Blue Mountain Dharma Community

Welcome to the Blue Mountain Dharma Community! Located in beautiful Coquitlam, British Columbia. We are a grassroots community led Sangha focused on meditation practice and awakened living. We provide ancient traditional teachings in a contemporary and immediately applicable format that directly cuts through the challenges and obstacles that often get in the way of recognizing our True Nature. Our mission is to create a kind, welcoming, and inclusive space for meditation, community, and spiritual support; all while living in the world as householders. Blue Mountain Dharma Community is a volunteer led, pan-Buddhist practice community supported by the generous donations of our sangha. We exist to serve our community.

SILENT SITTING A gathering for those drawn to silence and stillness. Founded on April 1, 2023 and held every Tuesday & Thursday since. ABOUT SILENT SITTING Arising from the simple intention to offer a hosted silent space online for our community, Silent Sitting is a space for shared silence & stillness, whether you are practicing Anapanasati ( mindfulness of breathing ), Silent Illumination ( open awareness meditation ) or any other method. We gather in the field of silence together to allow for a shared deeper unfoldment of our practice. There is no fee for joining our Silent Sittings, however if you’ve been inspired or felt spiritually nourished by the offerings of BMDC and feel moved to donate, we appreciate your financial support in any amount. While some people have suggested that we should charge a monthly fee for our offerings and events as some groups do, we don’t want to see anyone excluded. We would rather receive support from those with the means and motivation to of...

Blue Mountain Dharma Community offers a welcoming and inclusive space for meditation, community, and integrative awakening through a contemporary approach to traditional Buddhist teachings and practices. BMDC holds weekly sittings and discussion groups, generously hosted by T.C ( Tyler ) Donalds , a former monk in the Thai Forest Tradition and certified member of the International Ch'an (Zen) Buddhist Institute. Our mission is to make accessible, and embody the wisdom and compassion of the Buddhist teachings in a practical and experiential way that clarifies what awakening is while showing us how to transform our everyday experiences into the very path of awakening. The offerings of the Blue Mountain Dharma Community do not ask us to remove ourselves from the world or reject it as illusion, in fact we fully embrace it as it presents itself as the very means for awakening.   We are a community led Sangha and Blue Mountain Dharma Community views spiritual friendship ( kalyana...