Tucson, Arizona
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"What is Zen?"
"The heart of the one who asks is Zen." |
Some Upcoming EventsSunday, January 18, 3:30-5:00:
Sunday Sit on Zoom Tuesday, January 20, 6:30-7:30: Tuesday evening study group on Zoom we're working with Joan Sutherland's new book Through Forests of Every Color: Awakening with Koans Thursday, January 22, 6:30-7:30: Thursday Evening Meditation, in person at Little Chapel --a hybrid event; you can join us via Zoom (NO SIT ON NEW YEAR'S DAY) for more upcoming events please visit our program page |
what's new Open Source Winter 2026 Koan Series with Sarah Bender, Megan Rundel, and Tenney Nathanson on Zoom Wednesday evenings 6-7 Arizona/Mountain January 21, February 4, February 18 for more information please email us at [email protected] or phone us at 520-230-145 Desert Rain Zen is now podcasting: newest episodes: talks from our October Open Source Mahasangha "Golden Wind" Retreat in New Mexico by Open Source teachers Sarah Bender, Tenney Nathanson, and Megen Rundel you can find us by searching"Desert Rain Zen" on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast hosting platform you can also find soundfiles of recent talks here and a big archive of older talks here on this website you can find new talks and writing by our teacher Tenney Nathanson Roshi at tenneynathanson.com just posted: a long essay, "Riding the Dragon" or see Tenney's Substack "tenneynathansonzen" about Desert Rain Zen Desert Rain Zen is part of the Open Source a lineage characterized by innovative work with koans that aims to foster a deep engagement with awakening and individual transformation and a lively commitment to the Bodhisattva vow in a welcoming and encouraging practice environment Open Source is part of the Pacific Zen School a lineage that supplements individual koan practice with group koan work with an eye toward making the wisdom, richness, and transformative power of the koan tradition available to all who practice with us. Our koan conversations are lively, warm, and deep supported by our continuing commitment to Zen meditation join us on Zoom most Desert Rain Zen events are on Zoom some others are hybrid to be added to our email list to receive zoom links to our various activities please email us at [email protected] or phone us at 520-230-1458 you can find details here about our weekly events our special events our residential retreats Spring 2026 residential retreat Desert Rain Zen will hold our annual Desert Sunrise Retreat here in Tucson at the Redemptorist Renewal Center at Picture Rocks with teachers Tenney Nathanson Roshi and Megan Rundel Sensei March 3-8 please check back soon for further information or contact us at [email protected] or 520-230-1458 our teacher our teacher is Tenney Nathanson Roshi some Open Source news Fall 2026 Open Source Mahasangha Residential Retreat with Sarah Bender Roshi, Tenney Nathanson Roshi, Megan Rundel Sensei at the Redemptorist Renewal Center out at Picture Rocks in Tucson October 17-23 Joan Sutherland Roshi, the founding teacher of The Open Source, published a new book, Through Forests of Every Color: Awakening with Koans with Shambala in June 2022. It's available from Shambala (or from Amazon or other sellers) the Desert Rain Tuesday Evening Study Group on Zoom is currently focusing on Through Forests of Every Color 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 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. 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 for free in any of the spaces in the Little Chapel parking lot. When you arrive, please check with us about how to enter a parking code on your phone. Questions? text or phone 520-230-1458, or email [email protected].
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photos: Lynda Zwinger
this page last modified January 18, 2026 |
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