Podcasts by The Zen Mountain Monastery Podcast

Not Holding Our Distance from 2023-12-03T20:00:09

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 12/3/23 - From Master Dogen's 300 Koan Shobogenzo (The True Dharma Eye), Case 35 - Touzi's "Harmonizing the Ten Bodies" - What is that common sense of distance...

Lingzhao’s Helping from 2023-12-03T17:30:12

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 12/3/23 - From "The Hidden Lamp, Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women" - Hojin Sensei presents a koan of Lingzhao and her father, falling togethe...

Senjo&Her Soul Are Separated. Which Is the Real One? from 2023-11-30T21:30:53

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 11/26/23 - Hojin presents a koan based on a Chinese folk tale that takes on the question of identity, and speaks about its relevance for us today.

Gift of Activity, Dependent Arising from 2023-11-26T19:00:26

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 11/26/23 - From Master Dogen's 300 Koan Shobogenzo, Case 149 - Xuefeng's Rice Field - In the context of our liberation, our freedom from delusion, can we actua...

Soma Rebukes Mara from 2023-11-26T18:41:16

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 11/12/23 - From "The Hidden Lamp, Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women" - Hojin Sensei examines the nature of Mara, the "lord of delusion," who c...

Practicing Forward from 2023-11-18T22:00:29

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 11/18/23 - Shugen Roshi covers the final four of Atisha's slogans, which appropriately cap off the teachings of all 59. They reiterate some basic questions: W...

Working with Shame from 2023-11-17T22:00:54

Maureen Jisho Ford, Senior Lay Student - ZMM, Friday 11/17/23 - "We mistake the story for who we are." Senior lay student Jisho gives a very personal talk about her experience with shame.

Living An Appropriate Life from 2023-11-16T21:00:26

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei - ZMM - 11/16/23 - From the Blue Cliff Record, Case 14 - "Yunmen's Appropriate Statement" - With this pithy koan by Yunmen, in light of Atisha's slogan #55, "Liberate yourse...

Calm and Bright from 2023-11-15T22:00:32

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 11/15/23 - How to sustain our efforts and practice wholeheartedly? How to awaken to our trust, faith and courage? With a calm and bright attitude we have the o...

Practice Now from 2023-11-12T19:00:29

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 11/12/23 - Any circumstance you find yourself in is the opportunity to practice right now, so don't wait. And it helps to keep the basics in mind: Refrain. Cea...

Fusatsu: Language of Harmony from 2023-11-11T01:00:07

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 11/10/23 - In the context of our practice of the precepts, in our whole everyday lives, how do we develop harmony of thought, speech and action? Is this the pr...

Intimate Language of Light: The Old Woman’s Enlightenment from 2023-11-05T17:30:14

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 11/5/23 - In this story, from The Hidden Lamp, an old woman hears and breaks though Hakuin’s teaching: "Your mind is the Pure Land, and your body is Amida Buddha...

Uncovering Our Inherent Goodness from 2023-11-05T17:00:30

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi ZMM - 11/5/23 - Facing our difficulties, recognizing our circumstances and knowing how to be a student. These can be joyful endeavors especially when we see our (and o...

Taking Refuge in Humility, Taking Refuge in the Earth from 2023-10-29T16:30:19

Patrick Yunen Kelly, Senior Lay Student - ZCNYC - 10/29/23 - Yunen discusses the virtue of humility and its relationship to taking refuge in the earth. What is true humility? How is it different fr...

Our Practice of Awakening: Endless Pivot Points from 2023-10-29T16:00:10

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei - ZMM - 10/29/23 - How do you understand "Intimate Speech"? How and when does it occur? What happens, inside and outside, when it does? Hogen Sensei takes up these questions...

The Way of Kindness from 2023-10-28T21:00:38

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 10/28/23 - What is the purpose of "Training the Mind" if not to cultivate Loving-Kindness toward others and toward ourselves?

Fusatsu: Being One With Samantabhadra Bodhisattva from 2023-10-28T00:00:42

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZMM - 10/27/23 - Given in the context of a Fusatsu: Renewal of Vows Ceremony, Sensei explores the mythical lore around one of the primary bodhisattvas of the Buddhist wo...

The Three Poisons, Compounding the Medicine from 2023-10-26T21:00:05

Katie Yosha Scott-Childress, Senior Lay Student - ZMM - 10/26/23 - The 59 Slogans of the Lojong mind training provide guidelines for practice and aspiration on the Buddhist path. Yosha explores how...

Becoming Aspiration from 2023-10-25T21:00:36

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 10/25/2023 - Shugen Roshi asks us to examine the negations we hear in the teachings, for instance in the precepts, amongst the 59 Atisha Slogans, in the Heart ...

Exerting Meticulous Effort from 2023-10-22T20:00:32

Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - ZMM - 10/22/23 - From The Eight Awarenesses of the Enlightened Person. - Gokan reminds us, in the Buddha's words that: "If you practice me...

Meeting Mugai Nyodai: No Water, No Moon from 2023-10-22T16:30:29

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 10/22/2023 - What happens to the moon when its reflection vanishes? In the same vein, where do we go when we truly open up and let go? Becoming more aware that w...

Honing In with Skill from 2023-10-21T18:00:26

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 10/21/23 - During this Zazenkai talk it’s brought out that as we practice we see how much strength and training the mind needs so it doesn’t go off the rails. Za...

Intimate Speech from 2023-10-15T18:00:20

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 10/15/23 - From Master Dogen's 300 Koan Shobogenzo (The True Dharma Eye), Case 34 - The World-Honored One's "Intimate Speech" - Is intimate speech just speech?...

Intimate Action from 2023-10-15T16:30:25

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 10/15/2023 - How do we walk the path of peace in this life, especially in times of great conflict and violence? How do we practice intimacy with our tendency to ...

Welcome the Unexpected from 2023-10-08T18:00:38

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 10/08/23 - Where do we find stability and balance if not in the midst of the noise, thoughts, myriad events of the day? Where and when are the opportunities to...

Dharma Encounter: Radical Patience from 2023-10-01T18:00:55

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 10/01/23 - Looking at the Lojong Slogans 11, 12 and 13, Shugen Roshi challenges us with questions about how we experience and practice these in our daily lives...

Understanding Confusion from 2023-09-30T21:00:14

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 9/30/23 - From the Lojong Slogans of Atisha # 14 & 15 - We normally view confusion as undesirable and it's easy to react to it in a negative way. What if we re...

Fusatsu: Language of Atonement from 2023-09-30T01:00:31

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 9/29/23 - In the midst of this Fusatsu ceremony, Shugen Roshi offers a teisho using three [ways of transforming bad circumstances into the path of enlightenmen...

Language of Gratitude from 2023-09-28T21:00:56

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 9/28/23 - Mumon's Gateless Gate, Case 6 - "Buddha Holds Up a Flower" - Being at the heart of Master Dogen's Intimate Language fascicle, this koan is explored b...

In one, there is many. In many, only one. from 2023-09-27T21:00:49

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei - ZMM - 9/27/23 - From the Book of Equanimity, Case 17 - Fayan's "Hairsbreadth" - What's the difference between conveying knowledge and conveying the non-dual dharma? How do...

