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Springs Mountain Sangha spring retreat, Benet Hill Monastery in the Black Forest, Colorado, March 2026: 1st night: Sarah

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Sarah Bender Roshi gives her first talk on the opening night of the Springs Mountain Sangha Retreat, on March 9.

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Desert Rain Zen Sunrise Retreat, March 2026: 4th night talks: Tenney & Megan

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Tenney and Megan both give talks on the final night of the retreat. (It’s the 4th night of talks, but the 5th night of the retreat; t…

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Desert Rain Zen Sunrise Retreat, March 2026: 3rd night talk: Megan

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Megan gives the third night talk at our spring retreat focusing on Zhaozhou. She explores the crucial ways in which Zhaozhou’s teachi…

1 month, 4 weeks ago

Desert Rain Zen Sunrise Retreat, March 2026: 2nd night talk: Tenney

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Tenney gives the second night talk at our spring retreat focusing on Zhaozhou. Bringing in several short Zhaozhou mondo, Tenney talks…

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Desert Rain Zen Sunrise Retreat, March 2026: 1st night talks: Tenney & Megan

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Tenney and Megan give the opening night talks at our spring 2026 retreat, which focuses on the teachings of Chan teacher Zhaozhou. 

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3 months ago

Desert Rain Zen Desert Sunrise Retreat, March 2024: Refuge Retreat, 2nd night talk: Tenney

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Tenney gives the second night talk at our March 2024 Desert Rain Zen Desert Sunrise Refuge Retreat. 

 “There is someone at peace, / wa…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Desert Rain Zen Desert Sunrise Retreat, March 2024: Refuge Retreat, 1st night talks: Tenney & Megan

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Tenney and Megan give the opening night talks at our March 2024 Desert Rain Zen Desert Sunrise Refuge Retreat, suggesting some ways w…

5 months ago

Open Source Retreat, October 2025: “Golden Wind,” 2nd night talk: Tenney

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Tenney gives the talk on the second night of our retreat. Beginning by exploring various translations of the “Golden Wind” koan and t…

7 months ago

Open Source Retreat, October 2025: “Golden Wind,” 4th night talk: Sarah

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Sarah gives the talk on the fourth night of our retreat.

A group conversation follows Sarah’s talk.

(talk given October 16, 2025 at the…

7 months ago

Open Source Retreat, October 2025: “Golden Wind,” 1st night talks: Tenney, Megan, and Sarah

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Tenney, Megan, and Sarah give brief talks on the opening night of our Fall 2025 Open Source “Golden Wind” retreat. 

A student asked Y…

7 months ago