Dear Ones, Our memorial service for Jacque Minehart, a sangha member whom we loved dearly, will be held in Shove Chapel tomorrow, Friday, April 5, at 4:00, with a reception to follow. You are all welcome to attend. There will be…
Work In The Room with Sarah Bender, Roshi Saturday, January 19 Sarah will be offering Work In The Room this Saturday morning during meditation- a time for individual meetings with a teacher. You don’t have to know what you’ll talk about.…
Jingqing said about a conversation with one of his students, “One drop is just black ink. Two drops and a dragon is born.” Work In The Room with Sarah Bender, Sensei Saturday, May 20 I’ll be offering Work In…
An invitation to members and friends of Springs Mountain Sangha . . . Talks by Open Source teachers during the Maha Sangha Retreat (6/19 – 6/25) will be at 7 PM each evening, with sitting starting at 6:30. We’ll…
Remembering our Sangha friend, Lucinda Lawrence Our long-time Sangha member and dear friend, Lucinda Lawrence passed away this last week. She often attended our retreats and gatherings, driving down from Denver, until she was unable to make the trip due to…
Dear Friends, Today is a tough day in Colorado Springs. We are grieving for neighbors and police officers who are dead, injured, or traumatized by a shooting at Planned Parenthood; and for the man who shot. In the midst of a time of thanksgiving, of gratitude…
WAYFARING MIND TALK A gentle reminder that this Monday, Nov. 30 we’ll have a talk by Clay Taylor. Clay is a sangha member, and also a Dharma teacher in the Soto Zen lineage. Clay will be talking on Loss,…
A few November Notes KOANS Koan practice will not happen today, Nov. 15, because we’ll be at the Woman’s Club for our annual all-sangha dinner meeting,4:30 to 7:30. Come on over and join in discussion as we look forward into…
Dear Sangha, Our dear friend, Rocky Mountain Insight teacher Pat Komarow, has passed from this world. RMI will be honoring Pat in their service this morning, Nov. 22 (see below). Pat’s family is also planning a memorial,…
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,…