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…
Dear Sangha members and friends, Here it is March, and the third New Year of the new year (Losar) has been celebrated, so I figure the New Year is well and truly launched and it’s time to send word to…
Hello again, It turns out that Joan’s article wasn’t all that easy to find, so for those of you who haven’t found it yet, here’s the location:https://joansutherlanddharmaworks.org/Detailed/186.html and here’s the link to the talk I gave on Monday night: https://www.smszen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/SarahBender-Dharma-Of-Clouds-And-Stones-Aug-19-2019.mp3…
Ongoing 5:15 Dharma Downstairs: before Monday night meditation, at Shove Chapel. Every Monday evening, in the Sacred Grounds downstairs room from 5:15 to 6:00, some of us meet for informal Dharma conversation, led by Sarah Bender and sangha members. Anyone is welcome to join…
Dear Ones, Our memorial service for Jacque Minehart, a sangha member whom we loved dearly, will be held in Shove Chapel tomorrow, Friday, April 5, at 4:00, with a reception to follow. You are all welcome to attend. There will be…
Work In The Room with Sarah Bender, Roshi Saturday, January 19 Sarah will be offering Work In The Room this Saturday morning during meditation- a time for individual meetings with a teacher. You don’t have to know what you’ll talk about.…
Jingqing said about a conversation with one of his students, “One drop is just black ink. Two drops and a dragon is born.” Work In The Room with Sarah Bender, Sensei Saturday, May 20 I’ll be offering Work In…
An invitation to members and friends of Springs Mountain Sangha . . . Talks by Open Source teachers during the Maha Sangha Retreat (6/19 – 6/25) will be at 7 PM each evening, with sitting starting at 6:30. We’ll…
Remembering our Sangha friend, Lucinda Lawrence Our long-time Sangha member and dear friend, Lucinda Lawrence passed away this last week. She often attended our retreats and gatherings, driving down from Denver, until she was unable to make the trip due to…
Dear Friends, Today is a tough day in Colorado Springs. We are grieving for neighbors and police officers who are dead, injured, or traumatized by a shooting at Planned Parenthood; and for the man who shot. In the midst of a time of thanksgiving, of gratitude…