Still Mountain Buddhist Meditation Center

Still Mountain Buddhist Meditation Center

A community of people practicing meditation and studying Buddhist teaching, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Vision Statement

Still Mountain Buddhist Meditation Center is dedicated to developing greater freedom of the heart and mind through the practice and teachings of the Buddha.

The Still Mountain Buddhist Meditation sangha aspires to be egalitarian, transparent, and inclusive.

Rooted in the Theravada tradition, Still Mountain actively seeks meaningful dialogue between various Buddhist schools for deeper learning, understanding, and wisdom.

Participants are not asked to subscribe to any belief system but are encouraged to look to their own practice for what is useful. Teachings are offered as guidance.

Still Mountain aspires to cultivate and express kindness and compassion toward all beings.

Latest Posts

Save The Date

Save the date for a daylong retreat January 25, 2025, led by Karen Mori, Curt Fish, and Elizabeth Cheslak. Details coming soon.
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Still Mountain Board Meeting

Board Meeting October 10/13/2024 Attending: Bilha, Jane, Carol, Yair, Ken G, Dennis, Bryan Tech Report: Emails: Kenneth G and Carol discussed creating the position of...
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Right Effort

These notes are from Curt Fish’s October 13, 2024, Dharma talk. Right Effort is effort directed at cultivating the skillful and abandoning the unskillful.  Here’s...
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Navigating Our Lives During Challenging Times

Join the teachers of Still Mountain as we explore together what is coming up in our minds and hearts during these last weeks before the...
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Upcoming Events

Saturday Morning Meditation Nov 9 8:00 am - 8:30 am
Sunday Meditation and Dharma Talk Nov 10 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Tuesday Morning Meditation Nov 12 6:30 am - 7:15 am
Navigating Our Lives During Challenging Times Nov 14 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Saturday Morning Meditation Nov 16 8:00 am - 8:30 am
Sunday Meditation and Sharing Nov 17 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Monday Night Meditation and Sharing Nov 18 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Tuesday Morning Meditation Nov 19 6:30 am - 7:15 am

Most of our events are currently held online; however, everyone is welcome to join us in person or online on Sundays for our weekly meditation. If you plan to join us at the Turner Senior Resource Center, be sure you are fully vaccinated and bring a mask.

The birds have vanished down the sky.

Now the last cloud drains away.

We sit together, the mountain and me,

until only the mountain remains

[Zazen on Ching-t’ing Mountain, by Li Po (701-762)]
translated from the Chinese by Sam Hamill.