Please donate and help build Bells Mountain Dharma Center!

We are currently in our initial building phase. All donations are going towards our three-phase building plan: 

Phase 1 —

An initial basic clean-up/remodel to make the upper house into a winter meditation/chanting hall with rustic residential quarters attached.

Cost Estimate: We estimate that we presently have the funds for this from our pilgrimage fundraiser. Thank you!

Phase 2 —

Accommodations for long-term residents as well as small, rustic, private retreat hermitages and an open-air zendo (meditation hall) built with traditional carpentry (timber framed).

Cost Estimate: $3-600,000

Phase 3 —

Expand our residential capacity for short and long-term residents. Primitive structures on the summit for winter access in addition to a rustic zendo at the top of the mountain (vista from which is featured on the home page).

Other building visions include a yoga studio, a small earth-base school for young children, and an arts studio.

Anyone who donates $3000 or more this year is invited to attend all retreats and monthly sesshin at Bells Mountain free of charge through 2026.