December 2, 2014 Bodhi Day Events on the Horizon As a reminder, our Buddha Wakes Retreat is taking place this weekend, December 6-7. The deadline for registering is tomorrow, December 3, and there is still room for full time and…
Dear Companions of the Bodhisattva Way
November 27, 2014: On this Thanksgiving Day, 2014 under a soft, November sky, I’m thinking of our little band of laywomen and laymen who walk together a pathless path of freedom. This morning, it seems that the very path…
Revisiting Layman Pang
November 26, 2014: Revisiting Layman Pang KOAN FOR SUNDAY, NOV. 30, 3 TO 5 PM Dear Friends, The koan group last Sunday spent a rich time with Layman Pang, and….didn’t come close to exhausting this rich koan. So we’ll…
SMS December Newsletter
November 21, 2014: Springs Mountain Sangha December 2014 Calendar Ongoing Events Newcomer Orientation: 2nd Monday of the month, CC Shove Chapel, Dharma Hall upstairs at 5:45 pm to meet anyone who would like some orientation to meditation, to our…
KOAN FOR SUNDAY, NOV. 23, 3 TO 5 PM
November 20, 2014: KOAN FOR SUNDAY, NOV. 23, 3 TO 5 PM Dear Friends, This week’s koan is a bit longer. It’s from The Sayings of Layman Pang, a text I’ll be taking up with you in depth in…
BUDDHA WAKES RETREAT December 6-7, 2014
November 14, 2014: BUDDHA WAKES RETREAT with Sarah Bender, Sensei December 6-7, 2014 Creek Bend Zendo, 7528 Jenkin Place During the long nights and brief days of early December, Buddhists in Japan and many other places gather in meditation to…