Tucson, Arizona
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Some Upcoming EventsSunday, December 3, 3:30-5:00:
Sunday Sit on Zoom Monday, December 11, 6:30-7:30: Precepts Study Group on Zoom Tuesday, December 5, 6:30-76:30: Tuesday evening study group we're working with Joan Sutherland's new book Through Forests of Every Color: Awakening with Koans Thursday, December 7, 6:30-7:30: Thursday Evening Meditation, in person at Little Chapel for more upcoming events please visit our program page |
back in person! Thursday evenings at Little Chapel on the UA campus Desert Rain has returned to Little Chapel on a weekly basis we're sitting together each Thursday evening 6:30-7:30 all are welcome! masks are optional current Covid vaccinations strongly encouraged Desert Rain Zen is part of the Open Source network an innovative Zen school whose work with koans aims to foster a deep individual engagement with practice, meditation and the koan tradition with an eye toward individual transformation and a lively commitment to the bodhisattva vow Open Source is part of the Pacific Zen School Desert Rain Zen on Zoom All are welcome! Here's an outline of our current program of events: Sunday Sit: We sit each Sunday on Zoom from 3:30-5:00 (one sitting period, then conversation about a koan, then a short sitting period, then closing activities) Monday Evening Precepts Study group: this group is ongoing but closed to newcomers at this point. The group is for those planning to take refuge ("Jukai") at our March retreat, as well as for those who want to explore the Sixteen Bodhisattva Precepts in a sustained way. Tuesday Evening Study Group: meets on Zoom each week from 5:30-6:30 Thursday Evening Meditation: meets in person at Little Chapel each week from 6:30-7:30 for links to our zoom events or to be added to our email mailing list please contact us at desertrainzen@gmail.com or nathanso@arizona.edu Our Resident Teacher is Tenney Nathanson Roshi Our Head of Practice is Jennifer Sellers. * some Open Source news: Our residential retreat is coming up in March, at our usual spot, the Redemptorist Renewal Center out at Picture Rocks. In May our teacher Tenney Nathanson received transmission as an Open Source Roshi from Joan Sutherland Roshi and Sarah Bender Roshi Joan Sutherland Roshi, the founding teacher of The Open Source, published a new book, Through Forests of Every Color: Awakening with Koans from Shambala in June 2022. It's available from Shambala (or from Amazon) the Desert Rain Tuesday Evening Study Group on Zoom is currently focusing on Through Forests of Every Color Joan also has an important piece at Lion's Roar: "Everything Is Enlightenment." for related material about Through Forests of Every Color and some of Joan's other recent activities including a series of Zoom interviews about the book available online you can look at this page on our website or go to Cloud Dragon: The Joan Sutherland Dharmaworks you can listen to dharma talks from our July 2022 Open Source retreat in Colorado by Megan Rundel and Tenney Nathanson here on our "talks" page (you can also download the files) and stay tuned for all the talks from our April 2023 Open Source retreat here in Tucson * there are Open Source groups in Colorado and California as well as here in Tucson all Open Source groups and teachers are holding Zoom events open to everyone for contact information and some scheduling information, see our Open Source page. Dharma talks by Tenney and some other teachers are available for listening and download here on our Talks page & don't miss our page on Working with Koans. Desert Rain Zen is sustained entirely by individual contributions Please consider donating to DRZ. 
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Where to find us (when we're not on zoom . . . )
The Little Chapel is located at 1401 East First Street, on the University of Arizona campus:
For our weekend and evening events, you can park in any of the spaces in the Little Chapel parking lot (including the reserved spaces). For parking for our Monday Meditation, please see details at Monday Meditation, Questions? text or phone 520-235-1267 or 520-977-3983, or email desertrainzen@gmail.com.
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this page last modified December 2, 2023 |
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