Find your Zen with Dharma Center Workshops & Events
Bozeman Dharma Center has announced a weekend Zen retreat entitled “Cutting Through Our Illusions.” Led by Sokaku Kathie Fischer, events will be held Friday to Sunday, November 1st–3rd. Beginning at 7pm, Friday night is open to the public and introduces the topic of the Diamond Sutra, one of the oldest documents of the Perfection of Wisdom teachings. This teaching has become foundational for all Zen Buddhist schools in China, Korea and Japan.
Over the weekend, participants will read the sutra for its beautiful language, grapple with the teaching of emptiness, and come to understand why this teaching has been so vital to Buddhist practitioners for nearly 2000 years. This retreat is sponsored by the Bozeman Zen Group. For more information and to register, email info@bozemanzengroup.org
Bozeman Zen Group will also sponsor “Enjoyment of the Paradox: A Koan Salon” on Wednesday evenings, November 6th, 13th and 20th from 7–8:30pm each night. Koans are stories with meetings between spiritual aspirants that seem paradoxical. They are poetic expressions of the breakthrough than can happen when we drop our conditioned clinging to our identity and open to our true nature. It is not about “getting it” as much as enjoying another way of being with our fundamental questions about life. Register by emailing info@bozemanzengroup.org. Suggested donation is $5–$20 per class.
On Saturday, November 9th, from 9am–noon, the Dharma Center will stream highlights from Rick Hanson’s day recorded at Spirit Rock earlier this year. Dr Hanson will discuss how to be “Resilient: Cultivating an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength and Happiness.” With his trademark blend of neuroscience, mindfulness, and positive psychology, the New York Times bestselling author will demonstrate how to develop vital inner strengths hardwired into the nervous system. No matter what life throws at you, attendees will be able to feel less stressed, pursue opportunities with confidence, and stay calm and centered in the face of adversity. Offered for suggestion donation of $10–$30.
The Bozeman Insight Community presents a class on “Self Care: How to Use the Practice to Nurture Yourself” on Tuesday, November 12th from 7–8:30pm. This evening workshop will help participants combine the tools of mindfulness, wise understanding and self-compassion to create a go-to practice of self-nurture that can be called upon, on the cushion or on the fly. Life can be hectic, draining and hard. Mindfulness clarifies our awareness of the experience. These tools are here to nurture and support us through it. Offered for suggested donation of $5–$20. No pre-registration necessary.
Located at 1019 E Main, Suite 202, Bozeman Dharma Center is one of the few Centers in the United States that houses more than one Buddhist lineage. Founded in 2013, it has grown from housing three groups to housing seven. Bozeman Dharma Center provides quality programs on beginning meditation and Buddhism and brings to Bozeman nationally and internationally known teachers several times a year. To learn more about the Center or its programs, please visit www.bozemandharmacenter.org