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, February 25 Meditation will need to be…
Work in the Room February 25
Category: Sarah Bender
Thoughts and reflections from Sarah Bender, Roshi
Introduction to Zen Starts This Thursday
A Clear Eye, an Open Heart Introduction to Zen with Sarah Bender, Sensei Resident Teacher, Springs Mountain Sangha when and where… Thursdays, 7:00 to 8:30 PM January 26, Feb. 2 and 9, Feb. 23 Sacred Grounds (downstairs, Shove Memorial Chapel at Colorado College)…
Work in the Room this Saturday
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, January 21 I’ll be offering Work In The…
Tomorrow, Monday, January 9: Community Night at Shove Chapel
Tomorrow, Monday, January 9: Community Night at Shove Chapel Dear Ones, Here’s 2017! And it certainly enters with a bang. Many of us are noticing how vitally important our practice is in meeting this time of radical change. Fortunately, a…
Introduction to Zen – a four session course
A Clear Eye, an Open Heart Introduction to Zen with Sarah Bender, Sensei Resident Teacher, Springs Mountain Sangha when and where… Thursdays, 7:00 to 8:30 PM January 26, Feb. 2 and 9, Feb. 23 Sacred Grounds (downstairs, Shove Memorial Chapel at Colorado College)…
Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra Study and Practice – begins this Sunday
Starts this Sunday! Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra Study and Practice Dear Friends, Happy New Year! This January and February, Springs Mountain Sangha will be spending some time with the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra. Perhaps the most widely used religous…
Day of Meditation, Dec 10, 2016
What Light? This Light! A day of meditation in community With Springs Mountain Sangha and Sarah Bender, Sensei Saturday, December 10, 2016 9 AM to 5 PM at Creek Bend Zendo vegetarian lunch included $50 (no one turned away…
Vimalakirti Sutra Study Series with Sarah Bender, Sensei
Vimalakirti Sutra Study Series with Sarah Bender Tuesdays, 6:30 to 8:30 PM April 26; May 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31; June 7, 14 7528 Jenkin Place Requested donation: $10/ class contact: sembender@gmail.com Registration is required. Dear Sangha Members and Friends, We’ve received permission…
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,…