Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

SPECIAL OFFERING from John Travis on April 17.
There will be a Dharma Discussion from 11:45 am to 12:30 pm before the quiet sit ~ Bring your questions, reflections, and comments.

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

Honoring John Travis: An 80th Birthday Celebration
Location: Join us In Person or via Zoom; see below

Date: Saturday, April 18
Schedule of Program:
2:00 - 2:30 pm: Meet and Greet
2:30 - 5:00 pm: The program will begin with a meditation, followed by some very special guests and an opportunity to share gratitude for all that John means to us and our community.

There will be birthday cake and socializing! Please join us! ♥

Join us in person:
Meditation Hall at the Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959

Join our Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

Adam will be teaching in-person at the Nevada City Insight Center! As always if you can’t make it in person, you can join via Zoom ~ link below.

Adam Stonebraker - Topic TBD

Join us in person:
Adam will be teaching in-person in the Meditation Hall
Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St
Nevada City, CA 95959

Join us on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

Bio - Adam Stonebraker has been dedicated to Buddhist practice and meditation since 1999 and serves as the Guiding Teacher for Mountain Stream Meditation in Nevada City, CA. Since 2010, he has been sharing the Buddha’s teachings with diverse audiences locally and internationally. His approach is deeply influenced by the Thai Forest Tradition, the Bodhisattva path, and the transformative power of meditation.

​Adam has been mentored closely by Kittisaro & Thanissara as a retreat and meditation teacher in the lineage of Ajahn Chah and the Kuan Yin Dharmas as taught by Master Hsuan Hua. His teaching emphasizes trust in one’s innate wisdom, the cultivation of an open heart, and an embodied understanding of interdependence. While his primary focus is on Buddhism and meditation, his background in yoga and somatic practice informs his approach to embodied awareness and the integration of insight with daily life. Deeply attuned to the natural world, he draws inspiration from its rhythms and resilience as a source of practice and insight.

Adam has studied with a wide range of teachers, including Kittisaro & Thanissara, Sarah & Ty Powers, Zen Master Dae Gak, and Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In 2019, he earned a Master’s degree in Mindfulness Studies from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is currently in the four-year Spirit Rock/IMS teacher training, further deepening his commitment to sharing the Dharma. Since 2020, his teaching and practice have been exclusively dedicated to Buddhism and meditation.​​ To learn more about Adam, visit, www.mtstream.org/adam-stonebraker

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to Adam - Thank you

To donate by credit card: ADAM STONEBRAKER DONATION (DANA)
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959

In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Mountain Stream Board meetings are usually scheduled on the fourth Wednesday of the month.

Our next meeting is Wednesday, April 22, 3:00 pm.

Join us in person at 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959
or on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

If you would like a copy of the agenda, please email lauren@mtstream.org
If you’d like to receive the monthly approved minutes, please email juanita@mtstream.org

A Community Earth Day Ritual: Gratitude and Interbeing 
Offered by the Eco Dharma Council 

Date: Wednesday, April 22
Time: 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Location: Join us In Person, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959

On this Earth Day, we gather to remember what we already know in our bones — that we not only belong to this living world, we are this living world.

• The Eco Dharma Council invites you to join us for an evening of ritual, meditation, and community in honor of the land that holds us and the web of interbeing in which our lives are woven.

• We will begin outside with a meditation attuning to the natural world, followed by offerings to the land as a practice of genuine gratitude. 

• Moving inside, we will deepen into interbeing through guided meditation and contemplative writing — listening for what the earth asks of us, and offering our attention and care in return.

• The evening includes altar-making, smoke offerings, and the raising of prayer flags.

Come as you are. Bring your love for this world, your grief, your wonder. 

Join Lauren on Zoom, Thursday April 23, 6:30 - 7:00 pm PT, if you have any financial, operational, or other questions regarding Mountain Stream.

These meetings will be hosted quarterly after our books close and are open to everyone. If you are unable to attend, these meetings will be recorded and posted on the Center Reports page.

Zoom Meeting Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82148540595?pwd=I230dWraW27J6VPaihi1bn9kcSHpuv.1
Meeting ID: 821 4854 0595
Passcode: 367341

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

This is a chance to enjoy Sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

You are invited to a Daylong Retreat with Adam Stonebraker
Topic: Rooted and Awake: A Daylong of Elemental Practice
Date: Saturday, April 25, 2026
Time: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm PT
Location: In Person & Virtual
Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959
Or join us via Zoom; see below

Daylong Registration Fees:

Service Trade

• For those who are unable to pay, we offer a service trade option where volunteer hours are traded for attending the program.

• For those with physical limitations or disabilities, full scholarships are available without offering service- reach out to lauren@mtstream.org

Scholarship — $50

• Reserved for those who live on a limited or fixed income

• Helps cover basic operating costs for the program like utilities, flowers and supplies

Standard — $80

• For those who are on a tight budget, but who have some funds available to support social and spiritual activities.

• Covers program expenses for the day

Sustaining — $108

• For those who are on a modest budget but who are more financially comfortable 

• Helps sustain Mountain Stream’s ongoing offerings

• Covers operating expenses for the day, as well as program expenses

Steward — $150

• For those who have the means to give a bit more in support of the Dharma

• Helps Mountain Stream break even, provide ongoing dana-based programming and builds the foundation for us to grow and thrive

• Covers operating and program expenses and helps provide scholarships for others

Pre-registration is encouraged by noon on Friday, April 24. The Zoom meeting link will be provided once registered and paid in full.
To register: visit https://square.link/u/8LVAVdU1
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.

If you are interested in sponsoring lunch for the teacher or offering flowers, please email lauren@mtstream.org

If you would like to contribute to our scholarship fund, please donate here.

Daylong Description: We are made of the same stuff as mountains, rivers, and sky. This daylong retreat invites you to remember that — not as a concept, but as a living, breathing experience.

Through sitting and walking meditation, dharma reflections, and time outdoors, we'll explore the classical Buddhist teaching of the five great elements — earth, water, fire, air, and space — as doorways into the body, the present moment, and our kinship with the living world.

The day will be held in noble silence, creating a nourishing space to slow down, arrive fully, and let practice go deep. We'll open with chanting, move through the elements together across the arc of the day, and close with group sharing and a dedication of blessings.

This retreat is well-suited for meditators of all levels who feel called to explore embodiment, the natural world, and the intersection of dharma and ecology. No prior experience with elemental teachings is necessary — only a willingness to show up and be present.

Dana: During the daylong, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to Adam as part of the Buddhist practice of dana (the practice of giving and receiving). All offerings are gratefully received and support the continuation of the Buddha’s teachings. 
ADAM STONEBRAKER DONATION (DANA)

Bio: Adam Stonebraker, a dedicated practitioner of Yoga and Meditation since 1999, serves as the Guiding Teacher for Mountain Stream Meditation, in Nevada City, CA. He has been sharing his profound insights with diverse audiences both locally and internationally since 2010. Adam's teachings are deeply rooted in his extensive training in Yoga and a long-standing devotion to Buddhadharma, which inspire him to guide others towards realizing their unique potential in mind and body. His primary goal is to help individuals trust their innate wisdom and embrace the profound sense of interconnection that defines our existence.

Adam's approach is particularly influenced by the rich intersections between Buddhism and traditional Yoga practices, the Bodhisattva path, and engaging with the natural world. He has had the honor of studying closely with renowned teachers such as Kittisaro & Thanissara, Sarah & Ty Powers, Tias & Surya Little, Paul & Suzee Grilley, Maty Ezraty, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, and many others.

In 2019, Adam completed a Master’s degree in the pioneering Mindfulness Studies Program at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, further enriching his understanding and teaching of mindfulness practices. To learn more about Adam, visit www.mtstream.org/adam-stonebraker

Metta (Lovingkindness) Meditation Practice Circle
Peer-led, In Person Only
We meet every last Sunday of the month, 10:00 - 11:30 am - All are welcome
Facilitated by Dharma Practitioners Tim Cardoza and Priscilla Barton

Description: Metta (lovingkindess) meditation practices are a powerful part of the Buddha’s legacy. These practices have the ability to substantially deepen our feelings of love and connection with others and to help us transform difficult mind states such as fear and anger into more wholesome states of caring and kindness.  Scientific studies on metta meditation practices have shown they can increase feelings of wellbeing and improve both mental and physical health.

The group format will include reading/chanting of the Karaniya Metta Sutta, Monthly Topic, Guided Meditation and Discussion

Suggested reading:  Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg

Dana (Donations) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$25 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TEMPLE DANA (DONATION)
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Every 2nd & 4th Sunday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm - In Person Only

Queer Sangha is a peer-led meditation and community group for all who find affinity in queerness. We come together to practice meditation and build community, resilience, and solidarity through Sangha- a Buddhist word for the community who practices together.

Our gatherings include a 30-minute meditation (seated, laying down, or standing all very welcome), a time to share and listen to each other, a metta (loving kindness) blessing, and walking meditation.

We are a peer-held, collective space. Meditation guidance is available for those whom it would be supportive. 

Join us! This space is open to Queer identified folks, as well as all who are exploring the possibility of queerness as a part of their identity.

This group is offered freely. Donations are gratefully received and support the Center. Temple Donations (Dana)

An Evening with devon and nico hase -
“This Messy, Gorgeous Love: Buddhist Wisdom for Real Relationships"

Date: Monday, April 27
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm PT

Join Buddhist teachers devon and nico for an intimate evening exploring how ancient wisdom meets modern love. Drawing from their new book This Messy, Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership, they'll share practical insights on bringing mindfulness and compassion into the beautiful complexity of intimate relationships.

