Our center and meditation hall are open to all on Fridays from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm. Come read in the library, connect with community in the foyer, or sit quietly in the hall. Most Fridays, a volunteer leads a silent meditation from 12:30 – 1:00 pm; some weeks it's self-guided.

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.

Topic: Dependent Origination - How Suffering Comes Together and Falls Apart
Five Sundays with Adam Stonebraker
Dates: Sundays, October 25, November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2026
Times: Weeks 1 to 4, 2:00 to 3:30 pm PT
Closing half-day, 12:30 to 3:30 pm PT

Location: In Person & Virtual
Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959
Or join us via Zoom; see below

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 required.
To register: Square online payment link coming soon.
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.
The Zoom meeting link will be provided to everyone once registered and paid in full.

Course Description: The Buddha called dependent origination the heart of his teaching, and he warned his student Ananda in the same breath that it only looks simple. It's the map of how suffering assembles itself, moment by moment, and the map of how it can come undone.

Over five Sundays we'll take our time with it, one turn of the wheel at a time, until it moves from abstraction into something we can work with directly in our own experience. The whole purpose of this teaching is to be able to work with it, moment to moment.

The workshop stays rooted in the Buddha’s teaching from the Suttas and the down-to-earth, experiential approach of the Thai Forest teachers (Ajahn Chah and those who carried his lineage forward). We'll also borrow from the Tibetan wheel of life as a map for the journey. 

Because the teaching builds week by week, this series is offered as a whole. Every session will be recorded and shared, along with articles, suggested practices, and other resources to work with between Sundays, so missing a week isn’t a problem.

• Week 1. The Whole Wheel. An overview of the teaching and why the Buddha placed it at the center of everything.

• Week 2. How Experience Arrives. The senses, contact, and feeling, and how a moment puts itself together before we've consciously done anything.

• Week 3. The Turning Point. Where craving takes hold, and the small gap where practice reaches in.

• Week 4. The Birth of a Self. How an "I" gets built, again and again, throughout an ordinary day.

• Week 5. The Way Through. A closing half-day. How the whole process comes apart, with time to sit with it and let it ripen, and the movement from suffering toward freedom.

The first four Sundays run 2:00 to 3:30 pm. The closing session on November 22 runs longer, 12:30 to 3:30 pm, with a tea break, giving us room to practice together and let the teaching settle.

A little meditation experience helps but not required, and the teaching stands on its own for newer practitioners as well.

Teacher Support: During the course series, 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. 

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!

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

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)

Dennis Warren: Intention – The Factor Animating Choice and Karma

Join us in person:
Dennis 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 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!

Green Tara Circle
Date: Thursday, November 12
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Facilitators: Monika Rose, Lauren Pittman and Lakshmi Prasad
Cost: Offered in the spirit of dana / generosity. Suggested donation: $15 - $30 per class.

Join us for a peer-led meditation and community sharing circle focused on the wisdom of Green Tara - a transformative practice that is central to Tibetan Buddhist traditions.  In a monthly group setting, we will meditate on the supportive energy of Green Tara and the divine feminine, and learn how to access Tara’s loving presence in times of turmoil through visualization and mantra. 

Circle Format (Future circles will have a different format.)

• Setting our intention and motivation

• Introduction to Tibetan Buddhist Vajrayana Practice

• Guided Green Tara Practice and Meditation

• Transmission and Instruction for the Green Tara Practice

• Sharing 

• Metta and Dedications

Green Tara is revered as the Great Wisdom Mother and Remover of Obstacles, offering support in both practical and spiritual matters. Together, we will explore the rich symbolism of the Brief Green Tara practice from the Shangpa Kagyu tradition, authorized by Lama Palden Drolma, founder of Sukhasiddhi Foundation - a female-led sangha whose lineage traces back to 11th-century female gurus, Niguma and Sukhasiddhi.

This circle will be the foundational practice for the study of the 21 Taras and their unique qualities in Spring of 2027.

*** You must receive the transmission to engage in this practice and attend future circles. For those unable to make this circle with transmission, please reach out to Lauren (Lauren@mtstream.org) to arrange a time to receive it.***

Open to all practitioners.

Our center and meditation hall are open to all on Fridays from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm. Come read in the library, connect with community in the foyer, or sit quietly in the hall. Most Fridays, a volunteer leads a silent meditation from 12:30 – 1:00 pm; some weeks it's self-guided.

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 & Garden Care + Sitting Meditation
10:00 am to 12:30 pm (sit is 12:00 - 12:30 pm)
Saturday dates remaining in 2026: 11/ 14 & 12/12

Temple Care is a chance to come together in community to care for the spaces that support our practice- both inside and out. This monthly event is lightly and joyfully held by Jen Scott, our landscaping team and our Eco Dharma Council.

