David Hinton, Author of Hunger Mountain will speak Monday night October 26th. Due to this event, our normal Monday evening schedule will be modified. Andrew Palmer, Sensei will not be giving a dharma talk that evening. We will bow to the…
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Multi Sangha Vegetarian Harvest Pot Luck
Multi Sangha Vegetarian Harvest Pot Luck Calling all Springs and Pueblo Buddhist communities, families, friends! Let’s get together and share a meal! When: Saturday, November 7 at 1:00 p.m Where: The Woman’s Club (20 Mesa Road, Colorado Springs) To…
October 2015 Newsletter
Ongoing Events Newcomer Orientation: 2nd Monday of the month, CC Shove Chapel, Dharma Hall upstairs at 5:45 pm to meet anyone who would like some orientation to meditation, to our tradition, or to our sangha and customs. 5:15 Dharma Study and Discussion before meditation: CANCELLED!…
Fall Koan Series Starts This Sunday
When we take up some questions our ancestors have asked, some stories they’ve told to point to the territory of freedom—-when we hold these in our hearts and minds of today and bring our outrageous lives into play with them, something new, fresh,…
2015 Autumn Meditation Retreat
Springs Mountain Sangha announces their Autumn Meditation Retreat with Sarah Bender, Sensei October 14-18, 2015 The Abbey in Canon City Register Now! Realizing things as they truly are, touching deep into the core of what sustains us, fully opening heart…
Money, Sex, War, Karma
SMS Book Group Money, Sex, War, Karma by David Loy * Please note date change* Dr. Loy was a professor Ethics/Religion and Society at Xavier University and a Zen teacher in the lineage of Koun Yamada. He has written many…
Group Koan Practice at Shove Chapel
Group Koan Practice at Shove Chapel Monday, August 2015 This Monday, at Shove Chapel, we’ll have one period of meditation followed by a group Koan discussion. From Joan Sutherland’s “Acequias and Gates”: “Koans are a spiritual practice in the sense…
SMS/WMS Summer Gathering
SMS/WMS Summer Gathering Sunday August 30 at the Catamount Center Woodland Park, CO Noon to 4:00 pm The Catamount Center will be the destination for an informal gathering of Springs Mountain Sangha and Wet Mountain Sangha members. Soaking up the beautiful surroundings…
September 2015 SMS Newsletter
Ongoing Events Newcomer Orientation: 2nd Monday of the month, CC Shove Chapel, Dharma Hall upstairs at 5:45 pm to meet anyone who would like some orientation to meditation, to our tradition, or to our sangha and customs. 5:15 Dharma Study and Discussion before…
Cultivating the Tao Practice Series
Cultivating the Tao: Tao Te Ching A practice series with Andrew Palmer, Sensei As we did last year, we’ll again ease our way into autumn by spending time exploring, enjoying and abiding with a Taoist classic – the Tao Te…