This Saturday morning, November 2 10 AM to Noon at Creek Bend, 7528 Jenkin Place …
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Ceremony for the Beloved Dead
Ceremony for the Beloved Dead Saturday 8:00 AM, November 2 Shove Chapel, Colorado College The Great Wheel of the Seasons This is the season when the veils between the worlds are thinnest. We feel a kinship with all that has…
Opportunities for Fall Practice with Sarah Bender, Roshi
Dear Springs Mountain Sangha, As I write this, birds are singing loudly on a sunny morning (storm with hail yesterday, exciting!) and the cherry tree outside my window, which was just barely budding when I arrived in New Zealand, is…
Garden Blessing Sunday September 1
Please note time correction to 11:30 am with apologies! At last Monday’s Eco-Dharma talk, Sarah brought to our attention how integral is the gathering of our community, as sangha, in activating the healing of the whole. This “whole” is what is…
Work In The Room: Saturday May 25
Work in the Room This Saturday, May 25 times still open: 6:40, 7:00, and 8:00 To reserve a time, please contact Sarah Bender at sembender@gmail.com Under cover of snow, life happens, and then suddenly, voilà! Paintbrush, so vividly alive! Our…
Zen Threads with John Harder Rescheduled from April 6th to April 13th, 2019
Zen Threads Rescheduled April 13, 2019 (from this Saturday April) by John Harder John will be talking about his early influences on his interest in Zen. John is a LCSW with a private practice in Pueblo, CO. (He is also a…
Spring Koans at Creek Bend
Jizo Bodhisattva, or Ksitigarbha, Earth-Store, “protector of children and guide through the underworld,” as we sometimes chant, is often met at the doorways to Buddhist temples, witnessing the comings and goings of all of us, our lives, our heart-minds. Just…
SMS Discussion on Forms at Community Night
Dear SMS, For this Monday’s Community Night, we’ll have a discussion of our customs and rituals in the Open Source Zen tradition, and in Springs Mountain Sangha. Lately, and happily, there’s been some lively discussion about the “forms” of our…
Beyond Inclusion Panel and Discussion – Monday January 14, 2019
“Beyond Inclusion” Panel and Discussion Community Night – Monday January 14, 2019 Tomorrow evening, at community night, 4 members of our sangha will begin this discussion – each taking a short speaking time which will include questions to stimulate conversation. …
New Year’s Eve and Lankavatara Sutra Study
Dear Friends, It’s dark outside, but the air under the porch light is full of sparkles—a blessing of snow blowing through on this cold, cold night between the solstice and the new year. Tomorrow’s sun will actually rise a…