Weekly Community Gathering - Monday nights at 6:30 pm (Mountain time) in the labyrinth room at the Heart of Steamboat Methodist Church and online via Zoom.  For those of you attending online, you will be able to interact as if you were sitting in the room. Please join Tim and our community as we explore our practice and the path altogether. Everyone is welcome! Feel free to come at 6:15 for tea/snacks and to hang out. Here’s the Zoom link.
Last Monday night’s recording

Excellent online learning and practice opportunity - Practicing Joy of Living Retreat with Mingyur Rinpoche - November 9/10

Applied Dharma (AD) - First Wednesday of each month 5:30 - 6:30 pm MT - AD groups are an opportunity to have small group conversations with others on the path. Zoom Link. For more information or to sign-up for email reminders.

Exploring Meditation - Every Third Thursday, the class is offered online and free of charge from 6:30 - 7:30 PM MT. It is a monthly gathering to support one another on the path. Let’s come together and explore meditation techniques and how to work with challenges on the path. This will be guided by Kelly Turnbull with an opportunity for questions, connection and sharing. Please join us! Zoom Link

Exploring the Sacred - This interfaith group had a discussion regarding the political environment and how to hold this carefully as we approach the national election. We will be discussing this issue later in October. You can view this discussion on Facebook.

Take a look at our Community Blog! All members are invited to contribute by contacting our Dekyongs.

Nature of Mind Nights - These gatherings give us a chance to discuss, renew and refresh our understanding of the "nature of mind". These gathering are open to anyone who has received “pointing out” in-person from a qualified lineage holder. If you would like to get on the NOM meeting mailing list, please email council@steamboatbuddhist center.org For more general information or to sign-up for NOM quotes go - Here

Support your Community - Please consider making a donation to The Buddhist Center. It's only through your generosity that we can gather as a community of friends to study and practice this remarkable path. - Here

Meditation Interviews - talk with Tim about your practice, your study, or your life on the path - Here

Sacred Outlook - Quote of the week. Would you like to receive one inspiring quote each week? Opt-in - Here

Join our BCSS Community Google Group and talk directly to your community!

Online Learning Opportunities

NEW! Buddhist Center Scholarship Assistance Program - scholarship assistance is available to help attend programs with our lineage teachers or other programs Tim recommends.  Please check out the scholarship opportunities with each teacher as they often have reduced rates available (or even offer free admission).  If you find you still need assistance to attend a program in person, please email Susan at membership@steamboatbuddhistcenter.org. 

Mingyur Rinpoche - Information and teaching schedule - Here
Tsoknyi Rinpoche - Information and teaching schedule - Here
Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche - Information and teaching  schedule - Here

Specific Opportunities:

Free online Intro to Meditation - This course from Mingyur Rinpoche is a perfect place to start for anyone interested in  meditation. In this simple, self-guided course, you will be introduced to practical ways of exploring the landscape of the heart and mind with awareness. Free!

The ‘all new’ Joy of Living - Calming the Mind with Yongey  Mingyur Rinpoche - Uncovering our inherent awareness, compassion, and wisdom.  This online meditation training presents the authentic and accessible meditation teachings that are the basis of what we teach here at The Buddhist Center. If you haven’t received these teachings, you will want to check out this course. Start it at any time and go at your own pace. 

Vajrayana Online - an accessible and comprehensive online learning program that offers practical teachings on the full range of Buddhist thought and practice, as well as individual guidance from senior Tibetan lamas and meditation instructors and the opportunity to connect with a global community of meditators. Mingyur Rinpoche is actively involved with this program, offering both live and recorded teachings. Tergar Learning Program.

Fully Being - A Tsoknyi Rinpoche meditation course cultivating groundedness, warmth and insight. 

Other Opportunities for Intensive Study and Practice: Here

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Check out some wonderful Podcasts, Video clips and Articles - Here

Inside our website, you’ll learn all about our community: our monthly calendar, our practices and activities, as well as information about our spiritual lineage, a guide to finding Buddhist-related resources on the internet, and some lists of recommended readings. You’ll also find many recordings of our Monday night teachings, as well as a number of great podcasts, articles and video clips to stimulate your mind and open your heart (see menu above). You can also learn how to become a member of our community. All these resources are free to anyone who wants to follow along with us.

The Buddhist Center is a spiritual community dedicated to sharing the teachings of the Buddha with an aspiration to end suffering. We provide a sacred environment in which all are welcome to explore the Dharma through practice, teachings, study and retreat.