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…
Zhaouzhou and an Infant’s Sixth Sense
Haiku Workshop with Robin Izer
January 7, 2015 Haiku Workshop with Robin Izer Haiku Writing Practice Celebrating What Is Haiku writing practice is a form of meditation / insight practice. Haiku writing employs the skillful shaping of alive, compressed language inspired by delight, wisdom, and…
Upcoming Retreats – Save the Dates!
January 6, 2015 Save the dates! Integrative Retreat with Sarah Bender, Sensei February 20-21, 2014 at the Woman’s Club in Colorado Springs Fri Feb 20: 7 – 9 pm Sat Feb 21: 9 am – 5 pm Cost: $95 Spring Retreat…
Monday Eve. Discussions in the New Year
January 5, 2015 Dear Bodhisattvas, Greeting a new year of Mondays on this day of soft light, gusty wind and the dripping of melting snow off the roof, there’s a sense of the breath of possibility; and I write…
Happy New Year! and Koans for this Sunday, Jan. 5, 2015
January 1, 2015 Manjusri and Guanyin Dear Bodhisattvas, It seems a particular blessing to end and begin a year in Colorado Springs with a fresh, days-long cover of snow followed by days of keen, clear, unobstructed sunshine in midwinter cold:…
SMS Transitioning between 2014 and 2015
December 28, 2014 Springs Mountain Sangha As we transition seamlessly from 2014 to 2015 we are grateful for our teachers, our companions on the path and our practices. This is a gentle reminder of what is immediate. Wayfaring…