Rocky Mountain Insight

2025 Annual Wesak Celebration
2025-05-14 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Denver) | RMI, 2525 W Pikes Peak Ave, Suite A, Colorado Springs, CO, 80904, United States
Save the Date! Our annual Wesak celebration will be held Wednesday May 14th, from 6:00 – 7:30 pm.
In the Theravada tradition Wesak celebrates the birth, Enlightenment, and parinibbana of the Buddha on the full moon in May. (the actual full moon is May 12th).
This year’s celebration will focus on the first turning of the wheel, the Buddha’s first teachings upon his Enlightenment. Everyone will have the opportunity to take refuge in the Triple Gem and the Five Precepts for Lay People.
It is Lucinda’s tradition to give a gift and a wish to everyone who attends.
For Wesak, it is traditional to bring flowers as an offering for the altar. Vases will be supplied. Refreshments will be served. Come celebrate with us!
Meeting Hybrid, In person + Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/88361249390

4 Noble Truths Class
2025-06-03 18:30 - 20:00 | RMI, 2525 W Pikes Peak Ave, Suite A, Colorado Springs, CO, 80904, United States
Tuesdays June 3,10,17 6:30 – 8:00 pm, taught by Lucinda Green
These teachings form foundational teachings of the Buddha. It answers the questions of the Buddha’s quest. Why is there illness, aging and death? What keeps us feeding our painful experiences? How can we renounce our habits of mind and behaviors that keep us mired in suffering. The Buddha laid out a clear and definite path for liberation from suffering. Right Understanding, Right View, Right Speech, Right Livelihood, Right Action, Right Effort, Right Concentration and Right Livelihood will be explored in this in-person class.
Register by June 1, 2025. $75 includes a copy of Pathway to Freedom: Applying the Teachings of the Buddha. Pay by Pay Pal or Credit Card at Lucinda’s web site. To pay, select the “Spiritual Direction” service item and the $75 option. At checkout, please mention “4 Noble Truths Class” in the order notes.
Choose Spiritual Direction and amount from drop down with a note that this is for the 4NT class. Or drop a check in the dana box at RMI made out to Lucinda Green, or mail a check made out to Lucinda Green, 2525 W. Pikes Peak Ave, Suite A, Colorado Springs, CO 80904

Weekend Retreat: The Noble Eightfold Path in Daily Life
2025-06-13 15:00 - 2025-06-15 13:00 | Franciscan Retreat Center, 7740 Deer Hill Grove, Colorado Springs, 80919, United States
Join Matt Hane, RMI Dharma Teacher, on a weekend silent retreat at the Franciscan Retreat Center in Colorado Springs, to practice in person in a beautiful location surrounded by deer, birds, and open space. The theme of the retreat is, “The Noble Eightfold Path in Daily Life.”
We will take the weekend to deepen our mediation practice and offer ourselves an opportunity to find peace, rest, and community in noble silence. The retreat will offer long periods of walking and sitting meditation, along with interviews with the Retreat Leader. Matt will offer meditation instruction throughout the retreat, along with Dharma talks Friday and Saturday nights.
The retreat is limited to 12 people and costs $380.00 per person. Contact Matt Hane, matt.hane@gmail.com, to sign up for the retreat. Limited scholarships are available for the retreat. Contact Matt for details.

The Khandhas: Translated as the Aggregates of Clinging
2025-08-23 10:00 - 16:00 | RMI, 2525 W Pikes Peak Ave, Suite A, Colorado Springs, CO, 80904, United States
**NEW DATES** Saturday, August 23rd 10am – 4pm & Sunday, August 24th 10am – 3pm
This workshop is the first of two companion workshops on a central teaching of the Buddha: that what we take to be solid, independent, and separate is rather a continual flow of causes and conditions which come together, exist for a time, and then dissolve.
In this worksop we look at the Aggregates, which help us to understand that what we identify as a separate individual – I, me – is actually an ever-swirling combination of five aspects interacting so swiftly that we mistake the experience as solid, separate, unique, and independent. Clinging to this misperception creates a sense of dissatisfaction and suffering.
In the second workshop we look at Dependent Origination or Dependent Co-Arising, which broadens the scope to help us understand how everything is interconnected. All phenomena are in relationship to multiple streams of co-existing phenomena. Nothing is separate, distinct, independent. Everything affects everything else.
The goal of these classes isn’t to say that nothing exists; rather it is to help us shift our view of what is real. We broaden our understanding of Right View also called Right Understanding. This is an essential understanding that undergirds the teachings of the Buddha.
It is not required for students to take both workshops, though it may be beneficial to do so. The fee if you register separately for each workshop is $65. If you register for both at the same time, the fee for both is $110. Contact Ananda Marga at Margacallender@hotmail.com with questions or to register.