Don’t Confine Yourself from 2023-09-24T18:00:10

ZMM - 9/24/23 - Shugen Roshi continues his commentary on the 59 Mind Training Slogans of Atisha in this talk covering points 8, 9 and 10. Roshi looks at how and when we react to our experiences and...

Everything Changes from 2023-09-20T16:00:58

Prabu Gikon Vasan, Senior Lay Practitioner - ZMM - 6/10/23 - Gikon speaks on the liberating effects of settling oneself within the reality of impermanence, bringing this core buddhist teaching to ...

Jukai Ceremony at ZMM, September 2023 from 2023-09-17T16:00:01

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM 9/17/2023 - Shugen Roshi officiates the September 2023 Ango Jukai ceremony at Zen Mountain Monastery. Today, four students formally receive the sixteen Buddhist ...

What Brought Us To Today? from 2023-09-10T18:00:52

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM 9/10/2023 - Shugen Roshi talks about the Buddha's teaching on causation, and how to study this in our own lives.

“Intimate Language”–Fall 2023 Ango Opening Talk from 2023-09-03T16:00:51

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 09/03/2023 - Shugen Roshi introduces the theme of the MRO 90-day Fall Ango training period, "Intimate Language." If you'd like to learn more about our Ango pro...

Fall 2023 Ango Opening at Fire Lotus Temple from 2023-09-03T15:30:30

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 9/03/2023 - Hojin Sensei opens the Fall Ango practice period at Fire Lotus Temple and introduces this Ango's theme of "Intimate Language." She speaks about the h...

Training: So Rich, and Not Complicated from 2023-09-02T20:00:18

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 09/02/2023 - Shugen Roshi talks about "training." What is it, starting within the context of each moment of our lives?

To Walk the Path of Peace from 2023-09-02T19:00:52

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 9/2/2023 - From The Gateless Gate, Case 41: "Bodhidharma and Peace of Mind." - In this talk given during the Peaceful Dwelling Zazenkai at Fire Lotus Temple, Hoj...

Living an Authentic Life from 2023-08-27T18:00:06

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 8/27/2023 - From the Book of Serenity, Case 69 - Nanquan's "Cows" - When the teachings talk about being unconcerned, when we practice letting go of the self an...

Having Few Desires from 2023-08-27T16:30:14

Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - ZCNYC - 8/27/2023 - Having few desires is the first of the "Eight Awarenesses". In this talk Gokan invites us to explore the nature of des...

What are you Doing with your Discontent? from 2023-08-26T21:00:01

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 8/26/2023 - During August sesshin, Shugen Roshi speaks of the power of inquiry. “What are you doing with your lack of fulfillment and satisfaction, and peacefu...

Desire, Pleasure and the Path from 2023-08-25T21:00:43

Danica Shoan Ankele, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - 8/25/2023 - What is desire? What is pleasure? Where's the problem? How do we work with desire that is liberative, which doesn't lead to gree...

Taking Refuge from 2023-08-23T21:00:51

Chris Yudo Abraham - ZMM - 8/23/2023 - Yudo speaks about the practice of taking refuge, or "throwing ourselves unreservedly" into something, using examples from his own life. What do we take refuge...

Novice Ordination for Jiryu Krupa from 2023-08-20T18:00:30

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 8/20/2023 - Shugen Roshi officiates the Novice Monastic Ordination ceremony for Julia Jiryu Krupa; a joyful occasion - both a home-leaving and a homecoming - t...

May All Beings Know Happiness? from 2023-08-20T16:00:37

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 8/20/2023 - The first of the Four Immeasurables is "May All Beings Know Happiness." In encountering this as a practice, we might wonder: is it really possible fo...

Decolonizing Awakening On Turtle Mountain–Interview with Ed Duran from 2023-08-19T21:00:52

Dr Eduardo Duran, PhD - 01/31/2023 - An interview with Dr. Ed Duran conducted in January 2023 by MRO students Daniel Onren Latorre and monastic Taikyo Gilman. The topics considered were drawn from ...

Playing in Joyful Effort from 2023-08-19T15:00:37

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 8/19/2023 - What makes effort joyful? In Buddhism, there are many metaphors pointing to the ineffectiveness of extremes: if a lute's strings are too taught or to...

An Invitation from 2023-08-13T18:00:07

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 8/13/2023 - From The Blue Cliff Record, Case 50 - Yun Men's Every Atom Samadhi - Deeply embedded in the Buddhist path is the activity of meditation. Shugen Ros...

Is This True? from 2023-08-08T21:18:05

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - From The Blue Cliff Record, Case 59 - Zhaozhou's “Why not Quote it Fully?” - Shugen Roshi talks about the nature of speech and thought. Our internal dialog is not ha...

Jukai Ceremony at Fire Lotus Temple, August 2023 from 2023-08-06T16:30:40

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei - ZCNYC 8/6/2023 - Hogen Sensei officiates a Jukai Ceremony for three MRO students. Amidst a full zendo at Fire Lotus Temple, these students received the 16 Bodhisattva prec...

Cultivating Faith–Part Three–Consummation from 2023-07-30T16:15:13

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 07/30/2023 - What does Faith mean and what does it encompass in our Buddhist tradition? In this 3-part series, Shugen Roshi talks about the Aspiration to Awake...

Cultivating Faith–Part Two–Realization from 2023-07-29T21:00:39

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 07/29/2023 - Shugen Roshi talks about the Aspiration to Awakening Through Faith and its many aspects which are the essentials of Buddhist teachings and practic...

A Conversation with an Apple Tree from 2023-07-28T21:00:46

Linda Shinji Hoffman, Senior Lay Student - ZMM - 07/28/2023 - How do we understand suffering in the relationships with those we love? Shinji reflects on three relationships, with the sangha of ZMM,...

Enjoying Serenity and Tranquility from 2023-07-27T21:00:44

Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - ZMM - 7/27/2023 - What is this quiet place in our heart-mind where we can enjoy serenity and tranquility? Do we have to reach for it? Or i...

Cultivating Faith–Part One–Understanding from 2023-07-26T21:00:41

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 07/26/2023 - What does Faith mean and what does it encompass in our Buddhist tradition? In this 3-part series, Shugen Roshi talks about the Aspiration to Awake...

Breath Breathing Human Being from 2023-07-23T16:45:39

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZMM - 07/23/2023 - Hojin Sensei brings us back to the breath. And to the Buddha's teaching in the Ānāpānasati (Mindfulness of Breathing) Sutra, looking at the practice o...

The Best Season of Your Life from 2023-07-23T16:30:01

Danica Shoan Ankele, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - ZCNYC - 7/23/2023 - Zen Master Wumen Huikai wrote, "Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn, a cool breeze in summer, snow in win...

Who Are You? Who Are We? from 2023-07-16T18:00:32

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 7/16/2023 - Hojin cites the case "Advice of the Caterpillar," written by Daido Roshi on the conversation between Alice and the Caterpillar, from Alice in Wonderl...

Faith in Buddha Nature from 2022-04-10T16:00:22

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 04/10/2022 - From The Blue Cliff Record, Case 21 - Chih Men's "Lotus Flower, Lotus Leaves" - Shugen Roshi explores Buddha Na...

