Mountain Stream’s Eco Dharma Council invites you to
ECO DHARMA WEEK Schedule of Events

On Sunday, please join us for a Half Day Retreat with Ayya Santacitta and Constance Washburn

Topic: Council of All Beings with Mask Art Workshop
Date: Sunday, July 5, 2026
Time: 9:00 am to 12:00 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, visit https://square.link/u/TEGXZCGi
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.

Sliding Scale Registration Fees (mask-making materials included):

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

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.

Half Day Description: A Council of All Beings - "We call upon the spirit of evolution, the miraculous force that inspires rocks and dust to weave themselves into biology. You have stood by us for millions and billions of years - do not forsake us now. Empower us and awaken in us pure and dazzling creativity. " — John Seed, co-creator of Council of All Beings with Joanna Macy

The Council of all Beings is a ritualized form of council which is part of the Work That Reconnects. The Council allows participants to move beyond their human-centric views and step into their inherent interbeing with all creation. The Council awakens us to our interconnectedness and interdependence with Earth's natural systems and all living beings. Participants are guided to discover an Earth-being that wants to speak through them. After making a mask to help them embody their being, all participants come together in Council to share their wisdom, so needed in today’s world.

Humans have been using the sacred technologies of masks, costume, music and dance to connect to the creativity of the universe for time immemorial. Modernity has disconnected us from this great source of wisdom and regeneration. Let’s reconnect!

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to the teachers - 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.

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/

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

Gavrila Nikhila: The Living Dharma

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!

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 & Garden Care + Sitting Meditation
10:00 am to 12:30 pm (sit is 12:00 - 12:30 pm)
Saturdays in 2026: 7/11, 8/15, 9/12, 10/17, 11/ 7 & 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

Dzogchen Circle, Afternoon with Ken Bradford

Dates: Sundays: July 12 and September 20, 2026
Time: 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Location: In Person Only, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959

Description: This Dzogchen Circle is a series of afternoon gatherings that will meet throughout 2026, focused on recognizing and more fully embodying the mind’s natural wakefulness. Designed as a follow-up to Dzogchen retreats, and for those drawn to the direct path of nondual presence, these circles will integrate a range of practices, including tonglen and shamatha–vipassana. Together, we will explore how conditioned mind states can open into their intrinsically lucid, already free nature.
The afternoon involves informal discussion (Q&A) and practice.

Suggested donation: $15 - $30. Temple Dana (Donation)

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)

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!

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

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)

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
This evening will contrast mindfulness meditation, which cultivates non-distraction through maintaining moment to moment awareness with an object-focus, with the recognition that the subject focusing on an object cannot be found. As the object-subject split dissolves, undivided awareness relaxes into its empty-open spacious nature. Such a moment of Bodhi temporarily heals every single obscuration of dualistic vision as the fullness of Being, or no-mind, recognizes its unobscured, true nature.

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!

Join Lauren on Zoom, Thursday July 30, 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.

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

Lienchi Tran - 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

Bio - Raised in a Mahayana Buddhist family in Vietnam, Lienchi Tran discovered meditation in 1984, inspired by the teachings of Thay Thich Nhat Hanh. Her journey deepened in 1992 when she attended a retreat with Bhante Khippapanno, leading her to ordain and fully immerse herself in Theravada Buddhism. In 1998, she continued her training in Burma under Sayadaw U Pandita, and in 2003, she found her path profoundly shaped by her primary teacher, Sayadaw U Tejaniya, who encouraged mindfulness as a natural part of daily life.

After transitioning from monastic life, Lienchi returned to her career as an architect, weaving mindfulness into both her work and everyday experiences. Encouraged by her teachers, she began sharing meditation in 2017 and later completed the Four-Year Teacher Training at IMC/IRC with Gil Fronsdal and Andrea Fella.

Today, Lienchi shares the Dharma with warmth and compassion, supporting others as they cultivate understanding and mindfulness in their lives. She is dedicated to making mindfulness accessible and meaningful, guiding others with warmth and clarity as they deepen their practice.

More information about Lienchi on Lienchitran.org.

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!

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)

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!

