Every Tuesday, 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Kōgakuji · Reno, Nevada
Facing the Mountain Zen Group
Facing the Mountain is a Sōtō Zen Buddhist community in Reno. We practice zazen, study the Buddhist teachings and precepts, and train together in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi.
We meet for practice every Tuesday evening. Beginner’s Night is held on the first Monday of each month.
PLACEHOLDER — Tuesday zazenkai at Dharmakaya
Our practice
Our practice centers on zazen—seated meditation—and extends into the ordinary activities of life together.
Tuesday evenings include zazen, walking meditation, chanting, and a dharma talk or discussion. Throughout the year we also hold ceremonies, study groups, sewing practice, day sittings, and residential retreats.
Beginner’s Night offers a quieter introduction to meditation, the forms we use, and the life of the sangha.
PLACEHOLDER — People engaged in practice
Upcoming at Facing the Mountain
Weekly practice, introductory programs, study, ceremonies, and retreats are listed on our public calendar.
Oct 22nd - 25th
Fall Retreat
1st and 3rd Wednesdays | 7pm - 8pm
Online Dharma Study Group
A floating zendo
PLACEHOLDER — Setting up the zendo
Facing the Mountain does not own or maintain a permanent temple building. For more than twelve years, however, our Tuesday zazenkai has met at Dharmakaya in Reno. It is our regular weekly home, although the space is shared and we set up our zendo anew each week.
We also gather elsewhere for study, ceremonies, sewing practice, day sittings, and retreats in the mountains and at Lake Tahoe. Wherever we meet, we arrange the altar, set out the cushions, sit down together, and make a zendo for that time and place.
Between meetings, our online community carries announcements, study discussions, practice questions, and the practical work of caring for the sangha.
The zendo is not only a building. It is the practice we keep together.
Our teachers and lineage
Facing the Mountain practices in the Sōtō Zen tradition. Our founding teacher is Rev. Shinzan Alice Tulloch, and our practice comes through the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and the communities of Berkeley Zen Center and San Francisco Zen Center.
Our priests and practice leaders support meditation instruction, ceremonies, study, retreats, and individual practice discussion.
Stay informed
Practice announcements
Receive occasional emails about zazenkai, Beginner’s Night, retreats, ceremonies, schedule changes, weather cancellations, and other public events. We send only when there is something useful to share.
You can unsubscribe at any time using the link included in every announcement.
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Support the sangha
Facing the Mountain is sustained by dana—the freely offered generosity of the people who practice here.
Donations support rent, retreat scholarships, practice supplies, and the ordinary expenses of maintaining the sangha. Practice is offered freely, and no one is refused participation for financial reasons.
