Classes and gatherings to study the Dharma together
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…
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…
Refuge in the Bodhisattva WayWhat is this for us, right now?We’ll explore together this Monday and A Refuge Group is forming: First Meeting Thursday, June 11th via Zoom, 6:30 PM Dear Springs Mountain Sangha and friends, Each time we meet as…
Movie Night SeriesGrave of the Fireflies & My Neighbor Totoro RESCHEDULED TO THURS June 4th 6:30pmPlease watch movie prior to next Thursday night discussion at 6:30 pm.Facilitated by Jeff Wagner jjusafa23@gmail.com Join us as we watch and discuss the 1988…
May Online Meeting Updates As communicated earlier, we are changing the links for our regular meditations and gatherings. This is to protect our members while we are meeting online. Please use the following links or Zoom Meeting IDs and Passwords.…
Happy Earth Day, Everyone! Buddhas and Ancestors realize the vast sky and the great earth. When they appear in their noble body, their vastness has no inside or outside. When they appear in their true body, there is not even…
Movie Night This Week! The Seventh Samuri Join us as we discuss Akira Kurosawa’s groundbreaking 1954 film, “Seven Samurai” in a two-part series. This film explores themes of community solidarity, camaraderie, and the “trickster” archetype. Please note that this deeply engaging…
Important Changes! There has been quite a bit of press lately about uninvited trouble-makers disrupting online meetings, including meditations and online gatherings such as ours. This has happened to other Zen Sanghas we know, as well as to educational Zoom…
Open Source Meetings Online, Spring 2020Practicing with Open Source Companions Baling asked, “What is the sword sharp enough to cut through a hair that blows against it?” He answered himself, “Each branch of coral holds up the moon.” In this…
Hello Everyone, With considerable help from our member Frank Actis, we are rolling on our new meeting platform, Zoom. People are seeming really happy to be able to continue to meet in this way. It’s amazing how intimate a space, how…