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Lunar New Year Ceremony This Monday

by SMS Editor • February 3, 2019

  Dear Bodhisattvas,   This Monday, February 4 during our regular Monday evening service, we’ll be holding a ceremony for the Lunar New Year.    This is a moment in the cycle of the year when we can begin to…

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Retreat News

Open Source Teachers for the Maha Sangha Retreat, June 9-14, 2019

by SMS Editor • January 22, 2019

Maha Sangha Retreat The Heart of the One Who Asks Pueblo Mountain Park, Colorado   June 9-14, 2019   Here is an introduction to our teachers who are generously offering themselves to make this rich gathering possible. (Only their travel expenses…

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Retreat News

To Gather in Stillness: Meditation Retreat February 9

by SMS Editor • January 17, 2019

To Gather in Stillness Meditation Retreat at Creek Bend ZendoSaturday, February 9, 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM with Sarah Bender, Roshi Springs Mountain Sangha invites you to join in a long day of meditation  with a Dharma Talk and individual…

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Work in the Room with Sarah, this Saturday

by SMS Editor • January 17, 2019

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.…

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Classes and Gatherings

Beyond Inclusion Panel and Discussion – Monday January 14, 2019

by SMS Editor • January 13, 2019

“Beyond Inclusion” Panel and Discussion  Community Night – Monday January 14, 2019   Tomorrow evening, at community night, 4 members of our sangha will begin this discussion – each taking a short speaking time which will include  questions to stimulate conversation. …

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Classes and Gatherings

New Year’s Eve and Lankavatara Sutra Study

by SMS Editor • December 31, 2018

Dear Friends,   It’s dark outside, but the air under the porch light is full of sparkles—a blessing of snow blowing through on this cold, cold night between the solstice and the new year.  Tomorrow’s sun will actually rise a…

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