Author: Terry Crane

What Discipline?

Someone asked an old teacher, “What is meditation?” “It’s not meditation.” “Well then, what is it?” “It’s alive.” Dear SMS, For this evening’s talk, I’ll be exploring with you this odd word we use, “discipline.” What’s that?  Often, I think…

Practice Period, One Month In

   Dear Sangha, Amazing….here we are, already four weeks into our practice period.  I hope you are finding this a time of renewal, of encouragement—a time to meet your own life, this one you have, all over again, and stop,…

February 2016

  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 tradition, or to our sangha and customs. 5:15 Dharma Study and Discussion before…

Simple Sitting, New Year’s Day, 2016

A full half-day Buddhist free meditation gathering is being held New Year’s Day sponsored by the Springs Mountain Sangha. Meditators of all traditions are invited to join with us for 25 minute periods of simple sitting observing silence. Friday January…