THE PRACTICE OF LOVE AND RAGE AS TOOLS FOR LIBERATION A Talk by Lama Rod Owens March 1, 2018 Naropa Univeristy, Boulder, CO You’re invited to join SMS Action! members as we carpool to Naropa University in Boulder, the…
Ongoing Events Newcomer Orientation: 2nd Monday of the month, CC Shove Chapel, Dharma Hall upstairs at 5:45 pm for anyone who would like some orientation to meditation, to our tradition, or to our sangha and customs. 5:15 Dharma Study and Discussion before…
Song in Praise of Tending an Ox: A Weekend with the Oxherding Pictures with Sarah Bender, Roshi In a flash we may see our true nature, which is empty nature, and be left changed forever; our world, changed forever. …
DESERT SUNRISE RETREAT WITH TENNEY NATHANSON SENSEI MARCH 6-11, 2018 REDEMPTORIST RENEWAL CENTER AT PICTURE ROCKS | TUCSON, ARIZONA A splendid branch issues from the old plum tree in time, obstructing thorns flourish everywhere – Keizan (The Record of…
January 14, 21, 28 7528 Jenkin Place (Creek Bend Zendo) February 4, 11, 25 Text: The Diamond Sutra Sundays, 3 to 5 PM Contact: Sarah Bender sembender@gmail.com Suggested dana: $60 for the series (bring to the first session) In…
Zen, a meditation-centered Buddhist tradition, starts with considering that this very life of yours, this very body, heart and mind of yours, might make up the stuff of your liberation…and the liberation of all of us. You explore this…
Image by John Harder Dear Bodhisattvas, Tonight an icy cold wind is knocking around the branches outside; and the bright, pale moonface high above looks a bit anxious, peering down at us earthlings. What are we up to? It’s…
Ongoing Events Newcomer Orientation: 2nd Monday of the month, CC Shove Chapel, Dharma Hall upstairs at 5:45 pm for anyone who would like some orientation to meditation, to our tradition, or to our sangha and customs. 5:15 Dharma Study and Discussion before…
Dear Bodhisattvas, We would like to offer you a formal introduction and welcoming to SMS Action! We vow to save all beings, but how? Where do we begin? What causes really matter to us? What is absolutely vital to our…
Dear Springs Mountain Sangha, On the eve of Thanksgiving, I find my heart full of gratitude for you. That you come together, week in and week out, and have done so for twenty years! That you give so generously…