Dear Auburn Meditation Group,

We are sorry to let you know that the Thursday night, 6:00 pm Auburn Group will have its last meeting on Thursday Night, December 28, 2023. 
This last meeting will be in person at the Sierra Foothills Unitarian Church with a Zoom option - (see below)

Maeve and Mary Helen will continue to offer programs in Auburn. We hope to hold daylongs at the Mercy Center, and to host monthly or short term groups such as a Kalyanamitta group or others. Continue to the link for the rest of the letter and links for resources. read more

Thank you Maeve and Mary Helen for your 30 years of dedication to the Auburn Sangha ♥

Sierra Foothills Unitarian Universalist Church is located at 190 Finley Street, Auburn, CA. Please arrive a few minutes early as we start our meditation at 6:00 pm (PT).
To join via zoom, go to www.mysfuu.org, click on the zoom room and follow the instructions.

Tony Bernhard - Tony will facilitate an informal Dharma Discussion and Sharing

Bio: Tony Bernhard is a Buddhist chaplain and teacher. He maintains an active practice with inmates in Folsom Prison and hosts sitting groups in Davis. He sits on the board of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies and teaches regularly around the bay area and central valley. His practice is non-traditional, guided by his chaplaincy work in prison, his teaching and by his study of the early Pali scriptures.

Join our Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89956209627?pwd=eXB6TzhOSXFhczRXdXNRNGJYWHJEZz09
Meeting ID: 899 5620 9627
Passcode: 137206

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

To donate by credit card: THURSDAY 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!

Mary Helen Fein- Topic TBD

Bio: Mary Helen has been practicing meditation since 1992. Her first studies were with John Fitzgerald Preston in Philadelphia. In 1993, she moved to California and met her primary teacher, John Travis. She has worked with his guidance and support since that time. She is a graduate of the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader program. In addition she has completed two other long-term Spirit Rock programs, the Dedicated Practitioners Program and the Advanced Practitioners Program. Mary Helen has sat many silent 10-day retreats, as well as the month-long retreat at Spirit Rock.

Since 2003, she has been teaching meditation classes, holding daylongs, and mentoring others. She is a co-leader of the Auburn Insight Meditation sitting group, and also co-founder and co-leader of the Rocklin Meditation Group. She often gives Dharma talks at sitting groups in Auburn, Rocklin, and at Mountain Stream’s Nevada City Insight Center. One of her most powerful experiences was being invited to teach the Buddhist Meditation group at Folsom Prison. Mary Helen hopes to again visit this powerful group. Mary Helen is semi-retired from her web design business in Auburn, and is a Certified Zentangle Teacher. She has two published novels that you can find on Amazon. You can contact her at maryHelen@mtstream.org.

Mary Helen has created a free online beginning meditation course at www.beginningmeditationonline.com

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

To donate by credit card: THURSDAY 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!

Maeve Hassett ~ TBD

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 recently retired psychotherapist, a career that she engaged in for 40 years.

Join our Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8279672123
Meeting ID: 827 967 2123
By phone: 669-900-6833

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to our teacher - Thank you
To donate by credit card: THURSDAY 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!

Reverend Vivian Gruenenfelder - Beyond Frameworks: Out of the Desert and into Unknowing

This evenings’ session will be an In Person + Virtual sit and dharma talk at
Sierra Foothills Unitarian Universalist Church located at 190 Finley St, Auburn, CA.

Join us in person or via Zoom.
To join via zoom, go to www.mysfuu.org, click on the zoom room and follow the instructions.

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

To donate by credit card: THURSDAY 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!

Bio: Rev. Vivian Gruenenfelder has been a Zen Buddhist monk for over twenty years at Shasta Abbey Buddhist Monastery, a monastery of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives, where she received Dharma Transmission from her Master in 2003.  She is currently Resident Teacher for Bear River Meditation Group in Applegate, CA.  Before becoming a monk she trained in the Theravada Buddhist tradition at Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, under the direction of Joseph Goldstein.

We will not be meeting this evening due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Many blessings on your meals, your friends, your family, the earth, the hungry and all living beings. May peace and compassion fill the earth and may it begin with each one of us living in gratitude.

Tony Bernhard - Anatta and the Illusion of Free Will

Bio: Tony Bernhard is a Buddhist chaplain and teacher. He maintains an active practice with inmates in Folsom Prison and hosts sitting groups in Davis. He sits on the board of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies and teaches regularly around the bay area and central valley. His practice is non-traditional, guided by his chaplaincy work in prison, his teaching and by his study of the early Pali scriptures.

Join our Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89149146863?pwd=TTVFb2xteU5lQk1CQzg3b2szRHJSQT09
Meeting ID: 891 4914 6863
Passcode: 844466

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

To donate by credit card: THURSDAY 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!