Through personal stories and guided meditation, discover how Buddhist principles like dukkha and impermanence apply to partnership. Learn why conflict can become a doorway to intimacy, what real patience looks like, and how embracing love's messy reality can lead to greater joy and connection.

Whether single, partnered, or somewhere in between, this evening offers wisdom for loving more skillfully in all relationships. Come ready to laugh, reflect, and see your connections through fresh eyes.

Join us in person:
We will livestream the Dharma talk into the Meditation Hall
Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St
Nevada City, CA 95959

Join our Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to devon & nico - Thank you

To donate by credit card: MONDAY NIGHT DONATION (DANA)
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959

In the memo line, please indicate donation to the teacher or the program date.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

About devon: I first encountered meditation in 2000, as a college sophomore longing for a deeper way to meet life. Since then, I've spent over six cumulative years in meditation retreat in both the Insight and Vajrayana traditions, studying closely with teachers such as Joseph Goldstein, Tara Brach, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, and others.

Most recently, nico and I fulfilled a long-held dream by completing a three-year meditation retreat.

Before teaching dharma full-time, I was a classroom teacher for ten years, focusing on creative writing and cultural studies. I'm a graduate of Spirit Rock's Community Dharma Leaders program and the Insight Meditation Society's Teacher Training Program, and now serve as co-coordinating teacher for Spirit Rock's CDL program.

In addition to my work with Refuge of Belonging, I teach on retreat teams at Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock, and other centers internationally.

Nico and I co-authored How Not to Be a Hot Mess: A Buddhist Survival Guide for Modern Life, and our new book This Messy Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership comes out April 14th, 2026. I'm passionate about depth practice—on retreat and in daily life—and deeply grateful to my lineage teachers who have modeled these forms so beautifully.

These days, I'm especially interested in how we can support the living Buddhist traditions in ways that feel accessible, inclusive, and deeply relevant to our complex times.

About nico: I’ve been walking this path since 1994, when I began studying with my first teacher, NDR*, who guided me for seven years through weekly phone calls and retreats at his farmhouse in upstate New York.

In 2001, I discovered there were monasteries in the United States—places where you could live fully immersed in dharma. I spent six years at Crestone Mountain Zen Center, studying with Zentatsu Richard Baker-Roshi in Suzuki Roshi’s lineage.

My practice has been enriched by multiple traditions. Through devon, I was introduced to Tibetan Buddhism and have studied in the three yana system with Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Lama Drubgyu Tenzin, and others. Most recently, devon and I fulfilled a long-held dream by completing a three-year meditation retreat, including the full cycle of Shangpa teachings and transmissions.

Altogether, I’ve spent more than six years in silent retreat across Insight, Zen, and Vajrayana settings—a thread of depth that continues to shape how I teach and live.

Since 2013, I've studied closely with Joseph Goldstein in the One Dharma Vipassana tradition, and he remains my closest dharma mentor. Along the way, I earned a PhD in counseling psychology at UW–Madison, where I was influenced by Richie Davidson, John Dunne, and other remarkable teachers.

I also teach retreats nationally and lead our annual ten-part series exploring the paramis—qualities of an awakened heart.

Devon and I co-authored How Not to Be a Hot Mess: A Buddhist Survival Guide for Modern Life, and our new book This Messy Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership comes out April 14, 2026.

*NDR has since died but always wanted to remain anonymous—he never advertised and stayed out of the dharma scene, hence the initials.

Learn more about devon & nico

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

This is a chance to enjoy Sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

Mountain Stream invites you to join an Eco Dharma Art Workshop (Half Day)
Invisible Becomes Visible: Compassionate Practices through Sutta and Art to Reconnect to Self and Earth

Guides: Ameera Godwin & Lakshmi Prasad
Date: Saturday, May 2, 2026
Time: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Location: In Person Only, Mountain Stream Meditation, Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959

This workshop takes the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta —the Buddha's final journey and teachings — as its living thread, drawing us into contemplative encounter with one of Buddhism's most profound and tender texts.

We situate ourselves within this time of ecological and societal "polycrisis," turning to the Dhamma as teaching, refuge, and living expression of nature unfolding. The sutta becomes our map: through its landscapes of transition, letting go, and interdependence, we find language and practice for our own moment.

From this contemplation, we invite the invisible to become visible through process-based art, guided more by curiosity and quiet attention than technique, as forms emerge and dissolve, mirroring the sutta's own patterns of refuge, impermanence, and interconnection.

No prior art experience needed — only a willingness to notice, explore, and engage.

Half Day Art Workshop Registration Fees (art supplies included):

Service Trade

• For those who are unable to pay, we offer a service trade option where volunteer hours are traded for attending the program.

• For those with physical limitations or disabilities, full scholarships are available without offering service- reach out to lauren@mtstream.org

Scholarship — $40

• Reserved for those who live on a limited or fixed income

• Helps cover basic operating costs for the program like utilities, flowers and supplies

Standard — $70

• For those who are on a tight budget, but who have some funds available to support social and spiritual activities.

• Covers program expenses for the day

Sustaining — $90

• For those who are on a modest budget but who are more financially comfortable 

• Helps sustain Mountain Stream’s ongoing offerings

• Covers operating expenses for the day, as well as program expenses

Steward — $125

• For those who have the means to give a bit more in support of the Dharma

• Helps Mountain Stream break even, provide ongoing dana-based programming and builds the foundation for us to grow and thrive

• Covers operating and program expenses and helps provide scholarships for others

Pre-registration is required and encouraged by noon on Friday, May 1
To register: visit https://square.link/u/oe7gbjeW
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.

Dana: During the half day, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to Ameera & Lakshmi as part of the Buddhist practice of dana, the virtue of giving and receiving. All offerings are gratefully received. Teacher Dana

Ameera Godwin is a multimedia artist, arts educator, and Buddhist practitioner based in Nevada City, CA. As co-founder of Myrtle Tree Arts (myrtletreearts.com), Ameera combines digital photography and video with mixed media, sound recording, and collaborative musical performance to explore fragile interrelationships with land and place. As an educator and continuous learner, she works with people to build connections with nature using art practice, meditative observations and deep listening.

Lakshmi Prasad is a dedicated student and practitioner of the Buddhadharma, rooted primarily in the Theravada lineage and inspired by Mahayana, Vajrayana, and her Hindu upbringing. After recently stepping away from a career in public health and international development, she is sitting with questions about how spiritual practice might help support healing and collective action to build a world of greater wellbeing and equity.

Join this evening’s sit and dharma talk via Zoom ~ or join us in the Meditation Hall

Kirsten Rudestam - Topic TBD

Join us in person:
We will livestream the Dharma talk into the Meditation Hall
Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St
Nevada City, CA 95959

Join our Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to our teacher - Thank you

To donate by credit card: MONDAY NIGHT DONATION (DANA)
Or offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959

In the memo line, please indicate donation to the teacher or the program date.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Bio: Kirsten Rudestam is an environmental educator, wilderness guide, and meditation teacher. She has a PhD in Environmental Sociology from the University of California, Santa Cruz where she studied political ecology, sense of place, and environmental justice. Kirsten has fifteen years of experience teaching environmental field courses, nature-based meditation programs and guiding wilderness expeditions. She is trained as a vision fast guide through the School of Lost Borders and is a facilitator for Joanna Macy’s Work that Reconnects. Kirsten has been practicing vipassana meditation since 2001 and graduated from Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leaders Program in 2005.

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Sound Healing with Miyu Tamamura
6:00 to 7:00 pm
An indoor, in-person evening with crystal bowls.

A suggested Donation of $15 - $30 to be shared equally between Miyu and Mountain Stream. Thank you!
To make a donation in advance, you can either mail a check made out to:
Mountain Stream Meditation, PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
or use a credit card by opening this link below:

Safety protocols and guidelines for participating:
We kindly ask that participants agree to follow the safety protocols and guidelines. In the spirit of non-harming, safety is achieved with everyone’s mindful participation.
Masking is optional. We ask that participants refrain from attending if they have had any respiratory or flu symptoms, including any of the following symptoms of Covid-19: loss of taste and smell, fever, chills, extreme fatigue, nausea or vomiting, dry cough, diarrhea, difficulty breathing, dizziness or confusion, sore throat, muscle aches. If you are experiencing seasonal allergies, please be sure and take an at home rapid test before attending - Thank you.

We also ask that you refrain from attending if you have had contact with anyone in the past 10 days that has been diagnosed with Covid-19 or was exhibiting any of the above symptoms unless you have passed two negative Covid tests since contact. 

If you have any questions, please consult with Miyu at (530) 205-8610 before attending.

About Miyu Tamamura: Miyu’s commitment to transformation and healing is the very energy that plays her orchestra of Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls, returning us to the silence within. Miyu has been teaching the monthly program of Sound Healing Meditation at Mountain Stream Meditation Center in Nevada City, California since 2019, as well as collaborating with various yoga, Qigong and meditation teachers, musicians and artists holding retreats, workshops and concerts in the U.S. and Japan.

Miyu was born and raised in Kyoto Japan, graduated from Kyoto University of Art with a bachelor degree in Modern Art before she moved to the U.S. in 2000. As a certified Shiatsu Therapist, Miyu’s practice is deep listening, holding a healing space for one to integrate and harmonize all aspects of self. Miyu established YU Healing Arts with her husband in Nevada City, California, the clinic has been dedicated to the healing arts including Sound Healing, Shiatsu Therapy, Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine since 2004. 

Miyu’s eclectic background and experiential approach to truth and Japanese heritage are infused in all her practices and artistic expressions.