You are invited to a 3-week course with Adam Stonebraker

Topic: Practicing with the Suttas
Date: Three consecutive Wednesday evenings: August 12, 19, and 26, 2026
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 pm

Location: In Person at the Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959 or
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

Cost: Offered in the spirit of dana/generosity. Suggested donation: $15 - $30 per class.
Drop-ins welcome

Course Description: The early discourses can feel difficult to approach. The repetition, the long names, the sense that you need a scholar beside you to make any of it land. This series is meant to open the door to these profound teachings slowly.

Each week we take up a single short sutta and read it aloud, contemplatively, letting the words settle into the body before we reach for their meaning. We sit, we chant, we read, we discuss and we break the teaching open just enough to feel it speaking to our own lives. These texts were never meant to be studied from a distance. They were spoken to living people, in real places, about this feeling, this seeing, this fathom-long body. Read this way, they describe our own experience back to us.

In the spirit of the Thai Forest tradition, our emphasis stays on embodiment and direct experience. You come away not only knowing a few suttas, but trusting your own capacity to pick one up, read it slowly, and let it touch you.

No background with the texts is needed. Come for one evening or all three.

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

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.

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!

You are invited to a 3-week course with Adam Stonebraker

Topic: Practicing with the Suttas
Date: Three consecutive Wednesday evenings: August 12, 19, and 26, 2026
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 pm

Location: In Person at the Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959 or
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

Cost: Offered in the spirit of dana/generosity. Suggested donation: $15 - $30 per class.
Drop-ins welcome

Course Description: The early discourses can feel difficult to approach. The repetition, the long names, the sense that you need a scholar beside you to make any of it land. This series is meant to open the door to these profound teachings slowly.

Each week we take up a single short sutta and read it aloud, contemplatively, letting the words settle into the body before we reach for their meaning. We sit, we chant, we read, we discuss and we break the teaching open just enough to feel it speaking to our own lives. These texts were never meant to be studied from a distance. They were spoken to living people, in real places, about this feeling, this seeing, this fathom-long body. Read this way, they describe our own experience back to us.

In the spirit of the Thai Forest tradition, our emphasis stays on embodiment and direct experience. You come away not only knowing a few suttas, but trusting your own capacity to pick one up, read it slowly, and let it touch you.

No background with the texts is needed. Come for one evening or all three.

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

Mountain Stream’s Eco Dharma Council presents:

Sensing into Dharma Nature: Practicing with Art and Sutta with Ameera Godwin & Lakshmi Prasad
Date: Saturday, August 22, 2026
Time: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Location: In Person, 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/9y1jy6HQ
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.

Sliding Scale Registration Fees include art supplies and shared vegetarian lunch:

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 offering flowers, please email lauren@mtstream.org

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

Workshop Description: How do we move from simply seeing the world to creating meaning from it? Inspired by the Madhupiṇḍika (Honey Cake) Sutta, this contemplative workshop explores how perception, imagination, and relationship shape our experience of the living Earth. Through meditation, close observation, natural inks and clay, process-based art, and reflective writing, participants will engage in creative practices that deepen sensory awareness, cultivate presence, and reveal the interconnected nature of mind, body, and the more-than-human world. 

No art experience needed. No technique required. Only a willingness to notice, explore, and engage. Art supplies and lunch included. 

What to bring: 

• Layers & sun hat — we'll be spending some time outside, so dress for the weather

• Comfortable clothing for light movement and shoes that are easy to slip on and off

• A journal/pen and any snacks you'd like (we'll be providing tea and lunch!) 

Dana: During the workshop, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to Ameera and 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, working 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, exploring how spiritual practice can support healing and collective action to build a world of greater wellbeing and equity.

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!

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, August 26, 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.

You are invited to a 3-week course with Adam Stonebraker

Topic: Practicing with the Suttas
Date: Three consecutive Wednesday evenings: August 12, 19, and 26, 2026
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 pm

Location: In Person at the Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959 or
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

Cost: Offered in the spirit of dana/generosity. Suggested donation: $15 - $30 per class.
Drop-ins welcome

Course Description: The early discourses can feel difficult to approach. The repetition, the long names, the sense that you need a scholar beside you to make any of it land. This series is meant to open the door to these profound teachings slowly.

