Springs Mountain Sangha, March 2025
March Offerings
Monday, March 3; 6 PM, on Zoom & in person at Shove Chapel, Meditation and Sutra Service, conversation
Wednesday, March 5, 6:30 PM on Zoom
Vimalakirti: Compassion in the Middle
more info below
Thursday, March 6; 6:30-8:30 PM, on Zoom, Steering Committee Meeting, all are welcome to attend!
Monday, March 10; 6 PM, on Zoom & in person at Shove Chapel, Meditation and Dharma Talk with Sarah Bender, Roshi, conversation
Monday, March 17; 6 PM, on Zoom & in person at Shove Chapel, Meditation and Community Night
Monday, March 24; 6 PM, on Zoom & in person at Shove Chapel, Koan Meditation with Sarah Bender, Roshi
Monday, March 31; 6 PM, on Zoom & in person at Shove Chapel, Wayfaring Mind Talk with Phil Brown
Spring Retreat
April 7-13, 2025, Benet Hill Monastery, Black Forest, CO
Registration is now open
Part time registration is now available.
Registration is taken on a first-come, first-served basis, and will be secured once we receive your deposit or payment in full.
Please direct any questions about registration or the retreat itself to our Registrar, Frank Actis at frank.actis@gmail.com.
We look forward to practicing in community with you!
A Visit with Vimilakirti: Compassion in the Middle
Wednesday evenings in March, 6:30 to 7:30 PM
First session is this Wednesday
a short series of conversations with Sarah Bender, Roshi
in the SMS Zoom room, no registration required
A number of us have found ourselves reading and rereading Joan Sutherland’s
Vimalakirti and the Awakened Heart
finding it particularly helpful in this time.
We’ll spend four sessions, not so much as a book study, more as koan encounters drawing from this material, as a way of continuing the deep shared inquiry
that heartens us, as we take it up in community.
More info coming
The Great Matter of Livingdying
a series of conversations with Sarah Bender
continues Thursday, March 13, 6:30-8 PM MT
Zoom Zendo
suggested dana $10-$15 per session, offered directly to Sarah
If you’d like to join the series and haven’t let Sarah know already please do so, to be added to the email list.
http://sembender@gmail.com
Announcing the dates for our
Open Source Fall long retreat!
October 13-18th at Bodhi Manda Zen Center
Jemez Springs, New Mexico.
The Open Source is excited to return to Bodhi Manda Zen Center, in the gorgeous Jemez River Valley.
Center staff have been able to make some significant repairs and improvements, and work on the privacy wall is progressing well.
They’ve issued a warm invitation to us to return, and it is such a treat to retreat in this wonderful place, dedicated to awakening.
Upcoming Retreats
Save the dates – more information coming
Spring Retreat
April 7-13, 2025, Benet Hill Monastery, Black Forest, COBuddha’s Birthday Retreat
May 10
Integrative Retreat
June 20-22
Ullambana Retreat
September 7
Bodhi Day Retreat
December 7 hybrid
Many Arms of Guanyin
Some of us recently attended a wonderful event with Pike’s Peak Habitat’s Interfaith Build for Unity: Dedication of the fourth IBU house, complete with Mariachi band and ribbon cutting, and Groundbreaking for the 5th house.
The joy of doing something real and close in, witnessing the creation of a neighborhood with so many hands together, was deeply encouraging. SMS members will be participating in the building this June. Stay tuned for updates and info on how to sign up.