Dear Friends, I woke up this morning gratefully warm under my covers (and a cat), and looked out on a world also under its soft white blanket. Feeling rooted, and grateful for the roots underground and in our Zen tradition,…
March 2021 Newsletter
Author: SMS Editor
Open Source Zen Spring Retreat: Mar 11-14th – See new dates!
~Five-Day Retreat~The Secret Of The Stream Bed With: Sarah Bender, Andrew Palmer, Tenny Nathanson, and Megan RundelMarch 11-14, 2021 ~ In the Zoom Temple Since before anyone remembers it has been clear shining like silverthough the moonlight penetrates it and the wind ruffles it no trace of either remains Today I would not…
Time to Register! Feb 21 Open Source Retreat
Sunday February 21, coming right up—time to register Open Source Zen is pleased to invite you to a day’s retreat open to everyone. We’ve passed the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, with days visibly lengthening, and…
What is the Way? Intro to Zen
What is the Way? Intro to ZenThursday nights, 6:00pm MST via *Zoom Feb 11, 18, 25; March 4thincorporating a possible half-day retreat TBA This four week series of 1.5 hour zoom classes will be taught by Springs Mountain Sangha members, Regan Arntzen &…
February 2021 Newsletter
Dear Friends, Right at the start of February comes a Cross-Quarter Day, February 2, which has been noted and celebrated by people from ancient times in various cultures, as it falls exactly halfway between the winter solstice and the spring…
New Year’s Letter from Sarah Bender, Roshi
Dear Friends, What’s stirring in the year’s beginnings?This year’s first days, which seem to begin with the Winter Solstice, with a sort of shedding and dive into wonder—wonder of light in dark, wonder of connections and disconnections—and to continue with…
The Open Source Teachers Series starts Wednesday!
Dancing with Dark Enigma A series of Open Source dharma talks and conversationEvery Wednesday in JanuaryBeginning January 6, 6:30-8 pm PSTThis week’s talk by Megan Rundel, SenseiFree by Zoom, link below~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Friends, When I was a kid, I was…
Movie Night, Friday Jan. 8th 6:30pm MST- Soul
Movie Night, Fri. Jan 8th 6:30 pm MST*Soul Join sangha members and bring a friend or your family for conversation and a casual get together about the film – popcorn and refreshments & pets welcome too! At the conclusion of SMS’s late summer book study of Rhonda McGee’s Inner…
You are invited to a New Year’s Eve Sit & Celebration
New Year’s Eve Sit and Ceremony Thursday, December 31, 10:30 PM to 12:30 AM MST Get together on Zoomfor meditation, reflection, bells, snacks and celebrationto welcome 2021 using the zoom link below. Join in a meditation from 10:30 to 11:30, where…
A loss in our family
Dear Friends, Last night, December 21 at 11:40, our dear friend and long-time sangha-mate, Steve Milligan, stopped breathing. Steve had cancer; it kept sapping his strength and wouldn’t be turned back. He died a very quiet death, at age 73,…