Each week we take up a single short sutta and read it aloud, contemplatively, letting the words settle into the body before we reach for their meaning. We sit, we chant, we read, we discuss and we break the teaching open just enough to feel it speaking to our own lives. These texts were never meant to be studied from a distance. They were spoken to living people, in real places, about this feeling, this seeing, this fathom-long body. Read this way, they describe our own experience back to us.

In the spirit of the Thai Forest tradition, our emphasis stays on embodiment and direct experience. You come away not only knowing a few suttas, but trusting your own capacity to pick one up, read it slowly, and let it touch you.

No background with the texts is needed. Come for one evening or all three.

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

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!

We are thrilled to welcome special guest Geshe Samdup to perform and teach on the Medicine Buddha Puja, a powerful healing ritual. Please join us!
Monday, August 31, 6:00 - 8:00 pm PT.

Join us in person:
Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St
Nevada City, CA 95959

Join us on Zoom:
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Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

Suggested donation: $20 - $40; no one turned away for lack of funds. TEACHER DANA (DONATION)

To read more about the Medicine Buddhas and the Puja, please go here

During the Medicine Buddha puja you can listen, meditate, send metta and/or silently recite the medicine buddha mantra: TAYATA OM BHEKANDZYE BHEKANDZYE MAHA BHEKANDZYE [BHEKANDZYE] RADZA SAMUDGATE SOHA.

If you would like us to dedicate this puja for any of your loved ones, please add their names to the prayer list in the foyer.

Geshe Gedun Samdup was born in Sikkim, India in 1965 to parents who had escaped Tibet in 1959. Early in life, he excelled in academics while attending the Central School for Tibetans in Orissa.

Drawn to a life of contemplation when very young, at the age of 10 he met and became a disciple of revered Kyabje Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche. Kyabje Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche (the first) was a renowned master and a debate partner to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Under the direct personal care and guidance of Kyabje Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche, he took monastic ordination and subsequently he entered Ganden Jangtse Monastery in Mungod, South India. At Ganden Jangtse, he studied the extensive curriculum of Buddhist Philosophy, Buddhist Epistemology, Buddhist Metaphysics and Buddhist Psychology. In 1994, he was awarded the highest academic degree of Geshe Lharampa (equivalent to a doctorate). For the next few years, Geshe Samdup served the monastery, including designing and supervising the construction of a new Prayer Hall. In 1999, Geshe Samdup moved to the United States. From 2001 to 2005 he taught introductory Buddhist courses to diverse Western students at the Land of Compassion Buddha Center in Los Angeles. He has been teaching at Sravasti Abbey and he is an advisory board member of Sravasti Abbey.

Geshe Samdup actively serves Serkong Rinpoche (the second) and is the Administrator of Serkong Labrang in Dharamsala, India. He is well known for his ability to give inspiring teachings regarding classical Buddhist insights relevant to modern hectic life.

You are invited to a 6-week online course with Maeve Hassett
Topic: Exploring the Early Buddhist Teachings Together
Date: Wednesdays: September 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and October 7, 2026
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Location: Zoom Only

Pre-registration is encouraged by noon on Tuesday, September 1st.
To register please visit: https://square.link/u/65GBkIf2
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.
Zoom link will be provided upon registration.

Sliding Scale Registration Fees for the online course series:

Scholarship — $48 ($8/Class)
Reserved for those who live on a limited or fixed income. 

Standard  — $90 ($15/Class)
For those who are on a tight budget, but who have some funds available to support 

Sustaining  — $120 ($20/Class)
For those who are on a modest budget but who are more financially comfortable 

Steward — $180 ($30/Class)
For those who have the means to give a bit more in support of the Dharma

Course Description: This six‑session series introduces what are widely considered some of the earliest teachings of the Buddha, focusing on the Atthakavagga (The Book of Eights), an anthology of sixteen poems. The primary course text is Gil Fronsdal’s The Buddha Before Buddhism; we will also examine a couple of other texts thought to be from the same period.

These early writings help clarify the essence of the Buddha’s teachings and connect them to direct experience in everyday life. The six one‑hour sessions include an overview and a discussion of four major themes. Each of the middle four sessions will focus on one theme; the final session will consider the teachings’ relevance to contemporary understandings of Buddhism and to our personal practice. We will also briefly review other early texts. Participants are encouraged to share resources that enrich our collective exploration.