We begin at 10:00 am with a short welcome circle in the foyer, grounding ourselves in shared intention. From there, we divide into two groups:
• Indoor crew – cleaning and organizing to the meditation hall and indoor spaces
• Outdoor crew – weeding, gardening, caring for the labyrinth, sweeping, and helping steward the land

At 12:00 pm, we come back together for a 30-minute meditation, held either in the hall or outdoors, depending on the day and weather.

There are many ways to engage in spiritual practice- one way is through service.  We hope you’ll join us!

For more information or to get on the text/email list for Temple Care, please reach out to Jen at Jen@mtstream.org

Topic: Dependent Origination - How Suffering Comes Together and Falls Apart
Five Sundays with Adam Stonebraker
Dates: Sundays, October 25, November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2026
Times: Weeks 1 to 4, 2:00 to 3:30 pm PT
Closing half-day, 12:30 to 3:30 pm PT

Location: In Person & Virtual
Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959
Or join us via Zoom; see below

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 required.
To register: Square online payment link coming soon.
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.
The Zoom meeting link will be provided to everyone once registered and paid in full.

Course Description: The Buddha called dependent origination the heart of his teaching, and he warned his student Ananda in the same breath that it only looks simple. It's the map of how suffering assembles itself, moment by moment, and the map of how it can come undone.

Over five Sundays we'll take our time with it, one turn of the wheel at a time, until it moves from abstraction into something we can work with directly in our own experience. The whole purpose of this teaching is to be able to work with it, moment to moment.

The workshop stays rooted in the Buddha’s teaching from the Suttas and the down-to-earth, experiential approach of the Thai Forest teachers (Ajahn Chah and those who carried his lineage forward). We'll also borrow from the Tibetan wheel of life as a map for the journey. 

Because the teaching builds week by week, this series is offered as a whole. Every session will be recorded and shared, along with articles, suggested practices, and other resources to work with between Sundays, so missing a week isn’t a problem.

• Week 1. The Whole Wheel. An overview of the teaching and why the Buddha placed it at the center of everything.

• Week 2. How Experience Arrives. The senses, contact, and feeling, and how a moment puts itself together before we've consciously done anything.

• Week 3. The Turning Point. Where craving takes hold, and the small gap where practice reaches in.

• Week 4. The Birth of a Self. How an "I" gets built, again and again, throughout an ordinary day.

• Week 5. The Way Through. A closing half-day. How the whole process comes apart, with time to sit with it and let it ripen, and the movement from suffering toward freedom.

The first four Sundays run 2:00 to 3:30 pm. The closing session on November 22 runs longer, 12:30 to 3:30 pm, with a tea break, giving us room to practice together and let the teaching settle.

A little meditation experience helps but not required, and the teaching stands on its own for newer practitioners as well.

Teacher Support: During the course series, 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. 

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!

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

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!

Our center and meditation hall are open to all on Fridays from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm. Come read in the library, connect with community in the foyer, or sit quietly in the hall. Most Fridays, a volunteer leads a silent meditation from 12:30 – 1:00 pm; some weeks it's self-guided.

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.

Honor Earth & Water ~ Ground Yourself & Find Fluid Ease before the Holidays ~
A Relaxed & Awake Half Day Retreat with Miyu Tamamura & Tracy Lease
Date: Saturday, November 21, 2026
Time: 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Location: In Person, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959
*20 person limit

Pre-registration is required. To register: please visit https://square.link/u/S6Kso3FP
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation. If you have questions about registration, please contact juanita@mtstream.org
Sliding Scale 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 — $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 — $95
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 — $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

If you are interested in offering flowers, please email lauren@mtstream.org
If you would like to contribute to our scholarship fund, please donate here.

If you have questions about the retreat, contact Tracy tracy@fulllifeyogastudio.com or Miyu miyu@yuhealingarts.com. Please note: Miyu and Tracy will be in Japan from September 29 -October 15 and will be able to respond when they return.

Retreat Description:
No permanence is ours; 
We are a wave 
That flows to fit whatever form it finds
-Hermann Hesse

Guided by Earth and Water imagery, we will tune into inner landscapes and our own intuitive wisdom and celebrate moving from autumn into winter. We will feel water's fluid and boundless energy and Earth’s ability to hold us, and help us become centered. 

This half-day retreat is for anyone who wishes to feel grounded while tuning into the flow all around us– our breath, pulse, the flow of day into night, the cycle of the seasons.  Once we become rooted and stable through guided meditation, we will glide through breathing practice, qigong and gentle stretches into restorative yoga where we can tune into the magical flow of the healing vibrations of the crystal singing bowls as their energy ripples around and through us. 