Welcoming Strange and Wonderful Visitors from 2022-04-10T14:30:07

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - Zen Center of New York City, Fire Lotus Temple, Sunday 04/10/2022 - What is taking refuge in letting go and stillness, among the many visitors to our guest house? In thi...

Dharma Encounter: Taking Refuge in the Buddha from 2022-04-03T16:00:50

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 04/03/2022 - This Dharma Encounter with Hogen Sensei took place at the conclusion of the March Founding Sesshin. What does it mean...

Precious Human Birth from 2022-04-03T14:00:33

Patrick Yunen Kelly, Senior Lay Student - Zen Center of New York City, Sunday 04/03/2022 - How can we liberate the causes of our suffering in the midst of our lives and circumstances? In this talk,...

Appreciating Our Ancestors from 2022-04-02T21:00:16

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Saturday 04/02/2022 - In this talk, Shugen Roshi speaks about the importance of having a connection with our dharma ancestors. How ...

Touching The Ancestors from 2022-04-02T21:00:16

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Saturday 04/02/2022 - For 2500 years The Buddha's Path has been handed down from person to person to reach us to where we are today...

Fusatsu: Experience the Intimacy of Things from 2022-04-01T23:30:07

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Friday Evening 04/01/2022 - Dharma Talk during the Founder's Sesshin 2022 Fusatsu Ceremony - The tenth Buddhist Precept is to "Experience...

The Empty Bowl from 2022-03-31T21:00:25

Linda Shinji Hoffman, Senior Lay Student - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Thursday 03/31/2022 - Why do 'bowls' play a prominent significance as a utensil and symbol in Buddhist practice? In this...

What Am I Missing? The Fire God Comes Looking For Fire from 2022-03-30T21:00:58

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Wednesday 03/30/2022 - From Master Dogen's 300 Koan Shobogenzo (True Dharma Eye), Case 122 - Fayan's Fire God - As practitioners of the D...

Ordinary Mind Is The Way from 2022-03-27T16:00:57

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 03/27/2022 - From Master Dogen's 300 Koan Shobogenzo (True Dharma Eye), Case 19 - Ordinary Mind Is The Way - What does "non-...

Already this Lotus Sutra from 2022-03-27T13:30:28

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - Zen Center of New York City, Fire Lotus Temple, Sunday 03/27/2022 - From The Blue Cliff Record, Case 21 - Chih Men's Lotus Flower, Lotus Leaves - In this talk Hojin Sens...

Mondo on Grief And Loss On The Path from 2022-03-20T16:00:29

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi and Dr. Rebecca Li - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 03/20/2022 - Shugen Roshi is joined by Dr. Rebecca Li for a lively question and answer discussion with at...

Zen Practice, Devotional Practice from 2022-03-20T15:45:40

Patrick Yunen Kelly, Senior Lay Student - Zen Center of New York City, Sunday 03/20/2022 - Yunen talks about his experience of the more devotional aspects of Zen practice. He makes connections to t...

You Have It Too from 2022-03-13T16:00:13

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 03/13/2022 - From Master Wu-men's Gateless Gate, Case 26 - Two Monastics Roll Up the Bamboo Blinds - How do our projections ...

“Faith In Buddha Nature”–Spring 2022 Ango Opening Talk from 2022-03-06T17:00:19

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 03/06/2022 - Shugen Roshi introduces the theme of our 90-day Spring ango intensive training period, Faith in Buddha Nature. ...

The Great Way Has No Side Roads from 2022-03-05T22:00:37

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Saturday 03/05/2022 - From Master Dogen's 300 Koan Shobogenzo (True Dharma Eye), Case 10 - Qingyuan's "Come Closer" - How do we wal...

Stop, A Prayer for Peace in a Time of War from 2022-02-27T17:00:56

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 02/27/2022 - From Master Dogen's 300 Koan Shobogenzo (True Dharma Eye), Case 265 - Shuilao's Enlightenment - In Buddhist pra...

Sacred Ceremony, Mystic Beings from 2022-02-25T22:00:57

Danica Shoan Ankele, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - Zen Mountain Monastery, Friday 02/25/2022 - In Zen practice we have many sacred containers of ceremony--liturgy, rituals, sesshins, and koan...

Ask the Pillar from 2022-02-23T22:00:11

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Wednesday 02/23/2022 - From Master Dogen's 300 Koan Shobogenzo (True Dharma Eye), Case 41 - Shitou's "Ask the Pillar" - A student a...

Noble and Sublime Joy from 2022-02-20T17:00:29

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 02/20/2022 - What is sympathetic joy? Hojin Sensei explores one of the Four Immeasurables. In bringing our attention to the deli...

Why Do We Keep Doing the Things that Cause Us Suffering? from 2022-02-13T17:00:09

Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - Zen Mountain Monastery, Sunday 02/13/2022 - With the teachings of Shantideva and the Paramita of Patience, Gokan offers us guidance to sta...

To Be Fully Alive While Living from 2022-02-06T17:00:13

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 02/06/2022 - From Master Wu-men's Gateless Gate, Case 13 - Deshan Carries His Bowls - How do we create our own distractednes...

It’s Just This: Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part V from 2022-01-30T17:00:55

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 01/30/2022 - From Dongshan's "Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi" - The conclusion of a series on Master Dongshan's poem, this...

Even More Patience from 2022-01-28T22:00:24

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Friday 01/28/2022 - One of the Paramitas (or Perfections) is patience, and if you've ever reached the limits of yours, you know there c...

Seeing Into Delusion: Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part IV from 2022-01-26T22:00:48

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Wednesday 01/26/2022 - From Dongshan's "Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi" - Faith is required—just enough to keep returning to a si...

Answering the Call: Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part III from 2022-01-23T17:00:27

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 01/23/2022 - From Dongshan's "Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi" and Thich Nhat Hanh's "Please Call Me By My True Names" (Thi...

Lessons from Bodhsattva Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 2022-01-16T17:00:57

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 01/16/2022 - Celebrating the Love in Action of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Invoking the life and words of Rev. Martin Lut...

Everything Is Workable from 2022-01-09T17:00:13

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 01/09/2022 - From The Gateless Gate, Case 20 - A Person of Great Strength

Fusatsu: Undertaking Great Compassion Without Delay from 2022-01-01T04:00:12

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Friday Evening 12/31/2021 - Shugen Roshi offers inspiration on the virtues of vow during the New Year's Eve Fusatsu, or renewal of ...

Not to Worry! from 2021-12-30T22:00:51

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Thursday 12/30/2021 - From Transmission of the Light, Case 41 - The 40th Ancestor, Great Master Tongan Daopi

A Brief History of Non-doing from 2021-12-29T22:00:37

Danica Shoan Ankele, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - Zen Mountain Monastery, Wednesday 12/29/2021 - Mn. Shoan begins with a powerful thought experiment and then takes us on a journey recounting...

The Mirror Of Experience: Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part II from 2021-12-28T22:00:08

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Tuesday 12/28/2021 - From Dongshan's "Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi" - This is Part 2 of Shugen Roshi's teaching on Dongshan's p...