Dana: During the course, 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.

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

You are invited to a 6-week online course with Maeve Hassett
Topic: Exploring the Early Buddhist Teachings Together
Date: Wednesdays: September 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and October 7, 2026
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Location: Zoom Only

Pre-registration is encouraged by noon on Tuesday, September 1st.
To register please visit: https://square.link/u/65GBkIf2
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.
Zoom link will be provided upon registration.

Sliding Scale Registration Fees for the online course series:

Scholarship — $48 ($8/Class)
Reserved for those who live on a limited or fixed income. 

Standard  — $90 ($15/Class)
For those who are on a tight budget, but who have some funds available to support 

Sustaining  — $120 ($20/Class)
For those who are on a modest budget but who are more financially comfortable 

Steward — $180 ($30/Class)
For those who have the means to give a bit more in support of the Dharma

Course Description: This six‑session series introduces what are widely considered some of the earliest teachings of the Buddha, focusing on the Atthakavagga (The Book of Eights), an anthology of sixteen poems. The primary course text is Gil Fronsdal’s The Buddha Before Buddhism; we will also examine a couple of other texts thought to be from the same period.

These early writings help clarify the essence of the Buddha’s teachings and connect them to direct experience in everyday life. The six one‑hour sessions include an overview and a discussion of four major themes. Each of the middle four sessions will focus on one theme; the final session will consider the teachings’ relevance to contemporary understandings of Buddhism and to our personal practice. We will also briefly review other early texts. Participants are encouraged to share resources that enrich our collective exploration.

Dana: During the course, 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.

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)

You are invited to a 6-week online course with Maeve Hassett
Topic: Exploring the Early Buddhist Teachings Together
Date: Wednesdays: September 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and October 7, 2026
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Location: Zoom Only

Pre-registration is encouraged by noon on Tuesday, September 1st.
To register please visit: https://square.link/u/65GBkIf2
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.
Zoom link will be provided upon registration.

Sliding Scale Registration Fees for the online course series:

Scholarship — $48 ($8/Class)
Reserved for those who live on a limited or fixed income. 

Standard  — $90 ($15/Class)
For those who are on a tight budget, but who have some funds available to support 

Sustaining  — $120 ($20/Class)
For those who are on a modest budget but who are more financially comfortable 

Steward — $180 ($30/Class)
For those who have the means to give a bit more in support of the Dharma

Course Description: This six‑session series introduces what are widely considered some of the earliest teachings of the Buddha, focusing on the Atthakavagga (The Book of Eights), an anthology of sixteen poems. The primary course text is Gil Fronsdal’s The Buddha Before Buddhism; we will also examine a couple of other texts thought to be from the same period.

These early writings help clarify the essence of the Buddha’s teachings and connect them to direct experience in everyday life. The six one‑hour sessions include an overview and a discussion of four major themes. Each of the middle four sessions will focus on one theme; the final session will consider the teachings’ relevance to contemporary understandings of Buddhism and to our personal practice. We will also briefly review other early texts. Participants are encouraged to share resources that enrich our collective exploration.

Dana: During the course, 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, Afternoon with Ken Bradford

Dates: Sunday, September 20, 2026
Time: 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Location: In Person Only, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959

Description: This Dzogchen Circle is the last in the series of afternoon gatherings meeting throughout 2026, focused on recognizing and more fully embodying the mind’s natural wakefulness. Designed as a follow-up to Dzogchen retreats, and for those drawn to the direct path of nondual presence, these circles will integrate a range of practices, including tonglen and shamatha–vipassana. Together, we will explore how conditioned mind states can open into their intrinsically lucid, already free nature.
The afternoon involves informal discussion (Q&A) and practice.

Suggested donation: $15 - $30. Temple Dana (Donation)

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

You are invited to a 6-week online course with Maeve Hassett
Topic: Exploring the Early Buddhist Teachings Together
Date: Wednesdays: September 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and October 7, 2026
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Location: Zoom Only

Pre-registration is encouraged by noon on Tuesday, September 1st.
To register please visit: https://square.link/u/65GBkIf2
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.
Zoom link will be provided upon registration.