More information about Miyu: www.yuhealingarts.com

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

This is a chance to enjoy Sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

Every 2nd & 4th Sunday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm - In Person Only

Queer Sangha is a peer-led meditation and community group for all who find affinity in queerness. We come together to practice meditation and build community, resilience, and solidarity through Sangha- a Buddhist word for the community who practices together.

Our gatherings include a 30-minute meditation (seated, laying down, or standing all very welcome), a time to share and listen to each other, a metta (loving kindness) blessing, and walking meditation.

We are a peer-held, collective space. Meditation guidance is available for those whom it would be supportive. 

Join us! This space is open to Queer identified folks, as well as all who are exploring the possibility of queerness as a part of their identity.

This group is offered freely. Donations are gratefully received and support the Center. Temple Donations (Dana)

Adam Stonebraker - Topic TBD

Join us in person:
Adam will be teaching in-person in the Meditation Hall
Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St
Nevada City, CA 95959

Join us on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

Bio - Adam Stonebraker has been dedicated to Buddhist practice and meditation since 1999 and serves as the Guiding Teacher for Mountain Stream Meditation in Nevada City, CA. Since 2010, he has been sharing the Buddha’s teachings with diverse audiences locally and internationally. His approach is deeply influenced by the Thai Forest Tradition, the Bodhisattva path, and the transformative power of meditation.

​Adam has been mentored closely by Kittisaro & Thanissara as a retreat and meditation teacher in the lineage of Ajahn Chah and the Kuan Yin Dharmas as taught by Master Hsuan Hua. His teaching emphasizes trust in one’s innate wisdom, the cultivation of an open heart, and an embodied understanding of interdependence. While his primary focus is on Buddhism and meditation, his background in yoga and somatic practice informs his approach to embodied awareness and the integration of insight with daily life. Deeply attuned to the natural world, he draws inspiration from its rhythms and resilience as a source of practice and insight.

Adam has studied with a wide range of teachers, including Kittisaro & Thanissara, Sarah & Ty Powers, Zen Master Dae Gak, and Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In 2019, he earned a Master’s degree in Mindfulness Studies from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is currently in the four-year Spirit Rock/IMS teacher training, further deepening his commitment to sharing the Dharma. Since 2020, his teaching and practice have been exclusively dedicated to Buddhism and meditation.​​ To learn more about Adam, visit, www.mtstream.org/adam-stonebraker

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to Adam - Thank you

To donate by credit card: ADAM STONEBRAKER DONATION (DANA)
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959

In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Mountain Stream Meditation invites you to a 5-Week Series
Buddhism Beyond Patriarchy

Teacher: Gavrila Nikhila
Dates: Five consecutive Wednesdays, May 13, 20, 27 and June 3 & 10
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Location: In Person - Join us at the Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959

Cost: Our programs are offered on a sliding scale
$40 - ($8.00/Class: Partial scholarship price) 
$75 - ($15.00/Class)
$100 ($20.00/Class) 
$125 ($25/Class) 

Pre-registration is encouraged by noon on Tuesday, May 12.
To register, please visit https://square.link/u/EFvmt5b0
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.

Please note: To support our deepening, this will be a closed container (no drop-in's). Those who register for the series are welcome to miss up to one class.

ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN, regardless of identity, ability, background and experience.

Scholarships: 1-2 work/trade scholarship positions available. In exchange for free attendance, you will work directly with Gavrila for weekly class set-up and support. Email Lauren for details. Lauren@mtstream.org
If you are in need of a full scholarship and are unable to offer service, no one will be turned away for lack of funds ~ please still come! Email Lauren for details.

If you would like to contribute to our scholarship fund, please donate here.

Series Description: While the Buddha’s teachings themselves offer the path of freedom to all, regardless of gender, identity, class, or ability, systems of oppression have limited access to specific practitioners throughout history and still do today. From the first women requesting to join the Buddha’s monastic order over 2600 years ago, we can still see and feel the ripples of identity-based exclusion in current day sanghas across the globe. 

There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, “Morning, [folks]. How’s the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, “What the hell is water?” - David Foster Wallace 

Depending on one’s own identity, you may not even know you are practicing within a system informed by patriarchy. In this series we will reflect upon and examine together the role of patriarchy in Buddhism from then until now. As sangha, we will wake up together as we become conscious of this history, and the ongoing seen and unseen impacts of patriarchy, in order to reclaim and extend the true liberation of these teachings for all. 

Session 1: Building the Container and Setting the Foundation - Grounding into the Theravada lineage, co-creating the culture for our series, and defining language used within the series.

Session 2: Herstory of the Nuns, Past and Present - Meeting our Buddhist foremothers, reflecting on herstory, and discovering the circumstances of present day Buddhist nuns.

Session 3: Non-belonging in Our Practice || Finding Belonging within Practice - Exploring stories of inclusion and exclusion in practice, reflecting on our own belonging in practice.

Session 4: Expansive and Directive Buddhist Concepts - Learning profound feminine concepts offered in the Buddha’s teachings, engaging with them, and emphasizing the yin of practice.

Session 5: Carrying the Torch - Meeting current torch carriers of inclusion in the Dharma, connecting with our own seeds of inspiration, and reflecting on our time together.

Each session will include chanting, meditation practice, didactic exploration, and community reflection.

Dana: During the course, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to Gavrila as part of the Buddhist practice of dana (the practice of giving and receiving). All offerings are gratefully received and support the continuation of the Buddha’s teachings.  GAVRILA NIKHILA DONATION (DANA)

Bio: Gavrila Nikhila is a dedicated dhamma practitioner, singer, and contemplative dreamer. Her journey through grief and the complexities of being human inspired her to study suffering and its cessation, leading her to teach mindfulness for over a decade and become a somatic psychotherapist. Working with diverse individuals, she believes that embodiment and mindfulness are accessible to everyone. Gavrila emphasizes awareness, ancestral wisdom, and innate wholeness in her collaborative approach to transformation. She co-founded the Trauma Aware Mindfulness Collective and is a guest teacher for various sanghas. Gavrila offers meditation series for youth with Spirit Rock Meditation Center and young adults with Dharma Gates. In collaboration with Lotus Compass, Gavrila serves as the mindfulness guide on annual trips on the Camino de Santiago. Gavrila identifies as a queer, Ashkenazi Jewess.
For more on Gavrila's therapeutic work visit connectedrootstherapy.com.
For more on trainings and insights, visit wholecompleteperfect.com.

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

This is a chance to enjoy Sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

You are invited to a Daylong Retreat with Maeve Hassett
Topic: Embracing Impermanence: A Buddhist Journey to Graceful Aging
Date: Saturday, May 16, 2026
Time: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Location: In Person
Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959

Daylong Registration Fees:

Service Trade

• For those who are unable to pay, we offer a service trade option where volunteer hours are traded for attending the program.

• For those with physical limitations or disabilities, full scholarships are available without offering service- reach out to lauren@mtstream.org

Scholarship — $50

• Reserved for those who live on a limited or fixed income

• Helps cover basic operating costs for the program like utilities, flowers and supplies

Standard — $80

• For those who are on a tight budget, but who have some funds available to support social and spiritual activities.

• Covers program expenses for the day

Sustaining — $108

• For those who are on a modest budget but who are more financially comfortable 

• Helps sustain Mountain Stream’s ongoing offerings

• Covers operating expenses for the day, as well as program expenses

Steward — $150

• For those who have the means to give a bit more in support of the Dharma

• Helps Mountain Stream break even, provide ongoing dana-based programming and builds the foundation for us to grow and thrive

• Covers operating and program expenses and helps provide scholarships for others

Pre-registration is encouraged by noon on Friday, May 15.
To register: visit https://square.link/u/e0e2Z8Wt
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.

If you are interested in sponsoring lunch for the teacher or offering flowers, please email lauren@mtstream.org

If you would like to contribute to our scholarship fund, please donate here.

Daylong Description: As we move through the cycles of life, aging invites us to reflect, release, and renew. Rooted in the timeless teachings of Buddhism, this workshop explores how mindfulness, compassion, and wisdom can transform the experience of growing older into a path of serenity and spiritual richness. 

Through guided meditation, gentle reflection, and group discussion, participants will explore Buddhist perspectives on impermanence, non-attachment, and self-compassion. Together, we will examine how to meet physical, emotional, and existential changes with clarity and grace, cultivating equanimity in the face of life’s inevitable transitions. 

The aspiration for the gathering is to provide practical tools and share insights into: 

• Deepening acceptance of aging as a natural unfolding rather than a loss

• Exploring mindfulness practices for physical and emotional well-being 

• Connecting with true purpose, joy, and gratitude in later life

• Cultivating compassion — for oneself, others, and the world

This gathering welcomes both new and experienced practitioners of meditation or Buddhist philosophy. All that is required is an open heart and a willingness to explore the profound beauty that comes with learning to let go, to rest in presence, and to age with dignity and grace.

Dana: During the daylong, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to Maeve as part of the Buddhist practice of dana (the practice of giving and receiving). All offerings are gratefully received and support the continuation of the Buddha’s teachings. 
MAEVE HASSETT DONATION (DANA)

Bio: Maeve Hassett has been teaching and studying Buddhism for nearly 30 years. She is a graduate of both the Dedicated Practitioners Program and the Community Dharma Leaders program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Maeve has been teaching mindfulness and meditation through classes and dharma talks at Mountain Stream since 2004. She is a cofounder of the Rocklin meditation group. Maeve is also a retired psychotherapist, a career that she engaged in for 40 years.

