May and Beyond with Springs Mountain Sangha
Ongoing
5:15 Dharma study and discussion before Monday night meditation.
These discussions, facilitated by Sarah Bender and sangha members, focus on supporting an ongoing practice in all of its aspects. Anyone is welcome to join in. This Spring, we are exploring elements of our liturgy and of our Bodhisattva Vows and precepts.
You are welcome to join in on any Monday.
Place: Shove Chapel downstairs from the north entrance.
contact: Kelly McFarland S.Kelly.HLS@gmail.com
Monday Sutra Service (1st Monday) and Monday Community Night (2nd Monday) will continue with a series of brief teachings by Sarah. Please see link for more informationhttps://gallery.mailchimp.com/bbc7215f79587650dd5f75ed6/files/45a69aa0-e7b2-4f09-8a77-ee0c2ec86f3e/The_Practice_of_Refuge_words_for_Feb._12_announcement.doc
May
Precepts Practice Series begins. Saturdays, 10 am to noon
at Creek Bend Zendo, with Sarah Bender
May 12, 19, 26
One of the core practices of Buddhism everywhere is what the poet Gary Snyder has referred to as “cause and effect studies.” In our tradition, these take several forms. We state our Bodhisattva vows, affirming and strengthening our practice of finding our home in Awakening, the Way and our Companions. We also study and practice the Buddhist precepts, which take the form of both vow and received wisdom from our ancestors. When we study these, we can hold our own relationships in the world up next to some teachings about what works and doesn’t work well in our experience as living beings among living beings. When we do this together, in communal inquiry, a powerful field of encouragement is created.
So every so often, Springs Mountain Sangha offers a series of 8 or more meetings so we can take this study up more intensively. Everyone is welcome to attend. Suggested donation is $10 per session, but truly all are welcome, with or without a donation. For more information, please contact Sarah at sembender@gmail.com .
May 5 ZenThreads with Ali McGarigal. Ali will talk and will also bring her music into the conversation.
May19 Work in the Room with Sarah Bender (to schedule, email Sarah at sembender@gmail.com
“Work in the Room” is a conversation with a zen teacher about the Way, your practice and whatever touches on it (and what doesn’t?), in a face to face, simple form that invites the space of mutual inquiry to light up. For the early morning Saturday meditation, 20 minute conversations are scheduled. It’s also possible to schedule conversations at other times, with Sarah or with Andrew Palmer, Sensei (alpalmer128@gmail.com)
May 21 Dharma Talk with Sarah Bender
May 28 Dharma Talk with Andrew Palmer
Looking Ahead
Springs Mountain Sangha 2018 Retreat and Events Calendar
June
Precepts practice continues June 2, 16, 23, 30
July
July 14 Precepts practice
July 15 Social Event with Wet Mountain Sangha
August
September
Sept. 21, 22 Introduction to Zen
Autumn Koan Series begins:
Sunday, September 30 3:00 to 5:00 PM
Creek Bend Zendo with Sarah Bender
October
Fall Koan Series with Sarah Bender continues
October 7, 14
Oct 22-28 Meditation Retreat at the Abbey
with Sarah Bender, Roshi,
Cañon City, CO
contact: Brandy Lancaster BDL0824@gmail.com
November
Nov 11 All-sanhga meeting, 4:00 to 7:00 PM
Fall Koan Series continues:
November 4, 18
December
Dec 7-8 Bodhi Day retreat with Sarah Bender
The Many Arms of Guanyin
Two members of SMS volunteer for CASA of the Pikes Peak Region. Becky Meyers has served as an advocate, then as a Life Long Links program volunteer; and now as an artist committed to teaching art to CASA kiddos. Liz Cramer volunteers as an advocate appointed by judges for the duration of a dependency and neglect case. Advocates are the “eyes and ears” for the judge working alongside the children to ensure long-term safety and permanency.
In April, Liz was featured as an advocate in the CASA newsletter “Bringing Hope to Victims of Abuse”: http://Liz Cramer CASA ed6/files/43cb9b6b-4939-493f-9b44-3e92e810c565/Liz.pdf
For more information on CASA please visit www.casappr.org
SMS ACTION
May’s highlighted events are:
For this upcoming month, as you requested to narrow it down to fewer, and more critical items:
May 10 or 11: 2018 Denver Public Policy Forum
May 17: SURJ, Book Club “The Beautiful Struggle”
May 22: Pikes Peak Community Leadership Conference 2018
May 27: Empowerment Solidarity Network, Denver Food Distribution
May 30: SMS Action hosting community dinner at Urban Peak
And to help identify sangha members interests: link to survey – https://goo.gl/forms/EYUpnKv5tDro4ZC02
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