Join us for three spacious hours landing fully in the present moment, the breath, and your own presence while held in a nurturing community.  Gift your body, mind and heart time away from the tasks of life in awareness and appreciation for the elements Earth and Water and all we can learn from them as we live our daily lives. 

We hope you will leave this retreat nourished; recognizing your capacity to move fluidly through the challenges and wonders of life in each passing present moment.

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

Tracy Lease, owner and director of Full Life Yoga, is a certified Yoga Therapist and Yoga and Pilates Teacher who joyfully shares many types of meditative movement. Tracy believes Yoga, Pilates, Qigong, walks in nature and meditation are practices that help us to lead more fulfilling lives. Tracy believes movement can help calm the body, mind and spirit and assist us in living fully in the present moment, even if we have lived much of our lives out of touch with our bodies due to past traumas. Tracy has years of teaching experience and tunes into her students, wanting each client to feel welcome, safe and supported in classes, retreats and private sessions.
More info: https://fulllifeyogastudio.com
(907) 687-2168, tracy@fulllifeyogastudio.com

Topic: Dependent Origination - How Suffering Comes Together and Falls Apart
Five Sundays with Adam Stonebraker
Dates: Sundays, October 25, November 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2026
Times: Weeks 1 to 4, 2:00 to 3:30 pm PT
Closing half-day, 12:30 to 3:30 pm PT

Location: In Person & Virtual
Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959
Or join us via Zoom; see below

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 required.
To register: Square online payment link coming soon.
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.
The Zoom meeting link will be provided to everyone once registered and paid in full.

Course Description: The Buddha called dependent origination the heart of his teaching, and he warned his student Ananda in the same breath that it only looks simple. It's the map of how suffering assembles itself, moment by moment, and the map of how it can come undone.

Over five Sundays we'll take our time with it, one turn of the wheel at a time, until it moves from abstraction into something we can work with directly in our own experience. The whole purpose of this teaching is to be able to work with it, moment to moment.

The workshop stays rooted in the Buddha’s teaching from the Suttas and the down-to-earth, experiential approach of the Thai Forest teachers (Ajahn Chah and those who carried his lineage forward). We'll also borrow from the Tibetan wheel of life as a map for the journey. 

Because the teaching builds week by week, this series is offered as a whole. Every session will be recorded and shared, along with articles, suggested practices, and other resources to work with between Sundays, so missing a week isn’t a problem.

• Week 1. The Whole Wheel. An overview of the teaching and why the Buddha placed it at the center of everything.

• Week 2. How Experience Arrives. The senses, contact, and feeling, and how a moment puts itself together before we've consciously done anything.

• Week 3. The Turning Point. Where craving takes hold, and the small gap where practice reaches in.

• Week 4. The Birth of a Self. How an "I" gets built, again and again, throughout an ordinary day.

• Week 5. The Way Through. A closing half-day. How the whole process comes apart, with time to sit with it and let it ripen, and the movement from suffering toward freedom.

The first four Sundays run 2:00 to 3:30 pm. The closing session on November 22 runs longer, 12:30 to 3:30 pm, with a tea break, giving us room to practice together and let the teaching settle.

A little meditation experience helps but not required, and the teaching stands on its own for newer practitioners as well.

Teacher Support: During the course series, 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. 

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!

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

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!

Our center and meditation hall are open to all on Fridays from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm. Come read in the library, connect with community in the foyer, or sit quietly in the hall. Most Fridays, a volunteer leads a silent meditation from 12:30 – 1:00 pm; some weeks it's self-guided.

SPECIAL OFFERING from Adam Stonebraker on November 27
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.

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!

Ken 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.

Ken Bradford: Demystifying the Supreme Path: Theravada, Zen and Dzogchen Perspectives
What is it to enter the stream of liberation? And having entered, what is it to ripen the flow of awakened awareness to full fruition? Beyond vague ideas, this evening outlines the actual experiences in the 4 phases of deepening liberation as found in the teachings of vipassana, zen & dzogchen.
In Theravada, stream-entry marks the pivotal shift from the mundane to supramundane – supreme - path. Zen-Mahayana then does a rug pull on this progressive, 4-stage model. Dzogchen proceeds by directly pointing out the 4 ways everfresh awareness effortlessly liberates itself.

Join us in person:
Ken 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- 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

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go Ken - 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 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!

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

Our center and meditation hall are open to all on Fridays from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm. Come read in the library, connect with community in the foyer, or sit quietly in the hall. Most Fridays, a volunteer leads a silent meditation from 12:30 – 1:00 pm; some weeks it's self-guided.

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.

