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The Wet Mountain Sangha has many events scheduled for the coming months.Sarah Bender, Sensei is participating on a regular basis.
Retreats are one-day or multi-day events, usually centered around meditation and dharma study.

 

 
Upcoming Events

Precepts Study Class. Andrew Palmer, Sensei, and David Cockrell are co-leading this class on the Buddhist lay precepts. Each of the refuge vows, the pure precepts, and the 10 Bodhisattva vows will be taken up over the course of 13 sessions. The sessions will be held from 10:30 am to 12:30 on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month beginning October 8, 2011 and completing in April, 2012. Classes will be at the Center for Inner Peace, 740 W. 15th St. in Pueblo. The class provides preparation for the ceremony of taking refuge in the Bodhisattva Way, to be held at the Springs Mountain Sangha spring meditation retreat. Taking refuge is not necessary for participation in the class, and all are welcome. See Joan Sutherland's essay on Taking Refuge and Contact Andrew Palmer or David Cockrell (719 994-3278) for more information.

Dharma Study Group. An ongoing dharma study group is meeting usually on the third Sunday of each month from 10:00 am- 12:00 noon, usually at Monika Stanelle's house. Beginning Sunday, February 19, the group will be reading John Tarrant's Bring Me the Rhinoseros. We will begin with the koan Bring Me the Rhinoceros. Contact Merrilee Barnett or David Cockrell for more information.

Full 2012 Schedule:

During 2012, the Wet Mountain Sangha will be jointly planning a number of events with our sister sangha to the north, Springs Mountain Sangha. The schedule of events for 2012 includes the following:

Saturday, February 4 10:00 a.m. --- 1:00 p.m. in Pueblo: Work in the Room with Sarah Bender at the Center for Inner Peace.

Friday, February 17 at 5:30-7:00 p.m. and Saturday, February 18/ All Day Meditation at Sarah Bender's Home. People are invited to stay over at Sarah's or at other SMS homes in Colorado Springs.

Saturday, March 3 All Day Retreat at the Center for Inner Peace in Pueblo with Sarah Bender or Andrew Palmer.

Saturday and Sunday, April 9-15 Spring Refuge Retreat, Canon City Abbey

Saturday, May 12 8:30-11:30 Work in the Room with Andrew Palmer

Friday- Sunday, May 18-20 Commuter Retreat in Colorado Springs with Joan Sutherland

Saturday, June 9 All Day Meditation Retreat in Pueblo: Center for Inner Peace, with Sarah Bender or Andrew Palmer

Friday, September 28-Sunday September 30/ Fall Meditation Retreat in Colorado Springs at the CC Women's Club.

Saturday, October 27: Work in the Room in Pueblo at Center for Inner Peace with Sarah Bender

Saturday, November 10: All Day Meditation Retreat in Pueblo at Center for Inner Peace with Sarah Bender or Andrew Palmer

December 5-9, Colorado Springs Annual Retreat with David Weinstein, Roshi

Retreats
Friday, February 17, 5:30-7:00 p.m. and Saturday, February 18 Friday/Saturday Meditation Retreat at Sarah Bender's Home. People are invited to stay over at Sarah's or at other SMS homes in Colorado Springs.
Saturday, March 3 All Day Retreat at the Center for Inner Peace in Pueblo with Sarah Bender or Andrew Palmer. Sitting and walking meditation, dharma talk/koan seminar, sutra service, Work in the Room, and a silent potluck lunch. For more information and registration, contact Kerry Kramer (719.545.1675).
March 9-11 Vernal Equinox Koan Retreat with Joan Sutherland, Roshi. Mountain Cloud Zen Center, Santa Fe, NM. See Awakened Life for more information and registration.
Saturday and Sunday, April 9-15 Spring Refuge Retreat, Canon City Abbey, with Sarah Bender, Sensei, and Andrew Palmer, Sensei. The retreat will include the ceremony of Taking Refuge in the Bodhisattva Way for participants in the winter Precepts class in Pueblo. More information soon.

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