Dzogchen Circle Half Day Retreat with Ken Bradford
Location: In Person, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA
Dates: Sundays - May 17, June 14, July 12, September 20
Time: TBD

Cost/Registration: details coming soon

Description:  This Dzogchen Circle is devoted to recognizing and more deeply embodying the natural wakefulness of mind. As a follow-up to Dzogchen retreats and those drawn to the direct path of nondual presence, this circle integrates a range of approaches, including tonglen and shamatha-vipassana, in opening conditioned mindstates to their intrinsically lucid, already free nature.

The afternoon involves informal discussion (Q&A) and practice in the round.

Bio- Ken Bradford is a contemplative yogin, author and Dharma teacher integrating a wide arc of Buddhist, Dzogchen and psychological thought and practice. His heart teachers include Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, Joseph Goldstein, Ruth Denison and Tsoknyi Rinpoche, among others. Formerly, he maintained a psychotherapy practice in the San Francisco Bay area and was Adjunct Professor at John F. Kennedy University and CIIS. His publications include Opening Yourself: The Psychology and Yoga of Self-liberation (2021); The I of the Other: Mindfulness-Based Diagnosis & the Question of Sanity (2013); and Listening from the Heart of Silence: Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy, Vol. 2 (2007, with John Prendergast); as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles intertwining psychology and spirituality. Website: www.authenticpresence.net

Maeve will be teaching in-person at the Nevada City Insight Center! As always if you can’t make it in person, you can join via Zoom ~ link below.

Maeve Hassett - Topic TBD

Join us in person:
Maeve will be teaching in-person in the Meditation Hall
Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St
Nevada City, CA 95959

Join our Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

Bio: Maeve Hassett has been teaching and studying Buddhism for nearly 30 years. She is a graduate of both the Dedicated Practitioners Program and the Community Dharma Leaders program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Maeve has been teaching mindfulness and meditation through classes and dharma talks at Mt Stream since 2004. She is a cofounder of the Rocklin meditation group. Maeve is also a recently retired psychotherapist, a career that she engaged in for 40 years.

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session are being offered to Maeve Hassett. - Thank You!

MONDAY NIGHT TEACHER DONATION
To offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959

In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Week 2 - Buddhism Beyond Patriarchy

Teacher: Gavrila Nikhila
Location: In Person - Join us at the Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Dates: Five consecutive Wednesdays, May 13, 20, 27 and June 3 & 10
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm

Cost: Our programs are offered on a sliding scale
$40 - ($8.00/Class: Partial scholarship price) 
$75 - ($15.00/Class)
$100 ($20.00/Class) 
$125 ($25/Class) 

Pre-registration is encouraged by noon on Tuesday, May 12.
To register, please visit https://square.link/u/EFvmt5b0
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.

Please note: To support our deepening, this will be a closed container (no drop-in's). Those who register for the series are welcome to miss up to one class. Registration will close after first class.

ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN, regardless of identity, ability, background and experience.

Series Description: While the Buddha’s teachings themselves offer the path of freedom to all, regardless of gender, identity, class, or ability, systems of oppression have limited access to specific practitioners throughout history and still do today. From the first women requesting to join the Buddha’s monastic order over 2600 years ago, we can still see and feel the ripples of identity-based exclusion in current day sanghas across the globe. 

There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, “Morning, [folks]. How’s the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, “What the hell is water?” - David Foster Wallace 

Depending on one’s own identity, you may not even know you are practicing within a system informed by patriarchy. In this series we will reflect upon and examine together the role of patriarchy in Buddhism from then until now. As sangha, we will wake up together as we become conscious of this history, and the ongoing seen and unseen impacts of patriarchy, in order to reclaim and extend the true liberation of these teachings for all. 

Session 1: Building the Container and Setting the Foundation - Grounding into the Theravada lineage, co-creating the culture for our series, and defining language used within the series.

Session 2: Herstory of the Nuns, Past and Present - Meeting our Buddhist foremothers, reflecting on herstory, and discovering the circumstances of present day Buddhist nuns.

Session 3: Non-belonging in Our Practice || Finding Belonging within Practice - Exploring stories of inclusion and exclusion in practice, reflecting on our own belonging in practice.

Session 4: Expansive and Directive Buddhist Concepts - Learning profound feminine concepts offered in the Buddha’s teachings, engaging with them, and emphasizing the yin of practice.

Session 5: Carrying the Torch - Meeting current torch carriers of inclusion in the Dharma, connecting with our own seeds of inspiration, and reflecting on our time together.

Each session will include chanting, meditation practice, didactic exploration, and community reflection.

Dana: During the course, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to Gavrila as part of the Buddhist practice of dana (the practice of giving and receiving). All offerings are gratefully received and support the continuation of the Buddha’s teachings.  GAVRILA NIKHILA DONATION (DANA)

Bio: Gavrila Nikhila is a dedicated dhamma practitioner, singer, and contemplative dreamer. Her journey through grief and the complexities of being human inspired her to study suffering and its cessation, leading her to teach mindfulness for over a decade and become a somatic psychotherapist. Working with diverse individuals, she believes that embodiment and mindfulness are accessible to everyone. Gavrila emphasizes awareness, ancestral wisdom, and innate wholeness in her collaborative approach to transformation. She co-founded the Trauma Aware Mindfulness Collective and is a guest teacher for various sanghas. Gavrila offers meditation series for youth with Spirit Rock Meditation Center and young adults with Dharma Gates. In collaboration with Lotus Compass, Gavrila serves as the mindfulness guide on annual trips on the Camino de Santiago. Gavrila identifies as a queer, Ashkenazi Jewess.
For more on Gavrila's therapeutic work visit connectedrootstherapy.com.
For more on trainings and insights, visit wholecompleteperfect.com.

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

This is a chance to enjoy Sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

Temple Care & Quiet Sit - Please come join us!
10:00 am to 12:30 pm (sit is noon to 12:30 pm)
Your service is a dynamic and rich part of the mindfulness practice of dana (giving and receiving). Everyone benefits from this embodied practice. All are welcome to participate. We appreciate your interest and engagement. Contact Jen Scott, jen@mtstream.org.

Every 2nd & 4th Sunday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm - In Person Only

Queer Sangha is a peer-led meditation and community group for all who find affinity in queerness. We come together to practice meditation and build community, resilience, and solidarity through Sangha- a Buddhist word for the community who practices together.

Our gatherings include a 30-minute meditation (seated, laying down, or standing all very welcome), a time to share and listen to each other, a metta (loving kindness) blessing, and walking meditation.

We are a peer-held, collective space. Meditation guidance is available for those whom it would be supportive. 

Join us! This space is open to Queer identified folks, as well as all who are exploring the possibility of queerness as a part of their identity.

This group is offered freely. Donations are gratefully received and support the Center. Temple Donations (Dana)

Join this evening’s sit and dharma talk via Zoom ~ or join us in the Meditation Hall

Dennis Warren: Topic TBD

Join us in person:
We will livestream the Dharma talk into the Meditation Hall
Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St
Nevada City, CA 95959

Join our Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

“Mindfulness” has become so widely used in Western culture that its meaning now seems to shape‑shift, depending on who is speaking and in what context. It can point to stress reduction, performance enhancement, spirituality, or simply taking a deep breath—often without much clarity.

This evening, we will return to an exploration of “Right” Mindfulness as it is understood in Buddhist practice, and distinguish it from the looser cultural meanings it has acquired. Together, we’ll explore questions such as:

• What is “Right” mindfulness in the Buddha’s path?

• Of what, exactly, are we invited to be mindful?

• Why is mindfulness so central and transformative?

• How does one “do” or “be” mindful in daily life?

• What is the lived experience of mindfulness from the inside?

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to the teacher - Thank you

To donate by credit card: TEACHER DANA (DONATION)
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Bio: Dennis is the founding teacher of Sacramento Insight Meditation. He has been teaching in community and retreat settings for over 20 years. This includes guiding and teaching two month-long pilgrimages in Thailand, India and Nepal. He served as an adjunct clinical professor in the Division of Pain Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine for more than a decade focusing on the use of contemplative practices for working with physical, emotional and psychological suffering.

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Week 3 - Buddhism Beyond Patriarchy

Teacher: Gavrila Nikhila
Location: In Person - Join us at the Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Dates: Five consecutive Wednesdays, May 13, 20, 27 and June 3 & 10
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm

Cost: Our programs are offered on a sliding scale
$40 - ($8.00/Class: Partial scholarship price) 
$75 - ($15.00/Class)
$100 ($20.00/Class) 
$125 ($25/Class) 

Pre-registration is encouraged by noon on Tuesday, May 12.
To register, please visit https://square.link/u/EFvmt5b0
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.

Please note: To support our deepening, this will be a closed container (no drop-in's). Those who register for the series are welcome to miss up to one class. Registration will close after first class.

ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN, regardless of identity, ability, background and experience.

Series Description: While the Buddha’s teachings themselves offer the path of freedom to all, regardless of gender, identity, class, or ability, systems of oppression have limited access to specific practitioners throughout history and still do today. From the first women requesting to join the Buddha’s monastic order over 2600 years ago, we can still see and feel the ripples of identity-based exclusion in current day sanghas across the globe. 

There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, “Morning, [folks]. How’s the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, “What the hell is water?” - David Foster Wallace 

Depending on one’s own identity, you may not even know you are practicing within a system informed by patriarchy. In this series we will reflect upon and examine together the role of patriarchy in Buddhism from then until now. As sangha, we will wake up together as we become conscious of this history, and the ongoing seen and unseen impacts of patriarchy, in order to reclaim and extend the true liberation of these teachings for all. 