Healing and Awakening: 2 Truths, 2 Paths, 1 Goal ~ Daylong Retreat with Ken Bradford
Date: Saturday, December 5, 2026
Time: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Location: In Person Only, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959

Pre-registration is required. THE EVENT WILL BE CANCELLED IF LESS THAN 8 PEOPLE ARE REGISTERED BY 10:00 AM THE DAY BEFORE THE PROGRAM BEGINS.
To register, please visit https://square.link/u/X111ng4t
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.

Sliding Scale Registration Fees:

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

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.

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: A complete path integrates emotional healing with spiritual awakening. Healing involves calming the frightened, distracted mind, better managing stress reactions, and finding the courage to open to and release emotional wounds & trauma. This psychological work respects the relative truth of our being in relationship to others and otherness. It proceeds through a gradual deepening of openness, equanimity, kindness and insight into the nitty-gritty conditions of our predicament.

Awakening goes a happy furlough further, allowing the relative conditions of mindful self awareness to dissolve into their essential truth & unconditioned basic nature. That the dissolution of our self-boundary and collapse of defensive shields should yield blissful, lucid tranquility is the liberating wonder of wonders.

This is a day for opening to both ‘old friends:’ those habit formations and inner wounds that cry out for healing, as well as to the basic sanity of our always already awakened nature. We will combine practices of mindfulness, tonglen and instant, nondual presence with guided inquiry and dialogue.

Dana: During the daylong, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to Ken 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. Ken Bradford Dana (Donation)

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

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 in closed session four times a year and in open session another four times a year on the fourth Thursday of the month.

Our next open session meeting is Wednesday, December 9, 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 or to receive the monthly approved minutes, please email lauren@mtstream.org.

Green Tara Circle
Date: Thursday, December 10
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Facilitators: Monika Rose, Lauren Pittman and Lakshmi Prasad
Cost: Offered in the spirit of dana / generosity. Suggested donation: $15 - $30 per class.

Join us for a peer-led meditation and community sharing circle focused on the wisdom of Green Tara - a transformative practice that is central to Tibetan Buddhist traditions.  In a monthly group setting, we will meditate on the supportive energy of Green Tara and the divine feminine, and learn how to access Tara’s loving presence in times of turmoil through visualization and mantra. 

Circle Format (Future circles will have a different format.)

• Setting our intention and motivation

• Introduction to Tibetan Buddhist Vajrayana Practice

• Guided Green Tara Practice and Meditation

• Transmission and Instruction for the Green Tara Practice

• Sharing 

• Metta and Dedications

Green Tara is revered as the Great Wisdom Mother and Remover of Obstacles, offering support in both practical and spiritual matters. Together, we will explore the rich symbolism of the Brief Green Tara practice from the Shangpa Kagyu tradition, authorized by Lama Palden Drolma, founder of Sukhasiddhi Foundation - a female-led sangha whose lineage traces back to 11th-century female gurus, Niguma and Sukhasiddhi.

This circle will be the foundational practice for the study of the 21 Taras and their unique qualities in Spring of 2027.

*** You must receive the transmission during the September 10 or October 15 Circles to engage in this practice and attend future circles. If you cannot come in September or October, please reach out to Lauren (Lauren@mtstream.org) to arrange a time to receive it.***

Open to all practitioners.

Our center and meditation hall are open to all on Fridays from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm. Come read in the library, connect with community in the foyer, or sit quietly in the hall. Most Fridays, a volunteer leads a silent meditation from 12:30 – 1:00 pm; some weeks it's self-guided.

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 & Garden Care + Sitting Meditation
10:00 am to 12:30 pm (sit is 12:00 - 12:30 pm)

Temple Care is a chance to come together in community to care for the spaces that support our practice- both inside and out. This monthly event is lightly and joyfully held by Jen Scott, our landscaping team and our Eco Dharma Council.

We begin at 10:00 am with a short welcome circle in the foyer, grounding ourselves in shared intention. From there, we divide into two groups:
• Indoor crew – cleaning and organizing to the meditation hall and indoor spaces
• Outdoor crew – weeding, gardening, caring for the labyrinth, sweeping, and helping steward the land

At 12:00 pm, we come back together for a 30-minute meditation, held either in the hall or outdoors, depending on the day and weather.

There are many ways to engage in spiritual practice- one way is through service.  We hope you’ll join us!

For more information or to get on the text/email list for Temple Care, please reach out to Jen at 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)

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!

Our center and meditation hall are open to all on Fridays from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm. Come read in the library, connect with community in the foyer, or sit quietly in the hall. Most Fridays, a volunteer leads a silent meditation from 12:30 – 1:00 pm; some weeks it's self-guided.

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.

Winter Solstice Labyrinth Walk
Sunday, December 20
Time TBD
Details coming soon

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!

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!

Ken 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.

Ken Bradford: Topic TBD

Join us in person:
Ken 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- 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

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go Ken - 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 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!