November 11 – Joe Gastón: On Zen Poet Ryokan

November 18 – Wendy Roberts: The Kingdom of Bhutan: My Pilgrimage-adjacent Trip to the Most Buddhist Country on Earth – with a slide show!

November 25 – Rev. Bill Milton

December 9  – Karen DeCotis: Our Enlightenment – Investigation the Buddha’s Teachings on Enlightenment

A Koan Salon – Enjoyment of the Paradox

3 Wednesdays at the Bozeman Dharma Center: November 6, 13, 20, 7:00 – 8:30 pm

Zen koans can aid us in realizing the ever-present realm of the non-dual, and bring forth our essential unity, the “mind of oneness.” Koans are stories with meetings between spiritual aspirants. They are poetic expressions of the breakthrough than can happen when we drop our conditioned clinging to our identity and open to our true nature.

In our koan salon, we will practice and study several stories together. There will be sitting meditation, teaching, exploration, group dialogue,  dreaming, writing and fun. It is not about “getting it” as much as enjoying another way of being with our fundamental questions about life.

A monk asked Joshu, a Chinese Zen master: “Has a dog Buddha-nature or not?” Joshu answered: “Mu.”

Register by emailing: info@bozemanzengroup.org. Suggested donation per class is $5-20 per class.