Prairie Mountain Zen Center offers the Buddhist practices of meditation, dharma discussion and sangha (community). We provide meditation opportunities in Longmont, Fort Collins and Denver, Colorado. Now we are online!!
See details on our upcoming class exploring White Privilege and Anti Racism on our Anti-racist Resources tab.
We meet every Sunday morning with two 20 minute sittings, at 8:30 am and 9 am: with walking meditation in between. Public Talk is at 9:30… you may attend for any part of the morning. https://zoom.us/j/434117703
Upcoming Sunday Guest Speakers:
July 26: Rev. Eido Bruce Espe; Rev. Espe is the Abbot of the Des Moines Zen Center www.dmzencenter.org and Vice-Abbot of Ryumon-ji Zen Monastery www.ryumonji.org.
Eido was born and raised in a small town in central Iowa. He discovered Zen after serving in the Army and a tour of duty in Vietnam. Married with two grown children and two grandchildren, he resides in Des Moines with his wife Judy, a pediatric intensive care physician. Retired from a career as a hospice nurse, he now devotes his time to his practice as a priest.
Eido is a Soto Zen priest in the lineage of Dainin Katagiri Roshi. In 1997, Eido received ordination. In 2010, he received Dharma transmission from his teacher Shoken Winecoff and completed zuise at Eiheiji Monastery and Sojiji Monastery in Japan.
Aug 2nd: Rev. Daishin Eric McCabe; Rev. McCabe is the co-founder of Zen Fields https://zenfields.org/ in Ames, IA. He is married to Rev. Jisho Sarah Seibert; who was our first guest speaker in our new Zoom era.
Aug 9th: Rev. Teijo Munnich; Rev. Munnich is a dharma heir of Katagiri Roshi and the Abbott and founder of Great Tree Zen Women’s Temple, near Asheville, NC. www.greattreetemple.org. One of her dharma heirs is Rev. Chimyo Atkinson, who was also one our zoom guest speakers.
We meet Thursday evenings at 6:30 pm with a half hour of sitting, followed by walking meditation and dharma study with discussion.
https://zoom.us/j/4828778921 For Thursdays
New online Meditation Offering!
Just Sitting on Monday and Wednesday
evenings from 5:30-6:30 PM.
There will be two 25 minute sittings with a 5 minute break in between. You can attend any portion of the Zoom Meeting that you would like. Questions? contact Marcia
at walker.marcia@ymail.com https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87963924599
Click image below for a recent Dharma Talk:
See details on our upcoming class exploring White Privilege and Anti Racism on our Anti-racist Resources tab.
We meet every Sunday morning with two 20 minute sittings, at 8:30 am and 9 am: with walking meditation in between. Public Talk is at 9:30… you may attend for any part of the morning. https://zoom.us/j/434117703
Upcoming Sunday Guest Speakers:
July 26: Rev. Eido Bruce Espe; Rev. Espe is the Abbot of the Des Moines Zen Center www.dmzencenter.org and Vice-Abbot of Ryumon-ji Zen Monastery www.ryumonji.org.
Eido was born and raised in a small town in central Iowa. He discovered Zen after serving in the Army and a tour of duty in Vietnam. Married with two grown children and two grandchildren, he resides in Des Moines with his wife Judy, a pediatric intensive care physician. Retired from a career as a hospice nurse, he now devotes his time to his practice as a priest.
Eido is a Soto Zen priest in the lineage of Dainin Katagiri Roshi. In 1997, Eido received ordination. In 2010, he received Dharma transmission from his teacher Shoken Winecoff and completed zuise at Eiheiji Monastery and Sojiji Monastery in Japan.
Aug 2nd: Rev. Daishin Eric McCabe; Rev. McCabe is the co-founder of Zen Fields https://zenfields.org/ in Ames, IA. He is married to Rev. Jisho Sarah Seibert; who was our first guest speaker in our new Zoom era.
Aug 9th: Rev. Teijo Munnich; Rev. Munnich is a dharma heir of Katagiri Roshi and the Abbott and founder of Great Tree Zen Women’s Temple, near Asheville, NC. www.greattreetemple.org. One of her dharma heirs is Rev. Chimyo Atkinson, who was also one our zoom guest speakers.
We meet Thursday evenings at 6:30 pm with a half hour of sitting, followed by walking meditation and dharma study with discussion.
https://zoom.us/j/4828778921 For Thursdays
New online Meditation Offering!