Appreciating The Monastic Life from 2021-12-19T17:00:39

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 12/19/2021 - Shugen Roshi offers this dharma discourse on the monastic life.

Buddha’s Lions Roar from 2021-12-12T17:45:23

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - Zen Center of NYC, Fire Lotus Temple, Sunday 12/12/2021 - Dharma talk at the completion of the vigil commemorating Buddha's enlightenment. - Hojin sensei speaks to the l...

Now You Have It, Keep It Well: Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part I from 2021-12-12T17:30:57

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 12/12/2021 - From Dongshan's "Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi" - Shugen Roshi offers this Dharma Discourse as a fitting tea...

Now You Have It, Keep It Well: Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part I from 2021-12-12T17:30:57

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 12/12/2021 - From Dongshan's "Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi" - Shugen Roshi offers this Dharma Discourse as a fitting tea...

A Bodhisattva Does Not Wait from 2021-12-05T17:45:38

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 12/05/2021 - From Wumen's Gateless Gate, Case 39 - Yunmen says you've missed it. - When we experience suffering, more often ...

A Nature Like Ashes from 2021-12-05T17:30:33

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - Zen Center of NYC, Fire Lotus Temple, Sunday 12/05/2021 - Hojin Sensei speaks on the practice of patience, drawing on historical and modern day bodhisattvas, skillfully ...

Beholding, Not Beholden from 2021-11-28T17:00:49

Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - Zen Mountain Monastery, Sunday 11/28/2021 - From Bodhidharma's "Breakthrough Sermon" - Drawing inspiration from Bodhidharma's "Breakthroug...

A Terrible Gift from 2021-11-28T16:55:17

Patrick Yunen Kelly, Senior Lay Student - Zen Center of New York City, 11/28/2021 - Yunen explores the universal experience of grief, examining how it can come into our lives through tremendous los...

Shuso Hossen featuring Degna Chikei Levister from 2021-11-21T17:00:32

Degna Chikei Levister, Senior Lay Student - Zen Mountain Monastery, Sunday 11/21/2021 - True Dharma Eye, Case 2 - Baizhang Remains Seated - On November 21st, we concluded our Fall 90-day ango train...

Shuso Hossen featuring Degna Chikei Levister from 2021-11-21T17:00:32

Degna Chikei Levister, Senior Lay Student - Zen Mountain Monastery, Sunday 11/21/2021 - True Dharma Eye, Case 2 - Baizhang Remains Seated - On November 21st, we concluded our Fall 90-day ango train...

The Middle Way Is Close from 2021-11-20T22:00:14

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Saturday 11/20/2021 - From Transmission of the Light, Case 22 - The 21st Indian Ancestor, Vasubandhu - As we practice to free ourse...

Anger and its Discontents (It’s not about the meatloaf) from 2021-11-19T22:00:20

Maureen Jisho Ford, Senior Lay Student - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Friday 11/19/2021 - Senior lay student and retired mental health professional Maureen Jisho Ford investigates the roots of...

Everyone Has Their Own Light from 2021-11-18T22:00:44

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Thursday 11/18/2021 - From The Blue Cliff Record, Case 86 - Everyone Has Their Own Light - Hogen Sensei asks us: "how can we talk about e...

Trust the Dharma from 2021-11-17T22:00:20

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Wednesday 11/17/2021 - From Transmission of the Light, Case 28 - The 27th Indian Ancestor, Prajnatara - Of all the possible directi...

The Body Exposed from 2021-11-14T17:45:31

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 11/14/2021 - From The Blue Cliff Record, Case 27 - Yun Men's "The Body Exposed, The Golden Wind" - There's a banquet of teac...

Alive to Cause and Effect from 2021-11-07T17:45:49

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 11/07/2021 - From Wumen's Gateless Gate, Case 2 - Baizhang and the Fox - With this teisho, Shugen Roshi sums up the Ango Int...

Good Grief from 2021-11-07T17:30:42

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - Zen Center of NYC, Fire Lotus Temple, Sunday 11/07/2021 - Hojin Sensei talks about grief as a process, and what it means to practice good grief. She brings in teachings ...

Words Cannot Reach It from 2021-10-31T16:00:01

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 10/31/2021 - From The Record of the Transmission of the Light, Case 30 - Huike - There are phrases one may hear at a Zen Mon...

Continuous Practice from 2021-10-31T15:30

Katie Yosha Scott-Childress, Senior Lay Student - Zen Center of New York City, Fire Lotus Temple, Sunday 10/31/2021 - Senior lay student Yosha shares her story of entering the Zen path and what con...

Dharma Encounter: Vows from 2021-10-24T16:00:01

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 10/24/2021 - Dharma Encounter at the Conclusion of the Harvest Moon Sesshin.

Dharma Encounter: Vows from 2021-10-24T16:00:01

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 10/24/2021 - Dharma Encounter at the Conclusion of the Harvest Moon Sesshin.

What is this“It”? from 2021-10-23T21:00:33

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Saturday 10/23/2021 - From Wumen's Gateless Gate, Case 38 - It's Like a Buffalo Passing Through A Window - "The world is but the ta...

The Jeweled Net of One Body-Mind from 2021-10-22T21:00:35

Katie Yosha Scott-Childress, Senior Lay Student - Zen Mountain Monastery, 10/22/2021 - Senior lay student Yosha shares the joy, inspiration and encouragement she receives from her study and explora...

The Jeweled Net of One Body-Mind from 2021-10-22T21:00:35

Katie Yosha Scott-Childress, Senior Lay Student - Zen Mountain Monastery, 10/22/2021 - Senior lay student Yosha shares the joy, inspiration and encouragement she receives from her study and explora...

Sometimes…… from 2021-10-21T21:00:10

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Thursday 10/21/2021 - From the poetry of David Whyte - Hogen Sensei asks us to consider the questions - we all have - that, As David Whyt...

Sometimes a Soft Autumn Breeze, Sometimes a Raging Fire from 2021-10-20T21:00:27

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Wednesday 10/20/2021 - From The Book of Serenity, Case 33 - Sangsheng's "Golden Fish" - The teachings talk a lot about being free a...

Jukai Ceremony, Fall Ango 2021 from 2021-10-17T16:00:41

Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 10/17/2021 - Shugen Roshi officiates the Fall Ango Jukai ceremony at Zen Mountain Monastery in which five students receive the sixteen Buddhist precepts: Je...

Shugen Roshi with Dr. Philip Ninan from 2021-10-13T19:58:09

A live conversation between Shugen Arnold, Roshi, abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery, and Buddhist neuroscientist Dr. Phillip Ninan. The two tackle a number of tricky questions where the findings of s...

Vulnerable Buddha from 2021-10-10T15:00:04

Danica Shoan Ankele, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - Zen Mountain Monastery, Sunday 10/10/2021 - In allowing ourselves to be uncomfortable, in experiencing the discomfort of whatever is binding...

Skillful Means of Liberation from 2021-10-03T16:00:22

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 10/03/2021 - From The Blue Cliff Record, Case 100 - Pa Ling's Blown Hair Sword - What are the most effective, skillful means...

Dharma Encounter: Wisdom and Compassion Together from 2021-09-26T16:00:20

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 09/26/2021 - Dharma Encounter at the Conclusion of the Mountains and Rivers Sesshin - How do wisdom and compassion manifest...

