Morning Star Lights the World Retreat
Springs Mountain Sangha Bodhi Day
Sunday December 5th, 2021
In recent times, it seems that something internally has come to a stop, and we as individuals and a culture are witnessing the dissolving of our old understandings of things as we sit in the dark, in the bare and various nature of life itself.
So it’s perfect that on December 5 we can commemorate, with our meditation, a time when it might have been like this for Siddhartha Gautama. Letting go, letting go, completely letting go. And then a star.
In this season, nights run deep and mysterious. There is time for a lot, and nothing, to happen at leisure. It’s a good time to soak in the story of Siddhartha Gautama, a life and a particular moment in it. The present Buddha is us, we say: and so, it can be powerful to drop in over a night and a day and see where and how we find ourselves in that story.
We’ll send the story and a question or two out on Saturday evening, so you can sit up with them or take them to bed with you, and then we’ll join for a day of meditation and conversation.
Suggested donation $75. You can pay via PayPal here:
https://www.smszen.org/supportsms/
Scholarships are available for the asking. Please do not let funds keep you from attending the retreat.
Please email Kelly McFarland if you plan to attend the retreat. An email to s.kelly.HLS@gmail.com is all you need to do to register.
The schedule is in mountain time and looks like this:
Sunday
5:25 am Morning Tea
5:30 Optional Meditation
7:00 Breakfast Break
9:00 Meditation
9:30 Dharma talk
11:00 Outdoor walk or Movement Meditation
12:00 pm Lunch Break
2:00 pm Tea and afternoon reading
2:30 Meditation
3:00 Outside walk
3:30 Meditation
4:00 Dharma talk and conversation
5:00 Closing