Updates on 2020 Residential Retreats Spring 2020 Retreat Canceled, April 5 Zoom Retreat Well Attended! The SMS retreat scheduled for May 6-10, 2020 at Pueblo Mountain Park has been cancelled owing to the coronavirus pandemic. Those who have registered and…
Important Changes! There has been quite a bit of press lately about uninvited trouble-makers disrupting online meetings, including meditations and online gatherings such as ours. This has happened to other Zen Sanghas we know, as well as to educational Zoom…
Which Life Is This?Which Life Is This? A One-Day Open Source Online RetreatSunday, April 5, 9 am – 5 pm PST, 10 am – 6 pm MST Sarah Bender, Roshi; Andrew Palmer, Sensei;Tenney Nathanson, Sensei; Megan Rundel, Sensei Free by…
Open Source Meetings Online, Spring 2020Practicing with Open Source Companions Baling asked, “What is the sword sharp enough to cut through a hair that blows against it?” He answered himself, “Each branch of coral holds up the moon.” In this…
Hello Everyone, With considerable help from our member Frank Actis, we are rolling on our new meeting platform, Zoom. People are seeming really happy to be able to continue to meet in this way. It’s amazing how intimate a space, how…
Springs Mountain Sangha invites you to join us during our Winter-Spring Practice Period, which began February 28 with our “Lotus in the Fire” retreat and extends through our May 6-10 meditation retreat. What will this mean in a time when…
Upcoming Meditation Only Available Online. No Meditation at Shove Chapel With the COVID-19 crisis in the world, our country and our community, there is no meditation currently scheduled at Shove Chapel. However, the regular Springs Mountain Sangha meditation schedule will…
Hello Springs Mountain Sangha, How about we meditate at your house this Saturday? Or at least, how about we meditate at our houses, all of our home altars becoming the big altar of the world as we join each other…
Dear Sangha members and friends, Here it is March, and the third New Year of the new year (Losar) has been celebrated, so I figure the New Year is well and truly launched and it’s time to send word to…
This Saturday, March 7 Zen Threads Talk by Kathryn McWilliams at 8:00 AM, during the morning meditation at Shove Chapel This is an opportunity to hear one of us speak from his/her heart-mind. You are invited to come into the meditation…