Seeking the Way With Gratitude from 2021-09-25T21:00:45

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Saturday 09/25/2021 - From Transmission of the Light, Case 17 - The 17th Indian Ancestor, Rahulata (Ragarata)

The All Pervading Subtlety of Karma from 2021-09-24T21:00:46

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Friday 09/24/2021 - The Book of Equanimity, Case 18 - Zhaozhou's "Dog"

Studying Karma by Paying Attention to Ourselves from 2021-09-23T21:00:23

Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic - Zen Mountain Monastery, Thursday 09/23/2021 - "Begin with the Body." Gokan suggests that studying the vital, but seemingly esoteric, subject of karma -  i.e...

Karma: How, Why and When from 2021-09-22T21:00:37

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Wednesday 09/22/2021 - From Transmission of the Light, Case 21 - The 21st Indian Ancestor, Jayata

The Teachings Make Their Way To Us Through The Ages from 2021-09-19T16:00:49

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 09/19/2021 - From The Book of Serenity, Case 13 - Linji's "Blind Ass" - It's important to study the lives of the ancestors a...

Fusatsu: Joyful, Pure, Eternal Being from 2021-09-17T00:00:18

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Thursday Evening 09/16/2021 - Dharma Talk during the September Fusatsu Ceremony - How do we consciously live a moral life? How do w...

The Bountiful Harvest from 2021-09-12T16:00:17

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 09/12/2021 - From The True Dharma Eye - Case 21: Panshan’s “Cut a Fine Piece”

“Don’t Be Just One”–Fall 2021 Ango Opening Talk from 2021-09-05T16:00:36

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 09/05/2021 - Ango Opening Talk with Introduction of the Chief Disciple

Raising Bodhicitta from 2021-09-04T21:00:45

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Saturday 09/04/2021 - From Master Dogen's Shobogenzo Fascicle "Arousing the Aspiration for Enlightenment"

Sweeping the Ground from 2021-08-29T16:00:49

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 08/29/2021 - From the Book of Serenity - Case 21: Ungan Sweeps the Ground - In this concluding talk to Hazy Moon Sesshin, Sh...

Sweeping the Ground from 2021-08-29T16:00:49

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 08/29/2021 - From the Book of Serenity - Case 21: Ungan Sweeps the Ground - In this concluding talk to Hazy Moon Sesshin, Sh...

Awakening From What? Into What? from 2021-08-28T21:00:38

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Saturday 08/28/2021 - From the Mumonkan (Gateless Gate) – Case 41: Bodhidharma and Peace of Mind

An Empty Heart Full of Love from 2021-08-27T21:00:50

Danica Shoan Ankele, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - Zen Mountain Monastery, Friday 08/27/2021 - In this clear talk from Hazy Moon Sesshin, dharma holder Shoan Ankele focuses on how we can use ...

A Life Of No Regrets from 2021-08-26T21:00:42

Chris Yudo Abraham, Senior Lay Student - Zen Mountain Monastery, Thursday  08/26/2021 - From Milarepa: "This path leads to a Life of no Regrets." - Appreciate our lives? It seems simple at first bu...

Compassion Embodied from 2021-08-25T21:00:55

Susan Seien Wilder, Senior Lay Student - Zen Mountain Monastery, Wednesday 08/26/2021 - Seien begins her heartfelt talk by inviting the Sangha to chant the Sutra of Great Compassion together. She g...

Practicing Patience from 2021-08-22T21:30:31

Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic - Zen Mountain Monastery, Sunday 8/22/2021 - In our life, we experience not getting what we want, getting what we don’t want, so we try to change things immed...

The Mind that Delights in Virtue from 2021-08-15T17:08:56

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday Morning 08/15/2021 - From The Book of Serenity, Case 75 - Ruiyan's 'Constant Principle' - Shugen Roshi asks "What is change?...

Renunciation from 2021-08-15T15:22:47

Rev. Chimyo Simone Atkinson - Zen Center of New York City, 08/15/21 - What does renunciation mean in our culture? How does it relate or differ to Western Christian notions of leaving the world? Thi...

Calling Forth the Master Within the Barrier from 2021-08-08T16:00:15

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday Morning 08/08/2021 - From The Blue Cliff Record, Case 56 - Ch'in Shan's One Arrowpoint Smashes 3 Barriers - Shugen Roshi cho...

Resting In The Hundred Streams from 2021-08-08T15:30:33

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - Zen Center of New York City, Fire Lotus Temple, 08/08/2021 - From the Teachings of Master Hongzhao - Hojin Sensei discusses Master Hongzhao's poetic instructions on zaze...

Proliferating Variants from 2021-08-01T16:00:07

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday Morning 08/01/2021 - From The Book of Serenity, Case 19 - Ummon's Mount Sumeru - Apologies for the microphone problem during...

Dongshan’s Five Ranks–Part 3 of 3 from 2021-07-25T15:00:13

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday Morning 07/25/2021 - From Master Dongshan's Five Ranks - Shugen Roshi teaches that the "Five Ranks" describing stages of rea...

Searching for the Ox from 2021-07-25T14:00:46

Patrick Yunen Kelly, Senior Lay Student - Zen Center of New York City, 07/25/2021 - Yunen talks about the first stage of the Zen practice, "Searching for the Ox". He invites practitioners to contem...

Dongshan’s Five Ranks–Part 2 of 3 from 2021-07-24T21:00:11

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Saturday Afternoon 07/24/2021 - From Master Dongshan's Five Ranks - Shugen Roshi teaches that the "Five Ranks" describing stages of...

Cultivating Realization from 2021-07-23T01:00:13

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei - Zoom Broadcast, Thursday Evening 07/22/2021 - True Dharma Eye, Case 123 - Mayu's "Nature of the Wind"

Dongshan’s Five Ranks–Part 1 of 3 from 2021-07-22T01:00:31

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Wednesday Evening 07/21/2021 - Dongshan's Five Ranks - Part 1 of 3 - Shugen Roshi teaches that the "Five Ranks" describing stages o...

A Fresh State of Being from 2021-07-21T01:00:45

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Tuesday Evening 07/20/2021 - From the Teachings of Yogini Machig Labdrőn - Hojin Sensei offers us the teachings of Machig Labdrőn, a Ti...

The Interdependence of Squabbling Squashes from 2021-07-18T16:00:06

Shohaku Okumura, Roshi - via Zoom, Zen Mountain Monastery, Sunday 07/18/21 - Teachings from  "Opening the Hand of Thought" (by Okumura Roshi's teacher Kosho Uchiyama) - In today's talk, presented t...

Untangling the Tangle from 2021-07-11T16:00:16

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, Sunday 07/11/2021 - True Dharma Eye, Case 227 - Priest Xixian’s “I’m Am Watching”

Adventitous Defilements from 2021-07-04T16:00:50

Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic - Zen Mountain Monastery, 07/04/2021 - From a Diamond Sutra Commentary: "Consider the tree outside the door. Although it serves as a resting place for birds, ...

Continuous Practice–Part 3 from 2021-06-27T16:00:06

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, Sunday 06/27/2021 - Teachings From Master Dogen's Shobogenzo: "Continuous Practice" - In this third talk on Master Dogen's Shobogenzo fascicl...

