Welcome to the first week of Practice Period! See bottom of flyer for SMS *Zoomlink for appropriate events Sixteen Bodhisattvas Enter the Bath, Mary Kay Carlson The Period opens with a Dedication Ceremony Monday Night March 8th 6:00pm led by Sarah…
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Springs Mountain Sangha 2021 Practice Period
Sixteen Bodhisattvas Enter the Bath Springs Mountain Sangha Practice Period 2021 March 8th- May 3th Welcome to the 2021 Practice Period!Several opportunities will be offered to all of us during this time. Here we will enliven, renew, and rededicate ourselves to our…
Open Source Zen Spring Retreat CHANGE: THURS-SUN, MAR 11-14th
~Open Source Meditation Retreat~The Secret Of The Stream Bed With: Sarah Bender, Andrew Palmer, Tenny Nathanson, and Megan RundelNEW DATES March 11-14, 2021 ~ In the Zoom Temple HELLO EVERYONE,Your retreat planning team is thinking that a shorter retreat, starting Thursday evening, March 11 and running through Sunday late afternoon, March…
March 2021 Newsletter
Dear Friends, I woke up this morning gratefully warm under my covers (and a cat), and looked out on a world also under its soft white blanket. Feeling rooted, and grateful for the roots underground and in our Zen tradition,…
Open Source Zen Spring Retreat: Mar 11-14th – See new dates!
~Five-Day Retreat~The Secret Of The Stream Bed With: Sarah Bender, Andrew Palmer, Tenny Nathanson, and Megan RundelMarch 11-14, 2021 ~ In the Zoom Temple Since before anyone remembers it has been clear shining like silverthough the moonlight penetrates it and the wind ruffles it no trace of either remains Today I would not…
Time to Register! Feb 21 Open Source Retreat
Sunday February 21, coming right up—time to register Open Source Zen is pleased to invite you to a day’s retreat open to everyone. We’ve passed the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, with days visibly lengthening, and…
What is the Way? Intro to Zen
What is the Way? Intro to ZenThursday nights, 6:00pm MST via *Zoom Feb 11, 18, 25; March 4thincorporating a possible half-day retreat TBA This four week series of 1.5 hour zoom classes will be taught by Springs Mountain Sangha members, Regan Arntzen &…
February 2021 Newsletter
Dear Friends, Right at the start of February comes a Cross-Quarter Day, February 2, which has been noted and celebrated by people from ancient times in various cultures, as it falls exactly halfway between the winter solstice and the spring…
New Year’s Letter from Sarah Bender, Roshi
Dear Friends, What’s stirring in the year’s beginnings?This year’s first days, which seem to begin with the Winter Solstice, with a sort of shedding and dive into wonder—wonder of light in dark, wonder of connections and disconnections—and to continue with…
The Open Source Teachers Series starts Wednesday!
Dancing with Dark Enigma A series of Open Source dharma talks and conversationEvery Wednesday in JanuaryBeginning January 6, 6:30-8 pm PSTThis week’s talk by Megan Rundel, SenseiFree by Zoom, link below~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Friends, When I was a kid, I was…