions for sitting or enjoy silent walking meditation. Drop in, no registration or RSVP needed.

Dharma Book Club

Tuesday
September 29
5-6 PM

In Person

Dharma book club has moved to a new day, time and schedule! We now meet every other month on the last Tuesday at 5PM which makes our next meeting September 29. We’ll read Stephen Batchelor’s Buddhism Without Beliefs. We’ll also pick future selections at this meeting. This is an informal book club with no set agenda. The goal is to encourage each other to read Dharma books and have some discussion about how the concepts apply to our personal practice.

Call for Art:
BDC 2027 Calendar

Thursday
October 1

We’d love to feature your art!

We know there are many talented people in our community and we would love to feature your art in a calendar for the BDC community! This can be an original drawing or painting, or photograph. Either scan or take a photo of your creation, and send in .jpg or .png format to info@bozemandharmacenter.org by October 1st for consideration. You are welcome to submit multiple pieces. 

“Who Am I?”

Half-Day retreat with Heather Iarusso

Oct 3
8AM – Noon

Hybrid

Who am I? These three little words have been contemplated for millennia by prominent philosophers and psychologists, spiritual teachers, and by us (extra)ordinary folk. It’s a perennial question with innumerable responses. Siddartha’s spiritual quest to investigate and end human suffering resulted in his awakening to the profoundly liberating experience of “not-self.” Or as Suzuki Roshi poetically said: “What we call ‘I’ is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and exhale. It just moves, that is all.” 

Enjoy sitting and walking meditation and learning about “not-self.” Receive a discount when registering before September 20.

Newcomer
Orientation

Tuesday
October 6
5-6 PM

In Person

We know it can be hard to walk in the door! On the first Tuesday of every month, we host a one-hour orientation for those new to the BDC, or wanting to learn more about our offerings. Free, no registration required. Please come, and tell your meditation-curious friends!

The Happiness that Endures

with Elaine Huang

Oct 9-10

Hybrid

Explore the distinction between relative human happiness, which naturally fluctuates with mood and circumstance, and the deeper happiness that endures beneath our changing conditions.

Through guided meditation, contemplative inquiry, and embodied practices, we’ll investigate ways of recognizing true nature and the gradual transformation that allows this enduring well-being to be lived more often in everyday life.

Opening talk on Friday, October 9 from 6:30-8 PM followed by a daylong retreat on Saturday, October 10 from 9:30 AM – 5 PM.

Zen Sesshin

with Nomon Tim Burnett

Nov 12-15

In Person

The Bozeman Zen Group welcomes Nomon Tim Burnett back to Bozeman to lead a multi-day sesshin! 

The sesshin offers inspiring practice with zendo forms in place – right at the Bozeman Dharma Center. Enjoy zazen, service, dharma talks, and oryōki (formal eating) practice. Hours are 7:00 am – 5:00 pm Thursday – Saturday, with a half day on Sunday. Although participation can be flexible, priority for attendance will be given to those who sign up for all four days. Persons planning to attend on Sunday should have attended at least one other day of the sesshin. There is no Sunday-only option.

Releasing the Knot of the Mind

with Anam Thubten

Nov 13-15

In Person

The Nyingma teachings of Tibetan Buddhism offer profound methods for experiencing the self liberation of mind in the realm of now. This retreat willl draw on teachings from Anam Thubten’s new book, Releasing the Knot of the Mind: Instructions on Resting in Stillness and Awareness, available from Shambhala Publications.