Continuous Practice–Part 2 from 2021-06-26T21:00:18

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, Saturday 06/26/2021 - Teachings From Master Dogen's Shobogenzo: "Continuous Practice" - Continuing from his discourse of June 23rd, Shugen Ro...

Confusion and Recognition from 2021-06-25T21:00:51

Danica Shoan Ankele, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - Zen Mountain Monastery, Friday 06/25/2021 - In this illuminating and imaginative talk from Summer Solstice Sesshin, dharma holder Shoan Anke...

Who Knows Where The Time Goes? from 2021-06-24T21:00:10

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei - Zoom Broadcast, 6/24/2021 - Teachings from Eihei Dogen, William Shakespeare and Nina Simone - How do we understand the ceaseless change which is our life? Hogen Sensei del...

Continuous Practice–Part 1 from 2021-06-23T21:00:17

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, Wednesday 06/23/2021 - Teachings From Master Dogen's Shobogenzo: "Continuous Practice" - Master Dogen says that our practice affects the enti...

Don’t Know from 2021-06-20T16:00:29

Rev. Chimyo Simone Atkinson - Zen Mountain Monastery, 06/20/21 - Book of Serenity Case 2: "Emperor Wu Asked The Great Teacher Bodhidharma" - In this heart-warming Dharma talk, Chimyo Sensei recount...

The Whole Of What We Are from 2021-06-13T16:00:55

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, 06/13/2021 - Gateless Gate, Case 16 - "The Bell Sound and the Priest's Robe" - At the conclusion of this month's introductory "Zen Training W...

Monastic Ordination for Yusen Taikyo Gilman and Josen Hokyu Aronson from 2021-06-06T15:00:15

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, 6/6/2021 - Today the Monastery held the first double monastic ordination in our 40+ year history. Shugen Roshi officiated this shukke tokudo ...

Shuso Hossen: Linda Shinji Hoffman from 2021-05-30T16:00:11

Linda Shinji Hoffman, Senior Lay Student - Zen Mountain Monastery, 05/30/2021 - True Dharma Eye, case #199 - Dongshan's Essential Path - On May 30th, we concluded our Spring 90-day ango training pe...

Shuso Hossen: Linda Shinji Hoffman from 2021-05-30T16:00:11

Linda Shinji Hoffman, Senior Lay Student - Zen Mountain Monastery, 05/30/2021 - True Dharma Eye, case #199 - Dongshan's Essential Path - On May 30th, we concluded our Spring 90-day ango training pe...

Here, There’s More For Us To Learn from 2021-05-29T21:00:06

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, 05/29/2021 - Gateless Gate, Case 48 - Ch'ien-feng's "One Way" - How do we harmonize inner and outer and learn to understand the expression of...

Faith In Bodhicitta from 2021-05-28T19:00:55

Katie Yosha Scott-Childress, Senior Lay Student - Zen Mountain Monastery, 05/28/2021 - Exploring verses from the Mahayana Sutralamkara, Yosha shares the inspiration she receives from these explicit...

What Isn’t Picking and Choosing? from 2021-05-27T19:00:45

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, 05/27/2021 - Blue Cliff Record, Case 57 - Zhaozhou's "Stupid Oaf" - In the language of the Dharma, how is "the self" a barrier, and how is it...

Who Can Say the Word Love? from 2021-05-26T19:00:06

Prabu Gikon Vasan, Senior Lay Practitioner - Zen Mountain Monastery, 05/26/2021 - Making a connection between Master Dogen’s “Ten Directions” fascicle and lines from a number of contemporary poets,...

How Do We Give Life To Faith? from 2021-05-23T16:00:55

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei - Zoom Broadcast, 5/23/2021 - Mumonkan (Gateless Gate) – Case 23: Think Neither Good Nor Evil - Hogen Sensei uses this well-known interaction between Hui Neng, the Sixth Anc...

Noble Path Talk–Virginia Black from 2021-05-20T21:00:39

Virginia Black, Sangha Member - Zen Center of New York City, 05/20/2021 - The Noble Path series offers personal accounts of MRO sangha members coming to practice and dives into their experiences wa...

It’s Not Complicated from 2021-05-16T16:00:43

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, 05/16/2021 - Blue Cliff Record, Case 58 - Zhaozhou's Can't Explain. - As we share this earth with countless other creatures, we easily forget...

Jukai Ceremony, Spring Ango 2021 from 2021-05-09T16:00:26

Shugen Roshi officiates the Spring Ango Jukai ceremony at Zen Mountain Monastery in which two students received the sixteen Buddhist precepts: Scrap Kyuko (“Enduring Peace”) Wren & Pat Shosen ...

Fusatsu: The Brahma Net Sutra from 2021-05-07T01:00:25

Hojin Sensei introduces us to the Buddha's Brahma Net Sutra in which he confirms that the Precepts are the heart of our humanity. How do we cultivate practice as a Bodhisattva, one who dedicates th...

Dharma Encounter April 2021 from 2021-04-25T16:00:01

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, 04/25/2021 - Dharma Encounter at the Conclusion of the 2021 Apple Blossom Sesshin - Shugen Roshi begins with the koan in the last paragraph o...

Within There is a Jewel from 2021-04-24T21:00:35

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, 04/24/2021 - Blue Cliff Record, Case 62 - Yunmen’s “Within There is a Jewel” - Shugen Roshi reminds us that we are the creators of our lives....

Investigating Wonder from 2021-04-23T21:00:28

Danica Shoan Ankele, Senior Monastic - Zen Mountain Monastery, 04/23/2021 - Drawing inspiration from Master Hongzhi’s teachings “Cultivating the Empty Field”, Monastic Shoan invites us to tap into ...

All is Burning from 2021-04-22T21:00:10

Patrick Yunen Kelly, Senior Lay Student - Zen Mountain Monastery (Via Zoom), 04/22/2021 - Bringing forth the Fire Sermon Discourse, one of the Buddha’s earliest teachings, Yunen asks us to investig...

Serenity in a World of Trouble from 2021-04-21T21:00:58

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, 4/21/2021 - Book of Serenity, Case 60 - Iron-Grinder Liu - Evoking this pithy exchange between Liu Tiemo and her teacher Guishan, Shugen Rosh...

Novice Ordination for Kien Martin from 2021-04-18T18:50:13

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, 4/18/2021 - Halfway through Ango, Shugen Roshi officiated this novice monastic ordination for Jeffrey Kien Martin. Kien is currently the Mona...

Noble Path Talk – Tenfu Loisel from 2021-04-15T21:00:29

Zabeth Tenfu Loisel, Lay Student - Zen Center of New York City, 04/15/2021 - The Noble Path series offers personal accounts of MRO sangha members coming to practice and dives into their experiences...

Buddha Speech from 2021-04-11T12:43:14

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, 4/11/2021 - The Blue Cliff Record, Case 95 - Ch'ang Ch'ing's "Three Poisons" - Picking up where he left off from a previous Fusatsu talk on R...

