Author: SMS Editor

December 2019 Newsletter

December Saturday, December 7 Bodhi Day Retreat  9 AM to 9 PM at Creek Bend, 7528 Jenkin Place Registration deadline is Saturday, November 30th   This retreat celebrates awakening: that of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha,  our own, and the awakening…

November 2019 Newsletter

For our ongoing schedule please see our website at smszen.org  Upcoming event this Sunday!Faces of Death NOVEMBER Saturday November 2:Ceremony for the Beloved Dead The Great Wheel of the Seasons  This is one of the ceremonies our founding teacher, Joan Sutherland,…

Ceremony for the Beloved Dead

Ceremony for the Beloved Dead Saturday 8:00 AM, November 2 Shove Chapel, Colorado College The Great Wheel of the Seasons  This is the season when the veils between the worlds are thinnest.  We feel a kinship with all that has…

Reimagined! October 23-27 Retreat 2019 with Sarah Bender, Roshi Springs Mountain Sangha’s Fall Meditation Retreat with Sarah Bender, Roshi had been redesigned: October 23st – 27th, 2019 at Creek Bend Zendo, Colorado Springs Our October meditation retreat with Sarah Bender,…

October 2019 Newsletter

Ongoing 5:15 Dharma Downstairs: before Monday night meditation, at Shove Chapel. Every Monday evening, in the Sacred Grounds downstairs room from  5:15 to 6:00,  some of us meet for informal Dharma conversation, led this month by sangha members as Sarah is away.  She returns home…