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Welcome to the new Springs Mountain Sangha website!!

by SMS Editor • January 20, 2015

 January 20, 2015 Welcome to the new Springs Mountain Sangha website!! https://www.smszen.org   Before we discuss anything, we’d like to thank Mary Jo Meade, who put together the website that we’ve been using since 2009. Thank you Mary Jo! This…

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Classes and Gatherings

Acequias & Gates – Monday at 5:15

by SMS Editor • January 18, 2015

January 18, 2015 5:15 Discussion for Monday, January 19 Tomorrow evening we will continue our exploration and enjoyment of Joan Sutherland, Roshi’s book, Acequias & Gates. We will still be working from the “Koans as Art” acequia, taking up a couple more…

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Classes and Gatherings, Koans

Faxiang’s Recognition

by SMS Editor • January 15, 2015

January 16, 2015 Koan for Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015 3-5 PM, 7528 Jenkin Place The nun Faxiang often shared her clothing and food, giving the best to the nun Huisu. The other nuns admonished Faxiang, saying, “The nun Huisu is…

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Classes and Gatherings, Sarah Bender

WITR Sign up Reminder for Saturday January 17th

by SMS Editor • January 13, 2015

January 13, 2015 Springs Mountain Sangha   This Saturday January 17th Work In The Room Sarah Bender, Sensei   During Meditation at Shove Chapel at Colorado College 6:30 – 8:30 AM Times for signing up are 6:40, 7:00, 7:20, 7:40,…

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Classes and Gatherings, Community Events

Community Night: Dedication of Sangha and Hall

by SMS Editor • January 10, 2015

January 10, 2015 Community Night: Dedication of the Sangha and the Hall This Monday, January 12, is our first Community Night of 2015. It’s a good time to re-dedicate ourselves as a sangha, and our practice in our nomadic Dharma…

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Classes and Gatherings, Koans

Zhaouzhou and an Infant’s Sixth Sense

by SMS Editor • January 9, 2015

January 9, 2015 For this Sunday’s Koan Gathering  ( 3 to 5 PM, Creek Bend Zendo) we’ll return to the koan and poem we took up together last Sunday. They seem to keep flowing…. and you can  jump in where you…

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