Springs Mountain SanghaWeek of January 17, 2022 Dear Friends, This week we’ll have several different kinds of encounter with the Dharma. On Monday evening we’ll commemorate the life, leadership and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It’s important that…
Dear Friends, This morning I watched the coy moon climbing through the pine boughs, as sunlight crept up from behind the farther treeline, light meeting light across the darkness of dawn, and was grateful for this daily ritual, in the midst…
VOICES OF THE FEMININE, WITHIN AND AROUND US Winter Study Series with Sarah BenderSaturdays beginning January 8, 10-noonon the SMS Zoom January 8, 15, 22, 29 and Feb. 5, 12 A series of gatherings exploring expressions of female perspectives both within and…
Morning Star Lights the World Retreat Springs Mountain Sangha Bodhi Day Sunday December 5th, 2021 In recent times, it seems that something internally has come to a stop, and we as individuals and a culture are witnessing the…
Dear Friends, From this morning’s meditation, Out beyond the pink geraniums, Bare branches in morning sun Sky innocent as a baby’s belly. How to let in this grace? How…
Ceremony for the Beloved Dead 6:10 PM MST, Monday, November 1 On this evening, in lieu of our usual sutra service, we’ll hold a ceremony to remember and express our love for those who have died, those we have cared for…
Dear Friends, Our Sitting Alone, Together retreat concluded just Sunday afternoon (the anniversary of our Refuge Retreat of last year!), and for me, it continued into packing, pulling the little blue kayak up into the house, washed and ready for…
JOIN US WEDNESDAY EVENING October 27, 6:00-7:30 Arizona/Pacific, 7:00-8:30 Mountain Open Source Koan Ancestors Series continues with Megan Rundel Sensei Laywomen of the Way This week I’ll be taking up some koans and stories about women practitioners in China who were…
Sitting Alone, Together Support for your personal retreatTuesday, October 19 through Sunday October 24 Open to Everyone Dear Friends, It was very difficult, though necessary, to make the decision to cancel our October retreat. It’s a time when many of…
Dear Friends, It’s a stormy morning in Voglers Cove. White capped waves even here in the cove, the small boats bouncing on their moorings, the high tide pushing seaweed into bumper-shaped mounds; and the huge elms across the street rattling…