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Tucson, Arizona

"What is Zen?"
"The heart of the one who asks is Zen."


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Some Upcoming Events

Sunday, March 19, 3:30-5:00:
Sunday Sit on Zoom


Tuesday, March 14, 5:30-6:30:

Tuesday evening study group
we're working with Joan Sutherland's new book Through Forests of Every Color: Awakening with Koans


Open Source
Mahasangha Retreat
in Tucson
April 10-15

at Picture Rocks:
the retreat is at maximum capacity; to inquire about being placed on a waiting list please email us

for more upcoming events please visit our program page

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




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)

Tuesday Evening Study Group: meets on Zoom each week from 5:30-6:30

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 Sensei
Our Head of Practice is Jennifer Sellers.


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some Open Source news:


Joan Sutherland Roshi, the founding teacher of The Open Source, has a new book,
Through Forests of Every Color: Awakening with Koans
out from Shambala in June. 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 new 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



the next Open Source Mahasangha retreat will be in Tucson!
at Desert Rain's usual retreat venue
The Redemptorist Renewal Center
at Picture Rocks
Monday April 10 to Saturday April 15
please stay tuned for details and registration information


you can listen to dharma talks from our recent July Open Source retreat in Colorado
by Megan Rundel and Tenney Nathanson
here on our "talks" page
(you can also download the files)

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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.
photos: Lynda Zwinger
this page last  modified March 13, 2023

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