Tucson, Arizona
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"What is Zen?"
"The heart of the one who asks is Zen." |
Some Upcoming EventsSunday, November 10, 3:30-5:00:
Sunday Sit on Zoom Tuesday, November 12, 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, November 14, 6:30-7:30: Thursday Evening Meditation, in person at Little Chapel --a hybrid event; you can join us via Zoom for more upcoming events please visit our program page |
you can listen to dharma talks from our Desert Rain Zen March 2024 Retreat in Tucson our April 2023 Open Source Retreat in Tucson and our July 2022 Open Source Retreat in Colorado as well as older talks here on our "talks" page (you can also download the files) Thursday evening in-person sits at Little Chapel on the UA campus are now hybrid events: you can join us via Zoom 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! current Covid vaccinations strongly encouraged 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 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 Thursday Evening Meditation is a hybrid event: we meet in person at Little Chapel, & on Zoom, each week from 6:30-7:30 * We'll hold our next Desert Rain Zen Residential Retreat at the Redemptorist Renewal Center at Picture Rocks in Tucson March 4-9, 2025 with Tenney Nathanson Roshi and Megan Rundel Sensei for links to our zoom events or to be added to our email mailing list please contact us at [email protected] or [email protected] Our Resident Teacher is Tenney Nathanson Roshi Our Head of Practice is Jennifer Sellers. * some Open Source news: Open Source Mahasangha Residential Retreat at Bodhi Manda Zen Center in Jemez Springs, NM September 30-October 5, 2024 with Sarah Bender Roshi, Tenney Nathanson Roshi, Megan Rundel Sensei all done! we're beginning planning for another Open Source Mahasangha retreat in late 2025 * In May 2023 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 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. 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 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 520-235-1267 or 520-977-3983, or email [email protected].
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photos: Lynda Zwinger
this page last modified November 9, 2024 |
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DRZ is a federally-recognized 501c3 non-profit corporation: all donations tax deductible to the extent allowed by law