Rick Maddock - Practicing with Vedana - Experience and Its Feeling Qualities
Join our Zoom meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8279672123
Meeting ID: 827 967 2123
Dial by your location: +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)

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

To donate by credit card: THURSDAY 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!

Maeve Hassett ~ Ways in Which Buddhist Wisdom and Buddhist Practice Can Help Us Respond to the Violence in the World

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 recently retired psychotherapist, a career that she engaged in for 40 years.

Join our Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8279672123
Meeting ID: 827 967 2123
By phone: 669-900-6833

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to our teacher - Thank you
To donate by credit card: THURSDAY 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!

On the 4th Thursday of each month, we have a hybrid meeting. This means that you can either attend in person at Sierra Foothills Unitarian Universalist Church at 190 Finley Street, in Auburn, or you can attend by Zoom. You are welcome to join us. Please arrive a few minutes early as we start our meditation at 6:00 pm.
To join via zoom, go to www.mysfuu.org, click on the zoom room and follow the instructions.

Mary Helen Fein- Topic TBD
Bio: Mary Helen has been practicing meditation since 1992. Her first studies were with John Fitzgerald Preston in Philadelphia. In 1993, she moved to California and met her primary teacher, John Travis. She has worked with his guidance and support since that time. She is a graduate of the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader program. In addition she has completed two other long-term Spirit Rock programs, the Dedicated Practitioners Program and the Advanced Practitioners Program. Mary Helen has sat many silent 10-day retreats, as well as the month-long retreat at Spirit Rock.

Since 2003, she has been teaching meditation classes, holding daylongs, and mentoring others. She is a co-leader of the Auburn Insight Meditation sitting group, and also co-founder and co-leader of the Rocklin Meditation Group. She often gives Dharma talks at sitting groups in Auburn, Rocklin, and at Mountain Stream’s Nevada City Insight Center. One of her most powerful experiences was being invited to teach the Buddhist Meditation group at Folsom Prison. Mary Helen hopes to again visit this powerful group. Mary Helen is semi-retired from her web design business in Auburn, and is a Certified Zentangle Teacher. She has two published novels that you can find on Amazon. You can contact her at maryHelen@mtstream.org.

Mary Helen has created a free online beginning meditation course at www.beginningmeditationonline.com

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

To donate by credit card: THURSDAY 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!

Tony Bernhard - Models of Awakened Lay Life
Since all of our models are monastic, is it possible to live a fully awakened lay life as a monastic one?

Bio: Tony Bernhard is a Buddhist chaplain and teacher. He maintains an active practice with inmates in Folsom Prison and hosts sitting groups in Davis. He sits on the board of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies and teaches regularly around the bay area and central valley. His practice is non-traditional, guided by his chaplaincy work in prison, his teaching and by his study of the early Pali scriptures.

Join our Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87409654137?pwd=TmpTaGZmMWNQTHBMWno4ZmhSbDV4Zz09
Meeting ID: 874 0965 4137
Passcode: 982902

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

To donate by credit card: THURSDAY 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!

Fall Householder Evening Program with John Travis
Five Consecutive Evenings
Mon - Fri, Oct 9 - 13, 6:00 - 7:30 pm (PT)
Join us in person or via Zoom
No registration necessary for Householder - drop in throughout the week.
Flyer

Our Monday - Friday evening Householder concludes with a daylong on Saturday, October 14, from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Registration for Daylong is Required: registration info

Householder Description - Each evening John will offer meditation instructions, inspirational teachings, and dharma discussions to energize and cultivate a deeper practice in the midst of everyday life. There will also be an opportunity for you to share your reflections on the evenings’ topics.
Householder - 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

Householder DONATION FOR THE NEVADA CITY INSIGHT CENTER
A suggested donation range for each evening is $10 - $20. Consider making a one-time donation for attending multiple evenings
Or to offer a donation by check and mail to:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate Householder.

Householder DONATION FOR JOHN TRAVIS
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Bio: John Travis is the founding teacher of Mountain Stream Meditation in Nevada City and is a teacher emeritus at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Marin. He has practiced Insight Meditation for over 50 years, and completed a four-year teacher training with Jack Kornfield.
In the 1970’s & 80’s, John lived and studied in Asia with many of the premier meditation masters of our time. John’s practice included periods of monastic ordination in the Theravadan and Tibetan traditions.
His dynamic teaching style focuses on a non-dualistic approach that emphasizes the body, heartfulness, and the nature of awareness. In addition to his meditation training, John has taught Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and is a certified Hakomi therapist.