Fusatsu: Learning How to Speak from 2021-04-08T13:29:33

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 4/8/2021  

Unborn, Undying from 2021-04-04T17:09:51

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - Zen Mountain Monastery, 4/4/2021 - As we celebrate the Buddha's Birthday today, Hojin Sensei offers a teaching from Zen Master Bankei: "What I teach everyone, in these t...

Collective Liberation from 2021-03-30T20:48:44

Dharma Encounter from 2021-03-28T18:08:40

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 3/28/2021 Dharma Encounter Master Dogen, in his fascicle...

Letting Go of the Mental Map from 2021-03-27T22:44:27

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 3/27/2021 The True Dharma Eye, Case 11 –...

This Dharma is for You from 2021-03-26T22:34:08

Danica Shoan Ankele, Senior Monastic - Zen Mountain Monastery, 3/26/2021 - Through the teachings of Buddhist ancestors from different schools of Buddhism, monastic Shoan invokes Bodhidharma, Prajna...

Zhaozhou’s “Why not Quote it Fully?” from 2021-03-25T23:45:02

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei Broadcasted via zoom, 3/25/2021 The Blue Cliff Record, case 59: Zhaozhou’s...

There is Only One Dharma from 2021-03-25T22:45:02

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei Broadcasted via zoom, 3/25/2021 The Blue Cliff Record, case 59: Zhaozhou’s...

Master Dogen’s “Ten Directions” Part 1 from 2021-03-24T22:37:54

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 3/24/2021 From Master Dogen’s Shobogenzo Fascicle 60 –...

Taking on the Pains of this World from 2021-03-21T17:25:15

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 3/21/2021 Shugen Roshi begins by leading us through...

Noble Path Talk – Diego Antoni from 2021-03-19T01:00:10

Diego Antoni, Lay Student Zen Center of New York City, 03/18/2021 The Noble Path series...

Holding Up from 2021-03-14T17:11:56

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 3/14/2021 Book of Serenity, Case 84: “Judi’s ‘One...

Fusatsu: Spring Deity and Earth Protectors from 2021-03-11T16:26:06

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 3/11/2021 For this first Ango Fusatsu, this special...

Spring 2021 Ango Opening from 2021-03-07T18:00:26

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 3/7/2021  

Quingyuan from 2021-02-28T18:19:39

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 2/28/2021 Transmission of the Light, Case 35: Quingyuan...

Neither the Wind, Nor the Flag from 2021-02-21T18:04:21

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 2/21/2021 Mumonkan (Gateless Gate) – Case 29: Neither...

Shigong’s Emptiness from 2021-02-14T19:51:09

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei Broadcasted from Hogen Sensei’s home in Pennsylvania, 2/14/2021 The True Dharma...

Collapsing Moments from 2021-02-07T18:02:49

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 2/7/2021 Mumonkan (Gateless Gate) – Case 23: Think...

Noble Path Talk – Joshin from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Sandy Joshin DelValle Zen Center of New York City, 09/29/2020 The Noble Path series offers...

Noble Path Talk – Oliver from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Oliver Hartman Zen Center of New York City, 10/01/2020 The Noble Path series offers personal...

Monastic Shen’s Fish and Net from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi The True Dharma Eye: Master Dogen’s Three Hundred Koans (Shinji Shobogenzo), Case 124  Zen...

Fusatsu: April 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 04/09/2020 Simplicity in practice of the precepts cuts against...

Yunmen’s Every Day is a Good Day from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 04/05/2020 Blue Cliff Record, Case 6 The challenging unknowns...

Mondo on the Metta Sutta from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 03/29/2020 A Question and Answer session between Shugen Roshi...

Ta Lung’s Hard and Fast Body of Reality from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 03/28/2020 Blue Cliff Record, Case 82 In a time...

Yunmen’s Every Atom Samadhi from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 03/26/2020 Blue Cliff Record, Case 50 The monk in...

Lost and Found from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Robert Rakusan Ricci, Senior Monastic Zen Mountain Monastery, 03/25/2020 What does it mean to be...

How Dirty is This Water? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 03/22/2020 From The Record of Master Dongshan In the...

The Four Meditations from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 03/15/2020 From Master Dogen’s Zuimonki “Our life changes moment...

Qingshui: A Poor Monastic from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 03/08/2020 Gateless Gate Case 10 Buddhist practice is driven...

Spring Ango Opening, ZCNYC, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei  Zen Center of New York City, 03/08/2020 Exploring the study text...

Suffering Cannot Reach It from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei  Zen Center of New York City, 03/07/2020 True Dharma Eye, Case...

Transmission of the Light from Hongren to Huineng from 2021-01-31T18:26:09

Face to Face Transmission from 2021-01-31T18:07:08

What is Body Practice? from 2021-01-30T14:13:52

Katie Yosha Scott-Childress, Senior Lay Student Zen Mountain Monastery, 1/29/2021 Senior lay student Yosha explores...

Never Disparaging Bodhisattva from 2021-01-29T14:00:23

Patrick Yunen Kelly, Senior Lay Student Zen Mountain Monastery (Via Zoom), 01/27/2021 Senior lay student...

Carrying Sorrow onto the Path from 2021-01-24T19:04:14

Awakening Justice: Full Sunday Service from 2021-01-22T16:40:50

Zen Mountain Monastery, 1/17/2021 This week, the Monastery and MRO sangha honored the life and...

Awakening Justice from 2021-01-19T21:33:27

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 1/17/2021 This week, the Monastery and MRO sangha...

Brave Together: A Conversation Panel from 2021-01-17T19:00:53

On Thursday evening, we tuned in to Brave Together. This conversation panel was moderated by...

Noble Path Talk – Yunen Kelly from 2021-01-14T15:19:25

Patrick Yunen Kelly, Senior Lay Student Zen Center of New York City, 01/14/2021 The Noble...

Mind is Buddha from 2021-01-10T18:02:34

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 1/10/2021 Mumonkan (Gateless Gate) – Case 30: Mind...

On the Road to Find Out from 2021-01-03T18:04:47

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 01/03/2021 Mumonkan (Gateless Gate) – Case 31: Joshu...

Fusatsu: The 2021 New Year from 2021-01-03T13:41:32

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 12/31/2020 Zen Mountain Monastery guides us into the...

Breathing Into Humility from 2020-12-31T14:40:46

Encountering Buddha from 2020-12-30T14:30:59

Danica Shoan Ankele, Senior Monastic Zen Mountain Monastery, 12/29/2020 What is the method that allows...

Blue Mountain Walks from 2020-12-29T14:40:25

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei Broadcasted from Hogen Sensei’s home in Pennsylvania, 12/28/2020 Invoking the beloved...

Alone in the Forest from 2020-12-28T14:26:30

Prabu Gikon Vasan, Senior Lay Practitioner Zen Mountain Monastery, 12/27/2020 Perhaps all of us can...

The Distance of Heaven and Earth from 2020-12-20T17:54:12

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 12/20/2020  

Shakyamuni Buddha from 2020-12-13T18:00:50

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 12/13/2020 The Transmission of the Light, Case #1

What is Solitude? from 2020-12-06T18:01:50

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 12/6/2020 The Blue Cliff Record, Case 26: “Baizhang’s...