Paticca Samuppada: Translated as Dependent Origination or Dependent Co-Arising
2025-09-13 10:00 - 16:00 | RMI, 2525 W Pikes Peak Ave, Suite A, Colorado Springs, CO, 80904, United States
Saturday, Sept 13th 10am – 4pm & Sunday, Sept 14th 10am – 3pm
This workshop is the second of two companion workshops on a central teaching of the Buddha: that what we take to be solid, independent, and separate is rather a continual flow of causes and conditions which come together, exist for a time, and then dissolve.
In the first workshop we look at the Aggregates, which help us to understand that what we identify as a separate individual – I, me – is actually an ever-swirling combination of five aspects interacting so swiftly that we mistake the experience as solid, separate, unique, and independent. Clinging to this misperception creates a sense of dissatisfaction and suffering.
In this workshop we look at Dependent Origination or Dependent Co-Arising, which broadens the scope to help us understand how everything is interconnected. All phenomena are in relationship to multiple streams of co-existing phenomena. Nothing is separate, distinct, independent. Everything affects everything else.
The goal of these classes isn’t to say that nothing exists; rather it is to help us shift our view of what is real. We broaden our understanding of Right View also called Right Understanding. This is an essential understanding that undergirds the teachings of the Buddha.
It is not required for students to take both workshops, though it may be beneficial to do so. The fee if you register separately for each workshop is $65. If you register for both at the same time, the fee for both is $110. Contact Ananda Marga at Margacallender@hotmail.com with questions or to register.

Fall Retreat: Living with Impermanence, Death & Dying on the Buddhist Path
2025-10-29 - 2025-11-02 | Benet Hill Monastery, 3190 Benet Lane, Colorado Springs, CO, 80921, United States
Join Matt Hane, RMI Dharma Teacher, for a 5 Day silent retreat at Benet Hill Monastery located northeast of Colorado Springs to practice in person in a beautiful location surrounded by deer, birds, and open space. The theme of the retreat is, “Living with Impermanence, Death & Dying on the Buddhist Path.”
We will take time to deepen our mediation practice and offer ourselves an opportunity to find peace, rest, and community in noble silence. The retreat will offer long periods of walking and sitting meditation, along with interviews with the Retreat Leader, Matt Hane. Matt will offer meditation instruction throughout the retreat, along with Dharma talks each night.
There are several options to attend the retreat:

Lodging Type
Total Cost Per Person
50% Deposit
(due by 08/29/25)

Shared Double Room
$600.00
$300.00

Single Room
$825.00
$412.50

Camping
$375.00
$187.50

Commuter
$275.00
$137.50

Contact Matt Hane, matt.hane@gmail.com, to sign up for the retreat or to receive additional details. Limited scholarships are available for the retreat. Contact Matt for details.

Wednesday Night Extended Sit
2025-12-24 18:00 - 19:00 | RMI, 2525 W Pikes Peak Ave, Suite A, Colorado Springs, CO, 80904, United States
Brian Lund has volunteered to lead an opportunity for an extended sit on Wednesday evening at our regular 6:00 time slot. The evening will include walking meditation, a short inspirational reading, and time for an extended sitting meditation time. All are invited, both on zoom and in person to participate in the evening. Note that this event will use the regular Wednesday Zoom meeting: https://zoom.us/j/88361249390