Session 1: Building the Container and Setting the Foundation - Grounding into the Theravada lineage, co-creating the culture for our series, and defining language used within the series.

Session 2: Herstory of the Nuns, Past and Present - Meeting our Buddhist foremothers, reflecting on herstory, and discovering the circumstances of present day Buddhist nuns.

Session 3: Non-belonging in Our Practice || Finding Belonging within Practice - Exploring stories of inclusion and exclusion in practice, reflecting on our own belonging in practice.

Session 4: Expansive and Directive Buddhist Concepts - Learning profound feminine concepts offered in the Buddha’s teachings, engaging with them, and emphasizing the yin of practice.

Session 5: Carrying the Torch - Meeting current torch carriers of inclusion in the Dharma, connecting with our own seeds of inspiration, and reflecting on our time together.

Each session will include chanting, meditation practice, didactic exploration, and community reflection.

Dana: During the course, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to Gavrila as part of the Buddhist practice of dana (the practice of giving and receiving). All offerings are gratefully received and support the continuation of the Buddha’s teachings.  GAVRILA NIKHILA DONATION (DANA)

Bio: Gavrila Nikhila is a dedicated dhamma practitioner, singer, and contemplative dreamer. Her journey through grief and the complexities of being human inspired her to study suffering and its cessation, leading her to teach mindfulness for over a decade and become a somatic psychotherapist. Working with diverse individuals, she believes that embodiment and mindfulness are accessible to everyone. Gavrila emphasizes awareness, ancestral wisdom, and innate wholeness in her collaborative approach to transformation. She co-founded the Trauma Aware Mindfulness Collective and is a guest teacher for various sanghas. Gavrila offers meditation series for youth with Spirit Rock Meditation Center and young adults with Dharma Gates. In collaboration with Lotus Compass, Gavrila serves as the mindfulness guide on annual trips on the Camino de Santiago. Gavrila identifies as a queer, Ashkenazi Jewess.
For more on Gavrila's therapeutic work visit connectedrootstherapy.com.
For more on trainings and insights, visit wholecompleteperfect.com.

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

This is a chance to enjoy Sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

Metta (Lovingkindness) Meditation Practice Circle
Peer-led, In Person Only
We meet every last Sunday of the month, 10:00 - 11:30 am - All are welcome
Facilitated by Dharma Practitioners Tim Cardoza and Priscilla Barton

Description: Metta (lovingkindess) meditation practices are a powerful part of the Buddha’s legacy. These practices have the ability to substantially deepen our feelings of love and connection with others and to help us transform difficult mind states such as fear and anger into more wholesome states of caring and kindness.  Scientific studies on metta meditation practices have shown they can increase feelings of wellbeing and improve both mental and physical health.

The group format will include reading/chanting of the Karaniya Metta Sutta, Monthly Topic, Guided Meditation and Discussion

Suggested reading:  Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg

Dana (Donations) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$25 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TEMPLE DANA (DONATION)
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

John will be teaching in-person at the Nevada City Insight Center! As always if you can’t make it in person, you can join via Zoom ~ link below.

John Travis: Topic TBD

Join us in person:
John will be teaching in-person in the Meditation Hall
Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St
Nevada City, CA 95959

Join our Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to John- Thank you!
To donate by credit card: JOHN TRAVIS DONATION (DANA)

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959

In the memo line, please indicate the program date.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

John Travis ~ The founding teacher of Mountain Stream Meditation, John M. Travis, has been a student of meditation since 1969. His vision and teaching have been very important in the growth and development of Buddhism and meditation in the Northern Sierra Nevada region.

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Week 4 - Buddhism Beyond Patriarchy

Teacher: Gavrila Nikhila
Location: In Person - Join us at the Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Dates: Five consecutive Wednesdays, May 13, 20, 27 and June 3 & 10
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm

Cost: Our programs are offered on a sliding scale
$40 - ($8.00/Class: Partial scholarship price) 
$75 - ($15.00/Class)
$100 ($20.00/Class) 
$125 ($25/Class) 

Pre-registration is encouraged by noon on Tuesday, May 12.
To register, please visit https://square.link/u/EFvmt5b0
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.

Please note: To support our deepening, this will be a closed container (no drop-in's). Those who register for the series are welcome to miss up to one class. Registration will close after first class.

ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN, regardless of identity, ability, background and experience.

Series Description: While the Buddha’s teachings themselves offer the path of freedom to all, regardless of gender, identity, class, or ability, systems of oppression have limited access to specific practitioners throughout history and still do today. From the first women requesting to join the Buddha’s monastic order over 2600 years ago, we can still see and feel the ripples of identity-based exclusion in current day sanghas across the globe. 

There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, “Morning, [folks]. How’s the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, “What the hell is water?” - David Foster Wallace 

Depending on one’s own identity, you may not even know you are practicing within a system informed by patriarchy. In this series we will reflect upon and examine together the role of patriarchy in Buddhism from then until now. As sangha, we will wake up together as we become conscious of this history, and the ongoing seen and unseen impacts of patriarchy, in order to reclaim and extend the true liberation of these teachings for all. 

Session 1: Building the Container and Setting the Foundation - Grounding into the Theravada lineage, co-creating the culture for our series, and defining language used within the series.

Session 2: Herstory of the Nuns, Past and Present - Meeting our Buddhist foremothers, reflecting on herstory, and discovering the circumstances of present day Buddhist nuns.

Session 3: Non-belonging in Our Practice || Finding Belonging within Practice - Exploring stories of inclusion and exclusion in practice, reflecting on our own belonging in practice.

Session 4: Expansive and Directive Buddhist Concepts - Learning profound feminine concepts offered in the Buddha’s teachings, engaging with them, and emphasizing the yin of practice.

Session 5: Carrying the Torch - Meeting current torch carriers of inclusion in the Dharma, connecting with our own seeds of inspiration, and reflecting on our time together.

Each session will include chanting, meditation practice, didactic exploration, and community reflection.

Dana: During the course, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to Gavrila as part of the Buddhist practice of dana (the practice of giving and receiving). All offerings are gratefully received and support the continuation of the Buddha’s teachings.  GAVRILA NIKHILA DONATION (DANA)

Bio: Gavrila Nikhila is a dedicated dhamma practitioner, singer, and contemplative dreamer. Her journey through grief and the complexities of being human inspired her to study suffering and its cessation, leading her to teach mindfulness for over a decade and become a somatic psychotherapist. Working with diverse individuals, she believes that embodiment and mindfulness are accessible to everyone. Gavrila emphasizes awareness, ancestral wisdom, and innate wholeness in her collaborative approach to transformation. She co-founded the Trauma Aware Mindfulness Collective and is a guest teacher for various sanghas. Gavrila offers meditation series for youth with Spirit Rock Meditation Center and young adults with Dharma Gates. In collaboration with Lotus Compass, Gavrila serves as the mindfulness guide on annual trips on the Camino de Santiago. Gavrila identifies as a queer, Ashkenazi Jewess.
For more on Gavrila's therapeutic work visit connectedrootstherapy.com.
For more on trainings and insights, visit wholecompleteperfect.com.

There is no Sound Healing for June. Please join Miyu in July. read more

More information about Miyu: www.yuhealingarts.com

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

This is a chance to enjoy Sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

Join this evening’s sit and dharma talk in the Meditation Hall or via Zoom.

Gavrila Nikhila: Topic TBD

Join us in person:
Gavrila will be teaching in-person in the Meditation Hall
Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St
Nevada City, CA 95959

Join our Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

Bio: Gavrila Nikhila is a dedicated dhamma practitioner, singer, and contemplative dreamer. Her journey through grief and the complexities of being human inspired her to study suffering and its cessation, leading her to teach mindfulness for over a decade and become a somatic psychotherapist. Working with diverse individuals, she believes that embodiment and mindfulness are accessible to everyone. Gavrila emphasizes awareness, ancestral wisdom, and innate wholeness in her collaborative approach to transformation. She co-founded the Trauma Aware Mindfulness Collective and is a guest teacher for various sanghas. Gavrila offers meditation series for youth with Spirit Rock Meditation Center and young adults with Dharma Gates. In collaboration with Lotus Compass, Gavrila serves as the mindfulness guide on annual trips on the Camino de Santiago. Gavrila identifies as a queer, Ashkenazi Jewess.
For more on Gavrila's therapeutic work visit connectedrootstherapy.com.
For more on trainings and insights, visit wholecompleteperfect.com.

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to Gavrila - Thank you!

To donate by credit card: MONDAY NIGHT DONATION (DANA)
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959

In the memo line, please indicate donation to the teacher or the program date.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Week 5 - Buddhism Beyond Patriarchy

Teacher: Gavrila Nikhila
Location: In Person - Join us at the Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Dates: Five consecutive Wednesdays, May 13, 20, 27 and June 3 & 10
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm

Cost: Our programs are offered on a sliding scale
$40 - ($8.00/Class: Partial scholarship price) 
$75 - ($15.00/Class)
$100 ($20.00/Class) 
$125 ($25/Class) 

Pre-registration is encouraged by noon on Tuesday, May 12.
To register, please visit https://square.link/u/EFvmt5b0
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.

Please note: To support our deepening, this will be a closed container (no drop-in's). Those who register for the series are welcome to miss up to one class. Registration will close after first class.

ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN, regardless of identity, ability, background and experience.

Series Description: While the Buddha’s teachings themselves offer the path of freedom to all, regardless of gender, identity, class, or ability, systems of oppression have limited access to specific practitioners throughout history and still do today. From the first women requesting to join the Buddha’s monastic order over 2600 years ago, we can still see and feel the ripples of identity-based exclusion in current day sanghas across the globe. 