Just Sitting on Monday and Wednesday
evenings from 5:30-6:30 PM.
There will be two 25 minute sittings with a 5 minute break in between. You can attend any portion of the Zoom Meeting that you would like. Questions? contact Marcia
at walker.marcia@ymail.com https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87963924599
Click image below for a recent Dharma Talk:
Here is our regular schedule we plan to resume when
conditions change for the better:
Fort Collins practice at Plymouth Congregational Church; 916 West Prospect; is on Thursday evenings at 6:30 pm with a half hour of sitting, followed by walking meditation and study group with tea.
Longmont gatherings are at the Meditation Place; 324 Main St.--Alley Entrance.
We meet every Sunday morning for three 20 minute sittings, at 8:00; 8:30 am and 9 am: with walking meditation in between. Public Talk is at 9:30… you may attend for any part of the morning.
Denver at Mayu Sanctuary; 1804 S. Pearl; on Monday evenings, 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm. We start with a 40 minute sit (instructions at the beginning as needed); followed by walking meditation; formal mindfulness tea (herbal) and dharma discussion.
Studio cost required.
One Day Sittings
We begin with opening tea and three 35 minute sitting periods. Oryoki lunch is included. The afternoon sitting begins at 2 pm, and has two sitting periods and closing tea. Practice interviews are available at Fort Collins sitting. You may attend for part of the day. Register with cliff@prairiemountain.org
Meditation Weekends at The Meditation Place in Longmont
Friday evening 7 pm to Sunday morning 10:30 am
September 25th to 27th, 2020
Extended practice offers a unique chance to deepen your meditation practice through alternating sitting and walking meditation; supported by the container of a traditional zen retreat. Four oryoki meals are provided.
The schedule can be found at the Special Events Tab on this site. Partial attendance is welcome. Prairie Mountain’s regular Sunday schedule, which is open to those not attending the meditation weekend, will occur for the close of the retreat.
For more information contact Cliff: cliff@prairiemountain.org; 303-246-8333. Cost is by donation.
conditions change for the better:
Fort Collins practice at Plymouth Congregational Church; 916 West Prospect; is on Thursday evenings at 6:30 pm with a half hour of sitting, followed by walking meditation and study group with tea.
Longmont gatherings are at the Meditation Place; 324 Main St.--Alley Entrance.
We meet every Sunday morning for three 20 minute sittings, at 8:00; 8:30 am and 9 am: with walking meditation in between. Public Talk is at 9:30… you may attend for any part of the morning.
Denver at Mayu Sanctuary; 1804 S. Pearl; on Monday evenings, 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm. We start with a 40 minute sit (instructions at the beginning as needed); followed by walking meditation; formal mindfulness tea (herbal) and dharma discussion.
Studio cost required.
One Day Sittings
We begin with opening tea and three 35 minute sitting periods. Oryoki lunch is included. The afternoon sitting begins at 2 pm, and has two sitting periods and closing tea. Practice interviews are available at Fort Collins sitting. You may attend for part of the day. Register with cliff@prairiemountain.org
Meditation Weekends at The Meditation Place in Longmont
Friday evening 7 pm to Sunday morning 10:30 am
September 25th to 27th, 2020
Extended practice offers a unique chance to deepen your meditation practice through alternating sitting and walking meditation; supported by the container of a traditional zen retreat. Four oryoki meals are provided.
The schedule can be found at the Special Events Tab on this site. Partial attendance is welcome. Prairie Mountain’s regular Sunday schedule, which is open to those not attending the meditation weekend, will occur for the close of the retreat.
For more information contact Cliff: cliff@prairiemountain.org; 303-246-8333. Cost is by donation.
Prairie Mountain Zen Center is led by Reverend Jodo Cliff Clusin, a Soto Zen monk and Dharma Teacher. Jodo Cliff’s mindfulness and meditation practice began while attending Grinnell College in the 70’s. In the 1980’s he was a meditation instructor under the guidance of Dainin Katagiri Roshi at the Minnesota Zen Center. In 1989 he moved to Boulder,Colorado, which enabled him to meet and practice with a wide variety of leading meditation teachers at Naropa University. Cliff has trained with Jon Kabat -Zinn in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. In 1994,he was ordained as a Buddhist monk by Shoken Winecoff Roshi, Abbot of Ryumonji Zen Monastery and received Dharma Transmission from him in 2010.