Welcome, Boise Zen Practicioners!

Beginners Mind's weekly practice meetings, held Wednesday evenings at the Yoga Center on Rose Hill Road, are comprised of sitting and walking meditation, chants, recitations and Dharma discussions, all based on the daily practice at Thich Nhat Hanh's monastery in southern France, and includes monthly renewals of the precepts known as the Five Mindfulness Trainings.

Beginners Mind Sangha was started in 1994 by members of the Order of Interbeing, a socially engaged lay order dedicated to application of the Buddhist precepts to contemporary life, founded by Thich Nhat Hanh, the widely published Vietnamese Zen master. The sangha also sponsors three-day retreats conducted by visiting teachers, monks and nuns (with one coming up in early May), plus individual Days of Mindfulness throughout the year