There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, “Morning, [folks]. How’s the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, “What the hell is water?” - David Foster Wallace 

Depending on one’s own identity, you may not even know you are practicing within a system informed by patriarchy. In this series we will reflect upon and examine together the role of patriarchy in Buddhism from then until now. As sangha, we will wake up together as we become conscious of this history, and the ongoing seen and unseen impacts of patriarchy, in order to reclaim and extend the true liberation of these teachings for all. 

Session 1: Building the Container and Setting the Foundation - Grounding into the Theravada lineage, co-creating the culture for our series, and defining language used within the series.

Session 2: Herstory of the Nuns, Past and Present - Meeting our Buddhist foremothers, reflecting on herstory, and discovering the circumstances of present day Buddhist nuns.

Session 3: Non-belonging in Our Practice || Finding Belonging within Practice - Exploring stories of inclusion and exclusion in practice, reflecting on our own belonging in practice.

Session 4: Expansive and Directive Buddhist Concepts - Learning profound feminine concepts offered in the Buddha’s teachings, engaging with them, and emphasizing the yin of practice.

Session 5: Carrying the Torch - Meeting current torch carriers of inclusion in the Dharma, connecting with our own seeds of inspiration, and reflecting on our time together.

Each session will include chanting, meditation practice, didactic exploration, and community reflection.

Dana: During the course, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to Gavrila as part of the Buddhist practice of dana (the practice of giving and receiving). All offerings are gratefully received and support the continuation of the Buddha’s teachings.  GAVRILA NIKHILA DONATION (DANA)

Bio: Gavrila Nikhila is a dedicated dhamma practitioner, singer, and contemplative dreamer. Her journey through grief and the complexities of being human inspired her to study suffering and its cessation, leading her to teach mindfulness for over a decade and become a somatic psychotherapist. Working with diverse individuals, she believes that embodiment and mindfulness are accessible to everyone. Gavrila emphasizes awareness, ancestral wisdom, and innate wholeness in her collaborative approach to transformation. She co-founded the Trauma Aware Mindfulness Collective and is a guest teacher for various sanghas. Gavrila offers meditation series for youth with Spirit Rock Meditation Center and young adults with Dharma Gates. In collaboration with Lotus Compass, Gavrila serves as the mindfulness guide on annual trips on the Camino de Santiago. Gavrila identifies as a queer, Ashkenazi Jewess.
For more on Gavrila's therapeutic work visit connectedrootstherapy.com.
For more on trainings and insights, visit wholecompleteperfect.com.

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

This is a chance to enjoy Sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

Dzogchen Circle Half Day Retreat with Ken Bradford
Location: In Person, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA
Dates: Sundays - May 17, June 14, July 12, September 20
Time: TBD

Cost/Registration: details coming soon

Description:  This Dzogchen Circle is devoted to recognizing and more deeply embodying the natural wakefulness of mind. As a follow-up to Dzogchen retreats and those drawn to the direct path of nondual presence, this circle integrates a range of approaches, including tonglen and shamatha-vipassana, in opening conditioned mindstates to their intrinsically lucid, already free nature.

The afternoon involves informal discussion (Q&A) and practice in the round.

Bio- Ken Bradford is a contemplative yogin, author and Dharma teacher integrating a wide arc of Buddhist, Dzogchen and psychological thought and practice. His heart teachers include Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, Joseph Goldstein, Ruth Denison and Tsoknyi Rinpoche, among others. Formerly, he maintained a psychotherapy practice in the San Francisco Bay area and was Adjunct Professor at John F. Kennedy University and CIIS. His publications include Opening Yourself: The Psychology and Yoga of Self-liberation (2021); The I of the Other: Mindfulness-Based Diagnosis & the Question of Sanity (2013); and Listening from the Heart of Silence: Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy, Vol. 2 (2007, with John Prendergast); as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles intertwining psychology and spirituality. Website: www.authenticpresence.net

Every 2nd & 4th Sunday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm - In Person Only

Queer Sangha is a peer-led meditation and community group for all who find affinity in queerness. We come together to practice meditation and build community, resilience, and solidarity through Sangha- a Buddhist word for the community who practices together.

Our gatherings include a 30-minute meditation (seated, laying down, or standing all very welcome), a time to share and listen to each other, a metta (loving kindness) blessing, and walking meditation.

We are a peer-held, collective space. Meditation guidance is available for those whom it would be supportive. 

Join us! This space is open to Queer identified folks, as well as all who are exploring the possibility of queerness as a part of their identity.

This group is offered freely. Donations are gratefully received and support the Center. Temple Donations (Dana)

Constance will be teaching in-person at the Nevada City Insight Center! As always if you can’t make it in person, you can join via Zoom ~ link below.

Constance Washburn - Topic TBD

Join our Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to our teacher - Thank you

To donate by credit card: MONDAY NIGHT TEACHER DONATION (DANA)
Or offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959

In the memo line, please indicate donation to the teacher or the program date.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Bio: Constance Washburn, MA, is a facilitator, educator and community organizer. She is currently co-director of the Spiral Journey- a Facilitator Development Program in the Work That Reconnects and is a founder and core member of the Weavers Team of the Work That Reconnects Network. She began studying with Joanna Macy in 1994. She started studying Zen in 1968, since 1984 has been part of the Vipassana community at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and is a community dharma leader in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition under the guidance of Lama Palden.

She is a founding member of the Elders Action Network and she developed and facilitates their Empowered Elder Workshop. She is a trainer of the Community Resilience Model of the Trauma Resources Institute.

She served as Education Director at the Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) and Marin Organic for almost 20 years educating the public about the value of local food and farms. She has a MA in Education and Theater and taught and directed multi – cultural theater companies as her first career.
Learn more about Constance: https://www.constancewashburn.com/

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

This is a chance to enjoy Sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

Adam Stonebraker - Topic TBD

Join us in person:
Adam will be teaching in-person in the Meditation Hall
Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St
Nevada City, CA 95959

Join us on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

Bio - Adam Stonebraker has been dedicated to Buddhist practice and meditation since 1999 and serves as the Guiding Teacher for Mountain Stream Meditation in Nevada City, CA. Since 2010, he has been sharing the Buddha’s teachings with diverse audiences locally and internationally. His approach is deeply influenced by the Thai Forest Tradition, the Bodhisattva path, and the transformative power of meditation.

​Adam has been mentored closely by Kittisaro & Thanissara as a retreat and meditation teacher in the lineage of Ajahn Chah and the Kuan Yin Dharmas as taught by Master Hsuan Hua. His teaching emphasizes trust in one’s innate wisdom, the cultivation of an open heart, and an embodied understanding of interdependence. While his primary focus is on Buddhism and meditation, his background in yoga and somatic practice informs his approach to embodied awareness and the integration of insight with daily life. Deeply attuned to the natural world, he draws inspiration from its rhythms and resilience as a source of practice and insight.

Adam has studied with a wide range of teachers, including Kittisaro & Thanissara, Sarah & Ty Powers, Zen Master Dae Gak, and Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In 2019, he earned a Master’s degree in Mindfulness Studies from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is currently in the four-year Spirit Rock/IMS teacher training, further deepening his commitment to sharing the Dharma. Since 2020, his teaching and practice have been exclusively dedicated to Buddhism and meditation.​​ To learn more about Adam, visit, www.mtstream.org/adam-stonebraker

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to Adam - Thank you

To donate by credit card: ADAM STONEBRAKER DONATION (DANA)
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959

In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

SPECIAL OFFERING from Ayya Santacitta on June 26
There will be a Dharma Discussion in the library from 11:45 am to 12:30 pm before the silent meditation ~

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

Temple Care & Quiet Sit - Please come join us!
10:00 am to 12:30 pm (sit is noon to 12:30 pm)
Your service is a dynamic and rich part of the mindfulness practice of dana (giving and receiving). Everyone benefits from this embodied practice. All are welcome to participate. We appreciate your interest and engagement. Contact Jen Scott, jen@mtstream.org.

Metta (Lovingkindness) Meditation Practice Circle
Peer-led, In Person Only
We meet every last Sunday of the month, 10:00 - 11:30 am - All are welcome
Facilitated by Dharma Practitioners Tim Cardoza and Priscilla Barton

Description: Metta (lovingkindess) meditation practices are a powerful part of the Buddha’s legacy. These practices have the ability to substantially deepen our feelings of love and connection with others and to help us transform difficult mind states such as fear and anger into more wholesome states of caring and kindness.  Scientific studies on metta meditation practices have shown they can increase feelings of wellbeing and improve both mental and physical health.

The group format will include reading/chanting of the Karaniya Metta Sutta, Monthly Topic, Guided Meditation and Discussion

Suggested reading:  Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg

Dana (Donations) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$25 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TEMPLE DANA (DONATION)
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Every 2nd & 4th Sunday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm - In Person Only

Queer Sangha is a peer-led meditation and community group for all who find affinity in queerness. We come together to practice meditation and build community, resilience, and solidarity through Sangha- a Buddhist word for the community who practices together.

Our gatherings include a 30-minute meditation (seated, laying down, or standing all very welcome), a time to share and listen to each other, a metta (loving kindness) blessing, and walking meditation.

We are a peer-held, collective space. Meditation guidance is available for those whom it would be supportive. 

Join us! This space is open to Queer identified folks, as well as all who are exploring the possibility of queerness as a part of their identity.

