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

The Nature of Thoughts

This Dharma talk was given on February 9, 2025. The Nature of Thoughts in Buddhist Teachings (with Some Neuroscientific Perspective) Thoughts arise like waves in...
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Christmas Potluck and End of Year Social

A last-minute change! Christmas Potluck at Turner Following Meditation and Sharing Tomorrow’s potluck is being moved to Turner Center, instead of at the home of...
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Community Annual Meeting Agenda

Our Annual Meeting is scheduled for Sunday, December 29, 2024. This is the meeting during which we hear from the Board and Teacher Council with...
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What is Right Samadhi? Comments on Concentration in the Suttas and in the Commentaries

Introduction  Over the past year we have discussed the Four Noble Truths and seven branches of the Eightfold Noble Path. We come this morning to...
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Upcoming Events

Silent Meditation Feb 22 8:00 am - 8:30 am
Meditation and Sharing, Social Feb 23 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Tuesday Morning Meditation Feb 25 6:30 am - 7:15 am
Silent Meditation Mar 1 8:00 am - 8:30 am
Meditation and Sharing Mar 2 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Monday Night Meditation and Sharing Mar 3 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Tuesday Morning Meditation Mar 4 6:30 am - 7:15 am
Silent Meditation Mar 8 8:00 am - 8:30 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.