SMS Practice Period, 2016 Dear Springs Mountain Sangha, Here’s to Winter! Over the Fall months, a number of you have expressed a desire to deepen, to strengthen your Zen practice. As we take our first steps into Winter, we are…
Practice Period, 2016
Simple Sitting, New Year’s Day, 2016
A full half-day Buddhist free meditation gathering is being held New Year’s Day sponsored by the Springs Mountain Sangha. Meditators of all traditions are invited to join with us for 25 minute periods of simple sitting observing silence. Friday January…
2015 Year-end Letter from Sarah Bender, Sensei
Dear Zen Family, As we enter the last week of our dip towards the bottom of our annual see-saw of light and darkness, I remember the wonderful sensation of pushing with my strong young-girl legs, hanging on to the…
Refuge Practice Series
Dear Springs Mountain Sangha, It’s been a rough season for many of us, and I’m noticing a level of tension in the air that has me reminding myself frequently: “We are all in this together, and if I can hold…
SAVE the DATE: June 2016 MahaSangha Retreat
SAVE THE DATE! Our first ever Open Source MahaSangha Retreat, June 19-25, 2016. The Open Source is the network of communities in the tradition of Joan Sutherland, Roshi and the Pacific Zen School. Our setting is the lovely Catamount Center,…
Remembering our Sangha friend, Lucinda Lawrence
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…