This group is offered freely. Donations are gratefully received and support the Center. Temple Donations (Dana)

Ayya Santacitta - Topic TBD

Join us in person:
Ayya Santacitta will be teaching in-person in the Meditation Hall
Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St
Nevada City, CA 95959

Join us on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to the teacher - Thank you

To donate by credit card: TEACHER DANA (DONATION)
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Ayya Santacitta: Santacitta Bhikkhuni was born in Austria and did her graduate studies in Cultural Anthropology, focusing on dance, theatre, and ritual. She also worked in avant-garde dance theatre as a performer and costume designer. In 1988 she met Ajahn Buddhadasa in southern Thailand, who sparked her interest in Buddhist monastic life. She trained as a nun in England and Asia from 1993 until 2009, primarily in the lineage of Ajahn Chah, and has also received teachings in the Shechen lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.

Santacitta Bhikkhuni co-founded Aloka Vihara in 2009 and received Bhikkhuni Ordination in 2011. She is committed to Gaia as a living being and resides at Aloka Earth Room, currently located in San Rafael, CA.

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Sound Healing with Miyu Tamamura
6:00 to 7:00 pm
An indoor, in-person evening with crystal bowls.

A suggested Donation of $15 - $30 to be shared equally between Miyu and Mountain Stream. Thank you!
To make a donation in advance, you can either mail a check made out to:
Mountain Stream Meditation, PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
or use a credit card by opening this link below:

Safety protocols and guidelines for participating:
We kindly ask that participants agree to follow the safety protocols and guidelines. In the spirit of non-harming, safety is achieved with everyone’s mindful participation.
Masking is optional. We ask that participants refrain from attending if they have had any respiratory or flu symptoms, including any of the following symptoms of Covid-19: loss of taste and smell, fever, chills, extreme fatigue, nausea or vomiting, dry cough, diarrhea, difficulty breathing, dizziness or confusion, sore throat, muscle aches. If you are experiencing seasonal allergies, please be sure and take an at home rapid test before attending - Thank you.

We also ask that you refrain from attending if you have had contact with anyone in the past 10 days that has been diagnosed with Covid-19 or was exhibiting any of the above symptoms unless you have passed two negative Covid tests since contact. 

If you have any questions, please consult with Miyu at (530) 205-8610 before attending.

About Miyu Tamamura: Miyu’s commitment to transformation and healing is the very energy that plays her orchestra of Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls, returning us to the silence within. Miyu has been teaching the monthly program of Sound Healing Meditation at Mountain Stream Meditation Center in Nevada City, California since 2019, as well as collaborating with various yoga, Qigong and meditation teachers, musicians and artists holding retreats, workshops and concerts in the U.S. and Japan.

Miyu was born and raised in Kyoto Japan, graduated from Kyoto University of Art with a bachelor degree in Modern Art before she moved to the U.S. in 2000. As a certified Shiatsu Therapist, Miyu’s practice is deep listening, holding a healing space for one to integrate and harmonize all aspects of self. Miyu established YU Healing Arts with her husband in Nevada City, California, the clinic has been dedicated to the healing arts including Sound Healing, Shiatsu Therapy, Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine since 2004. 

Miyu’s eclectic background and experiential approach to truth and Japanese heritage are infused in all her practices and artistic expressions.

More information about Miyu: www.yuhealingarts.com

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

This is a chance to enjoy Sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

This is a chance to enjoy Sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

Temple Care & Quiet Sit - Please come join us!
10:00 am to 12:30 pm (sit is noon to 12:30 pm)
Your service is a dynamic and rich part of the mindfulness practice of dana (giving and receiving). Everyone benefits from this embodied practice. All are welcome to participate. We appreciate your interest and engagement. Contact Jen Scott, jen@mtstream.org.

Dzogchen Circle Half Day Retreat with Ken Bradford
Location: In Person, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA
Dates: Sundays - May 17, June 14, July 12, September 20
Time: TBD

Cost/Registration: details coming soon

Description:  This Dzogchen Circle is devoted to recognizing and more deeply embodying the natural wakefulness of mind. As a follow-up to Dzogchen retreats and those drawn to the direct path of nondual presence, this circle integrates a range of approaches, including tonglen and shamatha-vipassana, in opening conditioned mindstates to their intrinsically lucid, already free nature.

The afternoon involves informal discussion (Q&A) and practice in the round.

Bio- Ken Bradford is a contemplative yogin, author and Dharma teacher integrating a wide arc of Buddhist, Dzogchen and psychological thought and practice. His heart teachers include Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, Joseph Goldstein, Ruth Denison and Tsoknyi Rinpoche, among others. Formerly, he maintained a psychotherapy practice in the San Francisco Bay area and was Adjunct Professor at John F. Kennedy University and CIIS. His publications include Opening Yourself: The Psychology and Yoga of Self-liberation (2021); The I of the Other: Mindfulness-Based Diagnosis & the Question of Sanity (2013); and Listening from the Heart of Silence: Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy, Vol. 2 (2007, with John Prendergast); as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles intertwining psychology and spirituality. Website: www.authenticpresence.net

Every 2nd & 4th Sunday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm - In Person Only

Queer Sangha is a peer-led meditation and community group for all who find affinity in queerness. We come together to practice meditation and build community, resilience, and solidarity through Sangha- a Buddhist word for the community who practices together.

Our gatherings include a 30-minute meditation (seated, laying down, or standing all very welcome), a time to share and listen to each other, a metta (loving kindness) blessing, and walking meditation.

We are a peer-held, collective space. Meditation guidance is available for those whom it would be supportive. 

Join us! This space is open to Queer identified folks, as well as all who are exploring the possibility of queerness as a part of their identity.

This group is offered freely. Donations are gratefully received and support the Center. Temple Donations (Dana)

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

This is a chance to enjoy Sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

This is a chance to enjoy Sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

Metta (Lovingkindness) Meditation Practice Circle
Peer-led, In Person Only
We meet every last Sunday of the month, 10:00 - 11:30 am - All are welcome
Facilitated by Dharma Practitioners Tim Cardoza and Priscilla Barton

Description: Metta (lovingkindess) meditation practices are a powerful part of the Buddha’s legacy. These practices have the ability to substantially deepen our feelings of love and connection with others and to help us transform difficult mind states such as fear and anger into more wholesome states of caring and kindness.  Scientific studies on metta meditation practices have shown they can increase feelings of wellbeing and improve both mental and physical health.

The group format will include reading/chanting of the Karaniya Metta Sutta, Monthly Topic, Guided Meditation and Discussion

Suggested reading:  Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg

Dana (Donations) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$25 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TEMPLE DANA (DONATION)
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Every 2nd & 4th Sunday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm - In Person Only

Queer Sangha is a peer-led meditation and community group for all who find affinity in queerness. We come together to practice meditation and build community, resilience, and solidarity through Sangha- a Buddhist word for the community who practices together.

Our gatherings include a 30-minute meditation (seated, laying down, or standing all very welcome), a time to share and listen to each other, a metta (loving kindness) blessing, and walking meditation.

We are a peer-held, collective space. Meditation guidance is available for those whom it would be supportive. 

Join us! This space is open to Queer identified folks, as well as all who are exploring the possibility of queerness as a part of their identity.

This group is offered freely. Donations are gratefully received and support the Center. Temple Donations (Dana)

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

This is a chance to enjoy Sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

Sound Healing with Miyu Tamamura
6:00 to 7:00 pm
An indoor, in-person evening with crystal bowls.

A suggested Donation of $15 - $30 to be shared equally between Miyu and Mountain Stream. Thank you!
To make a donation in advance, you can either mail a check made out to:
Mountain Stream Meditation, PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
or use a credit card by opening this link below:

Safety protocols and guidelines for participating:
We kindly ask that participants agree to follow the safety protocols and guidelines. In the spirit of non-harming, safety is achieved with everyone’s mindful participation.
Masking is optional. We ask that participants refrain from attending if they have had any respiratory or flu symptoms, including any of the following symptoms of Covid-19: loss of taste and smell, fever, chills, extreme fatigue, nausea or vomiting, dry cough, diarrhea, difficulty breathing, dizziness or confusion, sore throat, muscle aches. If you are experiencing seasonal allergies, please be sure and take an at home rapid test before attending - Thank you.

We also ask that you refrain from attending if you have had contact with anyone in the past 10 days that has been diagnosed with Covid-19 or was exhibiting any of the above symptoms unless you have passed two negative Covid tests since contact. 

If you have any questions, please consult with Miyu at (530) 205-8610 before attending.

About Miyu Tamamura: Miyu’s commitment to transformation and healing is the very energy that plays her orchestra of Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls, returning us to the silence within. Miyu has been teaching the monthly program of Sound Healing Meditation at Mountain Stream Meditation Center in Nevada City, California since 2019, as well as collaborating with various yoga, Qigong and meditation teachers, musicians and artists holding retreats, workshops and concerts in the U.S. and Japan.

Miyu was born and raised in Kyoto Japan, graduated from Kyoto University of Art with a bachelor degree in Modern Art before she moved to the U.S. in 2000. As a certified Shiatsu Therapist, Miyu’s practice is deep listening, holding a healing space for one to integrate and harmonize all aspects of self. Miyu established YU Healing Arts with her husband in Nevada City, California, the clinic has been dedicated to the healing arts including Sound Healing, Shiatsu Therapy, Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine since 2004. 

Miyu’s eclectic background and experiential approach to truth and Japanese heritage are infused in all her practices and artistic expressions.

More information about Miyu: www.yuhealingarts.com

Every 2nd & 4th Sunday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm - In Person Only

Queer Sangha is a peer-led meditation and community group for all who find affinity in queerness. We come together to practice meditation and build community, resilience, and solidarity through Sangha- a Buddhist word for the community who practices together.

