These sessions meet at 7528 Jenkin Place. Most will be led by Sarah Bender. Andrew Palmer will be joining us as he can, and will facilitate at least two of the sessions. We will take up each of our…
SMS Practice Period, 2016 Dear Springs Mountain Sangha, Here’s to Winter! Over the Fall months, a number of you have expressed a desire to deepen, to strengthen your Zen practice. As we take our first steps into Winter, we are…
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…
Dear Zen Family, As we enter the last week of our dip towards the bottom of our annual see-saw of light and darkness, I remember the wonderful sensation of pushing with my strong young-girl legs, hanging on to the…
Dear Springs Mountain Sangha, It’s been a rough season for many of us, and I’m noticing a level of tension in the air that has me reminding myself frequently: “We are all in this together, and if I can hold…
SAVE THE DATE! Our first ever Open Source MahaSangha Retreat, June 19-25, 2016. The Open Source is the network of communities in the tradition of Joan Sutherland, Roshi and the Pacific Zen School. Our setting is the lovely Catamount Center,…