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December 2020 Newsletter

A note from Sarah Bender: Dear Springs Mountain Sangha and friends, The first dedication we offer in our sutra service is an expression of our gratitude for the meditation, the companionship, the teaching of all sorts of ancestors and all…

November 2020 Newsletter

A note from Sarah Bender: Dear Springs Mountain Sangha and friends, Sangha members and friends have emerged from our first five-day online meditation retreat with a pervasive joy in the discovery that a meditation retreat held in the very little and very…

Retreat Update: Turn, Turn, Turn

A note from Sarah Bender:Dear Friends and Companions, I hope this finds you all well and rolling….with the punches?  In the autumn leaves?  Both?   In Colorado Springs we’ve had a hot, dry, smoky and yet gloriously golden week.  Each…

Fall Koan Series!

KOANS UNDER THE OCTOBER SKYThis Saturday afternoon, at 4:00 in Creek Bend Zoomdo—- KOAN MEDITATION , collectively. What’s a koan, what is koan meditation, and why do it both alone and together?Especially, why do this now, in our wild time…

Cherry Blossoms Movie Night! 18 Sep @ 7 pm!

Movie Night: “Cherry Blossoms”  Friday, September 18, 7pm to 9 pm MST Cherry Blossoms (2008), directed by Doris Dorrie, winner of the 2008 German Film Award for Feature Film, Leading Actor and Costume Design. Trudy (Hannelore Elsner) and Rudi (Elmar Wepper) have…