Monthly Newletters
A note from Sarah Bender: Dear Springs Mountain Sangha and friends, I’m feeling great gratitude for the many offerings of sangha members that are sustaining the vitality of our sangha in this particular time and place. Conversations on Mondays at…
The storehouse of treasuresopens of itself.You may take them and use themany way you wish. Eihei Dogen A note from Sarah Bender Dear Friends, Here we are in the deep green of summer, the flourishing, earth full of sun’s summer…
Dear Friends of Springs Mountain Sangha, Our Winter into Spring practice period certainly became one unlike any before! A number of you have expressed a new appreciation of the way your practice has met this time with you, in you, for…
Lingyun was wandering in the mountains and became lost in his walking. He rounded a bend and saw peach blossoms on the other side of the valley. This sight awakened him and he wrote this poem: …
Springs Mountain Sangha invites you to join us during our Winter-Spring Practice Period, which began February 28 with our “Lotus in the Fire” retreat and extends through our May 6-10 meditation retreat. What will this mean in a time when…
For our ongoing schedule please see our website at smszen.org Practice Period, which begins February 28 with our “Lotus in the Fire” weekend integrative retreat and stretches through our May 6-10 meditation retreat. This is a time of deep inquiry in our…
January Saturday, January 25: Lunar New Year Ceremony February Saturday, February 1: Zen Threads Talk by Will Holtz at 8:00 AM, during the morning meditation at Shove Chapel Monday, February 3: Sutra NightMonday,…
Wishing everyone joy and peace. We look forward to being together this coming year. There will be Wednesday morning meditation, January 1st: 06:30 – 07:30 AM Starfish, by Mary Oliver “…-what I wanted was to be willing to be afraid.…
December Saturday, December 7 Bodhi Day Retreat 9 AM to 9 PM at Creek Bend, 7528 Jenkin Place Registration deadline is Saturday, November 30th This retreat celebrates awakening: that of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, our own, and the awakening…
For our ongoing schedule please see our website at smszen.org Upcoming event this Sunday!Faces of Death NOVEMBER Saturday November 2:Ceremony for the Beloved Dead The Great Wheel of the Seasons This is one of the ceremonies our founding teacher, Joan Sutherland,…