Calendar & Events
Daily Practice Schedule:
4:20 Wake
4:50 Zazen
6:20 Service
7:00 Dai Kinhin (body practice)
8:00 Oryoki Breakfast
9:00 Samu (Work Practice)
12:50 Service
1:00 Lunch
3:00 Samu (Work Practice)
4:50 Service
5:00 Dinner
6:30 Zazen
8:00 Closing Chant
*Tuesday late start, zazen 8am
*Saturday includes our morning public program 8am-1pm and an afternoon work party, 3-6pm.
Our daily practice schedule is open to the public Tuesday-Saturday. We are closed Sunday and Monday. Please reach out to bellsmountaincenter@gmail.com or call us at 503-308-3139 if you would like to come for a visit or join for daily practice (any non-retreat day).
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Weekly Events:
Saturday Morning Public Program, 8am-1pm
Please join us any Saturday for a morning of zazen, chanting, trail running, hiking, community work, a dharma talk, and a vegetarian lunch.
Feel free to join at the beginning of any of the scheduled events or for the entirety of the program.
Schedule:
8am Dharma Talk
8:30 Zazen
10:00 Chanting Service
10:30 Daikinhin (Heart of the Mountain Runners), hiking, or Samu (community work practice)
12:30 Lunch
Cost: By donation
Saturday Heart of Mountain Runners, 10:30am-12:30pm
Join our weekly running group! Our main trail follows a four mile gravel road climbing 1,500 feet to the summit. The summit has a 1 mile loop around an open meadow with views of Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Adams, and access to the Bells Mountain Trail. Go at your own pace, traverse your own distance. This event takes place within our Saturday Morning Program. Come for the entire program (starting at 8am) of just for the run! All are invited to stay for a community vegetarian lunch to follow. Donations are welcomed.
Saturday Afternoon Community Work Party, 3-6pm:
Join our weekly work party every Saturday from 3-6pm. Includes two hours of community work followed by a short chanting service and a community dinner. All are welcome to stay for evening zazen to follow 6:30-8pm. RSVP to bellsmountaincenter@gmail.com
*This event does not happen during sesshin weeks (typically the first Saturday of each month).