Mountain Stream Meditation Center supports Buddhist Meditation in the Northern California Sierra Foothills area. We have been active since 1986. We support a number of weekly sitting groups in many communities, and we hold a number of daylongs and longer retreats each year. We publish and distribute our newsletter, Dharma Stream, twice yearly to over 2,500 individuals. Our mission is to serve as a enter for the Buddhist community in the Northern California Sierra Foothills area.

Mountain Stream was founded by John M. Travis. John has been a student of vipassana meditation since 1969. His work and teaching have been important to the growth and development of Buddhism in the Northern Sierra Nevada region.

Please note that John will be on sabbatical in Asia from July through late December, 2010. His trip will include study, retreat and time with Asian teachers.

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Upcoming Retreats and Events:

Twof nuns originally from Amaravati Monastery in England will visit our Sangha in September, 2010. Amaravati is a Buddhist Thai Forest Monastery, in the tradition of Ajahn Chah and Ajahn Sumedho. Now the nuns are being sponsored by the Saranaloka Foundation here in California. Our visiting teachers will be Ajahn Anandabodhi and Ajahn Metta. You can read more about the nuns and the foundation here: http://www.saranaloka.org/

Sept 12, Sun
Daylong
Nuns from Amaravati Monastery

Private Ranch between Auburn and G.V.
530-265-5977
susans@mtstream.org

Sept 13, Mon
Guest Speakers at Sitting Group
Nuns from Amaravati Monastery
Wild Mt. Yoga Center
Nevada City, CA

Sept 14, Tues
Guest Speakers at Sitting Group
Nuns from Amaravati Monastery
Canyon Spirit Yoga Center
Auburn, CA

Pilgrimage to Mt. Kailash

In late September of 2008, twenty-one souls undertook the pilgrimage to Mount Kailash. The twenty-three day undertaking was planned by John Travis and Christy Tews. The trip is an arduous undertaking involving trekking out the western end of Nepal, crossing the border into Tibet, driving to Manasarowar and then trekking around Kailash. As many of us discovered it was not only arduous but also a personal journey of resolve. More about the pilgrimage...

Click here for the upcoming schedule of topics and teachers for the sitting groups in Nevada City/Grass Valley and in Auburn and also for Dharma Zephyr Sangha in Carson City, Nevada