November 26, 2014: Revisiting Layman Pang KOAN FOR SUNDAY, NOV. 30, 3 TO 5 PM Dear Friends, The koan group last Sunday spent a rich time with Layman Pang, and….didn’t come close to exhausting this rich koan. So we’ll…
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SMS December Newsletter
November 21, 2014: Springs Mountain Sangha December 2014 Calendar Ongoing Events Newcomer Orientation: 2nd Monday of the month, CC Shove Chapel, Dharma Hall upstairs at 5:45 pm to meet anyone who would like some orientation to meditation, to our…
KOAN FOR SUNDAY, NOV. 23, 3 TO 5 PM
November 20, 2014: KOAN FOR SUNDAY, NOV. 23, 3 TO 5 PM Dear Friends, This week’s koan is a bit longer. It’s from The Sayings of Layman Pang, a text I’ll be taking up with you in depth in…
BUDDHA WAKES RETREAT December 6-7, 2014
November 14, 2014: BUDDHA WAKES RETREAT with Sarah Bender, Sensei December 6-7, 2014 Creek Bend Zendo, 7528 Jenkin Place During the long nights and brief days of early December, Buddhists in Japan and many other places gather in meditation to…
Practice Period Discussion this Mon. Evening
November 9, 2014: Practice Period Discussion this Mon. Evening SMS Friends, Springs Mountain Sangha is now just about at the midpoint of our Body of the Way Practice Period for 2014. What is it like for you, at this…
All-Sangha Meeting Sunday November 16
November 9, 2014: All-Sangha Meeting Sunday, November 16, from 4-7 p.m. Woman’s Club at Colorado College 10 Mesa Avenue Dear Sangha Members and Friends, Please join us for the annual All-Sangha meeting this coming Sunday. It is a great…
Koans for this Sunday, Nov. 9
November 4, 2014: Dear Friends, Here’s a selection from Acequias and Gates to accompany you and your koan this week: When it’s time to get up off the cushion, take the koan with you. Carry it around in your…
Precepts In Pueblo This Saturday
November 11, 2014: This Saturday, November 15 from 10:00 to noon we’ll have the second meeting of our current precepts study series. This and future meetings will take place at the Center for Inner Peace, 740 W. 15th Street in…
Opening the Koan
October 20, 2014 Opening the Koan All you bodies of awakening, A couple of suggestions for this week’s koan practice: On Sunday afternoon we’ll be taking up this: The parts in parentheses are from me. What is Zen? (“The…
Koans for Springs Mountain Sangha November 2, 2014
October 27, 2014 This Very Place; This Very Body Koans for Springs Mountain Sangha November 2, 2014 Dear Bodhisattvas, Next Sunday, Nov. 2, we’ll meet for the second of our five koan sessions for this Fall.…