Solstice Letter Winter 2020 from Sarah Bender Dear Friends, Woke at 3:45 this morning, 43 minutes after do-si-dothe moment where tilt away turns to tilting to,a moment that is just a pointand so is imaginary, like everything else heldin the deep…
Wayfaring Mind Talkby fellow Sangha Member, Phil Brown Monday, November 30th Please join us for this intimate opportunity when a sangha member shares his practice and life at this very moment. Monday night we will have one meditation period followed by…
A note from Sarah Bender: Dear Springs Mountain Sangha and friends, The first dedication we offer in our sutra service is an expression of our gratitude for the meditation, the companionship, the teaching of all sorts of ancestors and all…
In the Vastness, This Point of LightA Day’s Meditation Retreat with Sarah Bender, Roshi and Springs Mountain Sangha Saturday, December 5, 2020in the online Dharma Hall,9 AM to 5 PM MST (evening conversation optional) December Zoom link to be announced No…
A note from Sarah Bender: Dear Springs Mountain Sangha and friends, Sangha members and friends have emerged from our first five-day online meditation retreat with a pervasive joy in the discovery that a meditation retreat held in the very little and very…
Put on your favorite garden hat and join in the fun! Happy Beautiful Fall Day! Springs Mountain Sangha is asking for volunteers to volunteer for a Work Day at Creek Bend Gardens, Sunday, November 1, 10am-Noon. We will do this safely by…
A note from Sarah Bender:Dear Friends and Companions, I hope this finds you all well and rolling….with the punches? In the autumn leaves? Both? In Colorado Springs we’ve had a hot, dry, smoky and yet gloriously golden week. Each…
KOANS UNDER THE OCTOBER SKYThis Saturday afternoon, at 4:00 in Creek Bend Zoomdo—- KOAN MEDITATION , collectively. What’s a koan, what is koan meditation, and why do it both alone and together?Especially, why do this now, in our wild time…
A note from Sarah Bender: Dear Springs Mountain Sangha and friends, It’s almost October, which sounds like itself, with two O’s sounding awe and Oh, and rhymes with over, last night’s freeze having finished off the tomato plants I forgot…
Three Roads, One VowSprings Mountain Sangha’s Fall Refuge RetreatOctober 21-25, 2020 Registration is now open for our Fall Refuge Retreat, and we would love to have you join us. In late October when plants in Colorado have mostly completed their growth…