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…
Movie Night: “Infinite Potential: The Life & Ideas of David Bohm” Friday, October 2, 6:30 pm MST discussion This film discussion will be led by Liz Cramer via **Zoomelizabeth.cramer51@gmail.com It is a beautiful documentary on David Bohm, physicist. NOTE! It appears…
Movie Night: “Cherry Blossoms” Friday, September 18, 7pm to 9 pm MST Cherry Blossoms (2008), directed by Doris Dorrie, winner of the 2008 German Film Award for Feature Film, Leading Actor and Costume Design. Trudy (Hannelore Elsner) and Rudi (Elmar Wepper) have…
A note from Sarah Bender: Dear Springs Mountain Sangha and friends, The air here in Colorado Springs is carrying intimations of Autumn; sleeping with windows wide open is a luxury to be savored. The huge sunflowers, audacious and generous beings that they…
Please let us know by the morning of Tuesday, Aug 25th if you will be attending the9-6pm portion of this retreat. Held Together by Scars and Radiance A Springs Mountain Sangha Retreat In Community: on the trail, on Zoom, in the…
A note from Sarah Bender: Dear Springs Mountain Sangha and friends, I’m feeling great gratitude for the many offerings of sangha members that are sustaining the vitality of our sangha in this particular time and place. Conversations on Mondays at…
The storehouse of treasuresopens of itself.You may take them and use themany way you wish. Eihei Dogen A note from Sarah Bender Dear Friends, Here we are in the deep green of summer, the flourishing, earth full of sun’s summer…
Black Lives Matter Ecodharma and racial injustice: “If we don’t tend to the particulars, we don’t tend the whole.” ~ Roshi Sarah Our big blue Earth. It holds each of us, and all of us together, as one seamless body. What…
Refuge in the Bodhisattva WayWhat is this for us, right now?We’ll explore together this Monday and A Refuge Group is forming: First Meeting Thursday, June 11th via Zoom, 6:30 PM Dear Springs Mountain Sangha and friends, Each time we meet as…