Offerings December Monday, December 30; 6 PM, on Zoom & in person at Shove Chapel, New Year Celebration, 108 bells January Sunday, January 5; 3-4:30 PM, on Zoom & in person at Creek Bend Zendo, SMS Winter Koan Series Monday, January 6; 6…
painting by Iwasaki Tsuneo All Sangha Meeting Sunday, December 3, 2023 On Zoom so everyone near and far can attend Dear Bodhisattvas, the wake behind this duck and her ducklings is made of the characters of our Prajna Paramita Heart…
Springs Mountain Sangha Branches of Light Online Meditation Retreatwith Sarah Bender, Roshi March 24-27, 2022 Taking part in the Gathering We and everything we perceiveare interwoven and not interwoven,and this interweaving continues on and onwhile each thing stands in its…
Dear Friends, Our Sitting Alone, Together retreat concluded just Sunday afternoon (the anniversary of our Refuge Retreat of last year!), and for me, it continued into packing, pulling the little blue kayak up into the house, washed and ready for…
Dear Friends, This image from inside a dandelion blossom ready to go, but not yet gone–still there, catching droplets–reminds me of this time, and of this koan about the Pang Family, our early ancestors in the Zen tradition. The Layman was…
Dear Friends, Here comes July! Creek Bend is cooler than many parts of the Springs, but even here, peas and strawberries are ripe for the picking, and the sunflowers ringing the terrace are hip high. The beautiful perennials Debbie Stavish…
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 &…
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…
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…
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…