Our gatherings include a 30-minute meditation (seated, laying down, or standing all very welcome), a time to share and listen to each other, a metta (loving kindness) blessing, and walking meditation.

We are a peer-held, collective space. Meditation guidance is available for those whom it would be supportive. 

Join us! This space is open to Queer identified folks, as well as all who are exploring the possibility of queerness as a part of their identity.

This group is offered freely. Donations are gratefully received and support the Center. Temple Donations (Dana)

Temple Care & Quiet Sit - Please come join us!
10:00 am to 12:30 pm (sit is noon to 12:30 pm)
Your service is a dynamic and rich part of the mindfulness practice of dana (giving and receiving). Everyone benefits from this embodied practice. All are welcome to participate. We appreciate your interest and engagement. Contact Jen Scott, jen@mtstream.org.

Every 2nd & 4th Sunday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm - In Person Only

Queer Sangha is a peer-led meditation and community group for all who find affinity in queerness. We come together to practice meditation and build community, resilience, and solidarity through Sangha- a Buddhist word for the community who practices together.

Our gatherings include a 30-minute meditation (seated, laying down, or standing all very welcome), a time to share and listen to each other, a metta (loving kindness) blessing, and walking meditation.

We are a peer-held, collective space. Meditation guidance is available for those whom it would be supportive. 

Join us! This space is open to Queer identified folks, as well as all who are exploring the possibility of queerness as a part of their identity.

This group is offered freely. Donations are gratefully received and support the Center. Temple Donations (Dana)

Metta (Lovingkindness) Meditation Practice Circle
Peer-led, In Person Only
We meet every last Sunday of the month, 10:00 - 11:30 am - All are welcome
Facilitated by Dharma Practitioners Tim Cardoza and Priscilla Barton

Description: Metta (lovingkindess) meditation practices are a powerful part of the Buddha’s legacy. These practices have the ability to substantially deepen our feelings of love and connection with others and to help us transform difficult mind states such as fear and anger into more wholesome states of caring and kindness.  Scientific studies on metta meditation practices have shown they can increase feelings of wellbeing and improve both mental and physical health.

The group format will include reading/chanting of the Karaniya Metta Sutta, Monthly Topic, Guided Meditation and Discussion

Suggested reading:  Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg

Dana (Donations) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$25 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TEMPLE DANA (DONATION)
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Sound Healing with Miyu Tamamura
6:00 to 7:00 pm
An indoor, in-person evening with crystal bowls.

A suggested Donation of $15 - $30 to be shared equally between Miyu and Mountain Stream. Thank you!
To make a donation in advance, you can either mail a check made out to:
Mountain Stream Meditation, PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
or use a credit card by opening this link below:

Safety protocols and guidelines for participating:
We kindly ask that participants agree to follow the safety protocols and guidelines. In the spirit of non-harming, safety is achieved with everyone’s mindful participation.
Masking is optional. We ask that participants refrain from attending if they have had any respiratory or flu symptoms, including any of the following symptoms of Covid-19: loss of taste and smell, fever, chills, extreme fatigue, nausea or vomiting, dry cough, diarrhea, difficulty breathing, dizziness or confusion, sore throat, muscle aches. If you are experiencing seasonal allergies, please be sure and take an at home rapid test before attending - Thank you.

We also ask that you refrain from attending if you have had contact with anyone in the past 10 days that has been diagnosed with Covid-19 or was exhibiting any of the above symptoms unless you have passed two negative Covid tests since contact. 

If you have any questions, please consult with Miyu at (530) 205-8610 before attending.

About Miyu Tamamura: Miyu’s commitment to transformation and healing is the very energy that plays her orchestra of Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls, returning us to the silence within. Miyu has been teaching the monthly program of Sound Healing Meditation at Mountain Stream Meditation Center in Nevada City, California since 2019, as well as collaborating with various yoga, Qigong and meditation teachers, musicians and artists holding retreats, workshops and concerts in the U.S. and Japan.

Miyu was born and raised in Kyoto Japan, graduated from Kyoto University of Art with a bachelor degree in Modern Art before she moved to the U.S. in 2000. As a certified Shiatsu Therapist, Miyu’s practice is deep listening, holding a healing space for one to integrate and harmonize all aspects of self. Miyu established YU Healing Arts with her husband in Nevada City, California, the clinic has been dedicated to the healing arts including Sound Healing, Shiatsu Therapy, Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine since 2004. 

Miyu’s eclectic background and experiential approach to truth and Japanese heritage are infused in all her practices and artistic expressions.

More information about Miyu: www.yuhealingarts.com

Temple Care & Quiet Sit - Please come join us!
10:00 am to 12:30 pm (sit is noon to 12:30 pm)
Your service is a dynamic and rich part of the mindfulness practice of dana (giving and receiving). Everyone benefits from this embodied practice. All are welcome to participate. We appreciate your interest and engagement. Contact Jen Scott, jen@mtstream.org.

Every 2nd & 4th Sunday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm - In Person Only

Queer Sangha is a peer-led meditation and community group for all who find affinity in queerness. We come together to practice meditation and build community, resilience, and solidarity through Sangha- a Buddhist word for the community who practices together.

Our gatherings include a 30-minute meditation (seated, laying down, or standing all very welcome), a time to share and listen to each other, a metta (loving kindness) blessing, and walking meditation.

We are a peer-held, collective space. Meditation guidance is available for those whom it would be supportive. 

Join us! This space is open to Queer identified folks, as well as all who are exploring the possibility of queerness as a part of their identity.

This group is offered freely. Donations are gratefully received and support the Center. Temple Donations (Dana)

Dzogchen Circle Half Day Retreat with Ken Bradford
Location: In Person, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA
Dates: Sundays - May 17, June 14, July 12, September 20
Time: TBD

Cost/Registration: details coming soon

Description:  This Dzogchen Circle is devoted to recognizing and more deeply embodying the natural wakefulness of mind. As a follow-up to Dzogchen retreats and those drawn to the direct path of nondual presence, this circle integrates a range of approaches, including tonglen and shamatha-vipassana, in opening conditioned mindstates to their intrinsically lucid, already free nature.

The afternoon involves informal discussion (Q&A) and practice in the round.

Bio- Ken Bradford is a contemplative yogin, author and Dharma teacher integrating a wide arc of Buddhist, Dzogchen and psychological thought and practice. His heart teachers include Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, Joseph Goldstein, Ruth Denison and Tsoknyi Rinpoche, among others. Formerly, he maintained a psychotherapy practice in the San Francisco Bay area and was Adjunct Professor at John F. Kennedy University and CIIS. His publications include Opening Yourself: The Psychology and Yoga of Self-liberation (2021); The I of the Other: Mindfulness-Based Diagnosis & the Question of Sanity (2013); and Listening from the Heart of Silence: Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy, Vol. 2 (2007, with John Prendergast); as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles intertwining psychology and spirituality. Website: www.authenticpresence.net

Metta (Lovingkindness) Meditation Practice Circle
Peer-led, In Person Only
We meet every last Sunday of the month, 10:00 - 11:30 am - All are welcome
Facilitated by Dharma Practitioners Tim Cardoza and Priscilla Barton

Description: Metta (lovingkindess) meditation practices are a powerful part of the Buddha’s legacy. These practices have the ability to substantially deepen our feelings of love and connection with others and to help us transform difficult mind states such as fear and anger into more wholesome states of caring and kindness.  Scientific studies on metta meditation practices have shown they can increase feelings of wellbeing and improve both mental and physical health.

The group format will include reading/chanting of the Karaniya Metta Sutta, Monthly Topic, Guided Meditation and Discussion

Suggested reading:  Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg

Dana (Donations) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$25 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TEMPLE DANA (DONATION)
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Every 2nd & 4th Sunday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm - In Person Only

Queer Sangha is a peer-led meditation and community group for all who find affinity in queerness. We come together to practice meditation and build community, resilience, and solidarity through Sangha- a Buddhist word for the community who practices together.

Our gatherings include a 30-minute meditation (seated, laying down, or standing all very welcome), a time to share and listen to each other, a metta (loving kindness) blessing, and walking meditation.

We are a peer-held, collective space. Meditation guidance is available for those whom it would be supportive. 

Join us! This space is open to Queer identified folks, as well as all who are exploring the possibility of queerness as a part of their identity.

This group is offered freely. Donations are gratefully received and support the Center. Temple Donations (Dana)

There is no Sound Healing for October. Please join Miyu in November. read more

More information about Miyu: www.yuhealingarts.com

Temple Care & Quiet Sit - Please come join us!
10:00 am to 12:30 pm (sit is noon to 12:30 pm)
Your service is a dynamic and rich part of the mindfulness practice of dana (giving and receiving). Everyone benefits from this embodied practice. All are welcome to participate. We appreciate your interest and engagement. Contact Jen Scott, jen@mtstream.org.

Metta (Lovingkindness) Meditation Practice Circle
Peer-led, In Person Only
We meet every last Sunday of the month, 10:00 - 11:30 am - All are welcome
Facilitated by Dharma Practitioners Tim Cardoza and Priscilla Barton

Description: Metta (lovingkindess) meditation practices are a powerful part of the Buddha’s legacy. These practices have the ability to substantially deepen our feelings of love and connection with others and to help us transform difficult mind states such as fear and anger into more wholesome states of caring and kindness.  Scientific studies on metta meditation practices have shown they can increase feelings of wellbeing and improve both mental and physical health.

The group format will include reading/chanting of the Karaniya Metta Sutta, Monthly Topic, Guided Meditation and Discussion

Suggested reading:  Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg

Dana (Donations) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$25 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TEMPLE DANA (DONATION)
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!