Sliding Scale Registration Fees for the online course series:

Scholarship — $48 ($8/Class)
Reserved for those who live on a limited or fixed income. 

Standard  — $90 ($15/Class)
For those who are on a tight budget, but who have some funds available to support 

Sustaining  — $120 ($20/Class)
For those who are on a modest budget but who are more financially comfortable 

Steward — $180 ($30/Class)
For those who have the means to give a bit more in support of the Dharma

Course Description: This six‑session series introduces what are widely considered some of the earliest teachings of the Buddha, focusing on the Atthakavagga (The Book of Eights), an anthology of sixteen poems. The primary course text is Gil Fronsdal’s The Buddha Before Buddhism; we will also examine a couple of other texts thought to be from the same period.

These early writings help clarify the essence of the Buddha’s teachings and connect them to direct experience in everyday life. The six one‑hour sessions include an overview and a discussion of four major themes. Each of the middle four sessions will focus on one theme; the final session will consider the teachings’ relevance to contemporary understandings of Buddhism and to our personal practice. We will also briefly review other early texts. Participants are encouraged to share resources that enrich our collective exploration.

Dana: During the course, 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.

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)

You are invited to a 6-week online course with Maeve Hassett
Topic: Exploring the Early Buddhist Teachings Together
Date: Wednesdays: September 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and October 7, 2026
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Location: Zoom Only

Pre-registration is encouraged by noon on Tuesday, September 1st.
To register please visit: https://square.link/u/65GBkIf2
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.
Zoom link will be provided upon registration.

Sliding Scale Registration Fees for the online course series:

Scholarship — $48 ($8/Class)
Reserved for those who live on a limited or fixed income. 

Standard  — $90 ($15/Class)
For those who are on a tight budget, but who have some funds available to support 

Sustaining  — $120 ($20/Class)
For those who are on a modest budget but who are more financially comfortable 

Steward — $180 ($30/Class)
For those who have the means to give a bit more in support of the Dharma

Course Description: This six‑session series introduces what are widely considered some of the earliest teachings of the Buddha, focusing on the Atthakavagga (The Book of Eights), an anthology of sixteen poems. The primary course text is Gil Fronsdal’s The Buddha Before Buddhism; we will also examine a couple of other texts thought to be from the same period.

These early writings help clarify the essence of the Buddha’s teachings and connect them to direct experience in everyday life. The six one‑hour sessions include an overview and a discussion of four major themes. Each of the middle four sessions will focus on one theme; the final session will consider the teachings’ relevance to contemporary understandings of Buddhism and to our personal practice. We will also briefly review other early texts. Participants are encouraged to share resources that enrich our collective exploration.

Dana: During the course, 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.

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

More information about Miyu: www.yuhealingarts.com

You are invited to a 6-week online course with Maeve Hassett
Topic: Exploring the Early Buddhist Teachings Together
Date: Wednesdays: September 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and October 7, 2026
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Location: Zoom Only

Pre-registration is encouraged by noon on Tuesday, September 1st.
To register please visit: https://square.link/u/65GBkIf2
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.
Zoom link will be provided upon registration.

Sliding Scale Registration Fees for the online course series:

Scholarship — $48 ($8/Class)
Reserved for those who live on a limited or fixed income. 

Standard  — $90 ($15/Class)
For those who are on a tight budget, but who have some funds available to support 

Sustaining  — $120 ($20/Class)
For those who are on a modest budget but who are more financially comfortable 

Steward — $180 ($30/Class)
For those who have the means to give a bit more in support of the Dharma

Course Description: This six‑session series introduces what are widely considered some of the earliest teachings of the Buddha, focusing on the Atthakavagga (The Book of Eights), an anthology of sixteen poems. The primary course text is Gil Fronsdal’s The Buddha Before Buddhism; we will also examine a couple of other texts thought to be from the same period.

These early writings help clarify the essence of the Buddha’s teachings and connect them to direct experience in everyday life. The six one‑hour sessions include an overview and a discussion of four major themes. Each of the middle four sessions will focus on one theme; the final session will consider the teachings’ relevance to contemporary understandings of Buddhism and to our personal practice. We will also briefly review other early texts. Participants are encouraged to share resources that enrich our collective exploration.

Dana: During the course, 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.

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!

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.

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.