Mary Helen Fein - The Power of Lovingkindness

Bio: Mary Helen has been practicing meditation since 1992. Her first studies were with John Fitzgerald Preston in Philadelphia. In 1993, she moved to California and met her primary teacher, John Travis. She has worked with his guidance and support since that time. She is a graduate of the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader program. In addition she has completed two other long-term Spirit Rock programs, the Dedicated Practitioners Program and the Advanced Practitioners Program. Mary Helen has sat many silent 10-day retreats, as well as the month-long retreat at Spirit Rock.

Since 2003, she has been teaching meditation classes, holding daylongs, and mentoring others. She is a co-leader of the Auburn Insight Meditation sitting group, and also co-founder and co-leader of the Rocklin Meditation Group. She often gives Dharma talks at sitting groups in Auburn, Rocklin, and at Mountain Stream’s Nevada City Insight Center. One of her most powerful experiences was being invited to teach the Buddhist Meditation group at Folsom Prison.

Mary Helen has created a free online beginning meditation course at www.beginningmeditationonline.com

Join our Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4452213686?pwd=YldJVDkwVGF2ZmZxMTFiTXQxNWpEQT09
Meeting ID: 445 221 3686
Passcode: 887702
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

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

To donate by credit card: THURSDAY 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!

Anita Hansen - Topic TBD
Anita is a longtime meditator and part of the Auburn Insight Meditation Group. She studies and practices in both the Theravadan tradition and the Tibetan tradition or Buddhism.

On the 4th Thursday of each month, we have a hybrid meeting. This means that you can either attend in person at Sierra Foothills Unitarian Universalist Church at 190 Finley Street, in Auburn, or you can attend by Zoom. You are welcome to join us. Please arrive a few minutes early as we start our meditation at 6:00 pm.

To join via zoom, go to www.mysfuu.org, click on the zoom room and follow the instructions.

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

To donate by credit card: THURSDAY 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!

Tony Bernhard - The One Talk

Bio: Tony Bernhard is a Buddhist chaplain and teacher. He maintains an active practice with inmates in Folsom Prison and hosts sitting groups in Davis. He sits on the board of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies and teaches regularly around the bay area and central valley. His practice is non-traditional, guided by his chaplaincy work in prison, his teaching and by his study of the early Pali scriptures.

Join our Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89994993696?pwd=NkkvSGJqRjg4L1V4aUMvWHBPRVpFUT09
Meeting ID: 899 9499 3696
Passcode: 069031

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

To donate by credit card: THURSDAY 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!

Maeve Hassett ~ Words for the Wordless
How do we communicate the feelings and experiences that cannot be adequately expressed a word or two? Poetry and skillful prose are two ways that can evoke the deep, elusive meanings. My zoom link remains the same. 
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 recently retired psychotherapist, a career that she engaged in for 40 years.

Join our Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8279672123
Meeting ID: 827 967 2123
By phone: 669-900-6833

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to our teacher - Thank you
To donate by credit card: THURSDAY 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!

Mary Helen Fein will facilitate a dharma discussion ~ How Does the Practice Change my Life?

Bio: Mary Helen has been practicing meditation since 1992. Her first studies were with John Fitzgerald Preston in Philadelphia. In 1993, she moved to California and met her primary teacher, John Travis. She has worked with his guidance and support since that time. She is a graduate of the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader program. In addition she has completed two other long-term Spirit Rock programs, the Dedicated Practitioners Program and the Advanced Practitioners Program. Mary Helen has sat many silent 10-day retreats, as well as the month-long retreat at Spirit Rock.

Since 2003, she has been teaching meditation classes, holding daylongs, and mentoring others. She is a co-leader of the Auburn Insight Meditation sitting group, and also co-founder and co-leader of the Rocklin Meditation Group. She often gives Dharma talks at sitting groups in Auburn, Rocklin, and at Mountain Stream’s Nevada City Insight Center. One of her most powerful experiences was being invited to teach the Buddhist Meditation group at Folsom Prison.

Mary Helen has created a free online beginning meditation course at www.beginningmeditationonline.com

Join our Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4452213686?pwd=YldJVDkwVGF2ZmZxMTFiTXQxNWpEQT09
Meeting ID: 445 221 3686
Passcode: 887702
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

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

To donate by credit card: THURSDAY 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!

An evening of sharing and discussion ~ What Inspires You? 
You are invited to bring something that is inspiring to you; a poem, a dharma talk, a book, a song, a personal experience or something else. There will be a brief introduction on a Sutta teaching that emphasizes the value of inspiration as a way to reboot our practice when we get lost. 
Thursday, July 27 from 6:00 to 7:30 pm (PDT)
Join us in person at Sierra Foothills Unitarian Universalist Church located at 190 Finley St, Auburn, CA. 95603
Or join via Zoom: go to www.mysfuu.org, click on the zoom room and follow the instructions.

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to the teacher - Thank you
To donate by credit card: THURSDAY 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!