An Altar and Sutra Service: Gratitude for Ancestors Tomorrow evening, Monday, November 2, we’ll pause in this season of harvest and remembrance, to call the names of loved ones who are gone. Our altar will be open for decoration…
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Contemplative Education Talk Tonight
Dear Sangha, A centrally important topic we took up together early this summer was the practices of inclusion in our individual Zen and in our community. In particular, we spoke of the causes, effects, and importance of racism in our communities,…
November 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…
David Hinton, Author of Hunger Mountain will speak Monday night October 26
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…
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…