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…
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Postings regarding Koan Gatherings or Koan Study
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…
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.…
Koans for Practice Period
October 22, 2014 Body of the Way Practice Period Dear Bodhisattvas, Last week’s meditation retreat at the Abbey in Canon City, under big old trees that turned deeper and deeper shades of gold as we sat, was also blessed…
April 2014 Koan Series
Our Spring Koan Series will begin this Sunday, April 20 (Happy Easter!) from 3:00 to 5:00 PM 7528 Jenkin Place Colorado Springs, 80919 The remaining sessions will be April 27, May 4, 11 and 18. Each session will be led…
Koan Gathering February 2, 2014
Dear Sangha, This Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014 will be the last in our current koan series: Please note a shift of the time: 2:00 to 4:00 PM 7528 Jenkin Place I’ll be out of town, so Steve Milligan and Terry…
New Koan Series Starting January, 2014
Dear koan divers, Our winter set of diving sessions begins this Sunday, Jan. 12. Remaining sessions: Jan. 19 and 26, Mar. 2. We meet at the Creek Bend Zendo, 7528 Jenkin Place 3:00 to 5:00 PM Everyone is…
Winter Koan Series, February 2013
Winter Koan Series Begins this Sunday, 6 January led by Sarah Bender and Andrew Palmer 3:00 to 5:00 PM Creek Bend Zendo, 7528 Jenkin Place Everyone is welcome to attend. No previous koan experience is expected. Suggested donation is $10.…