What is Sanctuary? from 2020-11-29T17:51

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 11/29/2020 Book of Serenity, Case 4: “The World-Honored...

Mondo on Humility, Confidence, and Inspiration from 2020-11-24T14:07:13

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 11/22/2020 A question and answer session with Shugen...

Always Examine the State of your Mind from 2020-11-21T23:25:51

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 11/21/2020 Shugen Roshi continues his teachings from  The...

Bodhisattva, Wise and Tender from 2020-11-21T14:26:52

Danica Shoan Ankele, Senior Monastic Zen Mountain Monastery, 11/20/2020 Senior monastic Shoan delivers an impassioned...

Seize the Weapon of the Antidote from 2020-11-20T14:14:40

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 11/19/2020 Shugen Roshi continues his teachings from  The...

Not Betraying Others from 2020-11-19T14:28:20

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei Broadcasted from Hogen Sensei’s home in Pennsylvania, 11/18/2020 Case 47 from...

Harmonizing Inner and Outer from 2020-11-15T17:47:15

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 11/15/2020 Shugen Roshi continues his teachings from  The...

Freeing from Delusion from 2020-11-08T17:59:53

Fusatsu: In Touch with Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva from 2020-11-05T14:56:29

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei Zen Mountain Monastery, 11/5/2020  

Love Thy Enemies from 2020-11-01T18:07:33

Noble Path Talk – Tommy Smoot from 2020-10-29T15:41:30

Tommy Smoot Zen Center of New York City, 10/29/2020 The Noble Path series offers personal...

Mondo on Metta Loving-Kindness Practice from 2020-10-28T15:39:52

Transforming Negative Actions on the Bodhisattva Path from 2020-10-25T12:38:53

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 10/24/2020 Shugen Roshi continues his teachings from  The...

An Old Man Alone in the Morning from 2020-10-24T13:33:45

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei Broadcasted from Hogen Sensei’s home in Pennsylvania, 10/23/2020 Rarely do we,...

Giving Generously to Thieves from 2020-10-23T13:39:22

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 10/22/2020 Shugen Roshi continues his teachings from  The...

One Fortunate Attachment from 2020-10-22T13:47:57

Benefiting Others from 2020-10-20T22:26:33

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 10/18/2020 From  “The Thirty Seven Verses on the...

Fusatsu: Developing Bodhicitta from 2020-10-16T18:41:47

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 10/15/2020 From  “The Thirty Seven Verses on the...

Celebrating a Forty Year Archive of Sanity from 2020-10-11T18:36:13

ZMM Podcast Presents: An Interview with Bethany Senkyu Saltman from 2020-10-10T20:57:43

Buddhist Studies – Session 2 from 2020-10-08T13:28:09

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 10/7/2020 Fall Ango Study Session #2 on “The...

In Touch with Manjushri Bodhisattva from 2020-10-04T16:43:44

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei Zen Mountain Monastery, 10/4/2020  

Noble Path Talk – Oliver Hartman from 2020-10-01T20:15:41

Noble Path Talk – Joshin Del Valle from 2020-09-29T20:15:47

Sandy Joshin Del Valle Zen Center of New York City, 09/29/2020 The Noble Path series...

Mondo on the Courage of the Bodhisattva Path from 2020-09-28T22:24:37

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 9/27/2020 A question and answer session with Shugen...

Relying on a Spiritual Friend from 2020-09-26T22:40:23

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 9/26/2020 From  “The Thirty Seven Verses on the...

In Touch with Jizo Bodhisattva from 2020-09-26T13:19:30

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei Zen Mountain Monastery, 09/25/2020 We may find ourselves asking who is...

What’s Underneath the Mask? from 2020-09-25T13:38:53

Patrick Yunen Kelly, Senior Lay Student Zen Mountain Monastery (Via Zoom), 09/24/2020 Senior Lay Student...

Giving up Negative Friendships from 2020-09-24T13:28:32

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 9/23/2020 From  “The Thirty Seven Verses on the...

Letting Go of This Life from 2020-09-21T19:45:01

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 9/20/2020 From  “The Thirty Seven Verses on the...

Buddhist Studies – Session 1 from 2020-09-17T11:34:54

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 9/16/2020 Fall Ango Study Session #1 on “The...

A Precious Human Life, So Hard to Obtain from 2020-09-13T16:56:56

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 9/13/2020 From  “The Thirty Seven Verses on the...

Fusatsu: September 2020 from 2020-09-11T13:52:18

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 9/10/2020 Shugen Roshi takes up the powerful liturgy of...

Fall 2020 Ango Opening Talk from 2020-09-06T22:59:41

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 9/06/2020 Speaking about the power we have in...

Mondo: Fall 2020 Ango Opening from 2020-09-05T15:59:42

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi & Ron Hogen Green, Sensei & Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei Zoom,...

The Importance of a Contemplative Life from 2020-08-30T19:10:49

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 8/30/2020 Shugen Roshi returns to the topic of...

Zhaozhou’s “Wash Your Bowl” from 2020-08-23T17:04:57

“Take a torch and make a special search deep into the night,” the pointer to...

Dukkha from 2020-08-22T22:17:58

Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic Zen Mountain Monastery, 8/22/2020 In this talk, senior monastic Gokan...

A Seamless Monument For Our Times from 2020-08-21T22:20:32

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 8/21/2020 Book of Serenity, Case 85: “The Appearance...

Garden Dharma from 2020-08-20T23:38:45

Michael Yukon Grody, Senor Monastic Zen Mountain Monastery, 8/20/2020 Each year the Monastery gardener, Yukon,...

Vast Is The Robe of Liberation from 2020-08-19T22:54:13

The Labor of Love from 2020-08-18T17:17:32

Prabu Gikon Vasan, Senior Lay Practitioner Zen Mountain Monastery, 8/16/2020 Unconditional love is the kind...

Freedom’s Just Another Word from 2020-08-09T17:02:18

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 8/09/2020 In this talk, Shugen Roshi delves into...

Art Practice – Painting Spring from 2020-08-02T17:09:20

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei Zen Mountain Monastery, 08/02/2020 “Creativity is our birthright,” Daido Roshi wrote...

ZMM PODCAST: An Interview with Yogacara Scholar William Waldron from 2020-07-29T21:31:38

Thinking about emptiness might seem like a misguided approach to spiritual practice or perhaps just...

The Awakening of Faith Part II from 2020-07-26T17:22:09

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 7/26/2020 Shugen Roshi takes up the aspiration of...

Entering the Flow from 2020-07-25T22:33:50

Danica Shoan Ankele, Senior Monastic Zen Mountain Monastery, 7/25/2020 “All dharmas are ultimately liberated, they...

The Aspiration for Enlightenment through the Perfection of Faith from 2020-07-24T22:27:22

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 7/24/2020 In this talk and the one that...

Effort and Intention from 2020-07-23T22:06:24

Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic Zen Mountain Monastery, 7/23/2020 “If no wind blows, nothing stirs,”...

The Five Remembrances from 2020-07-23T13:54:04

Susan Seien Wilder, Senior Lay Practitioner Zen Mountain Monastery, 7/22/2020 In the teaching of the...

Who Are You? from 2020-07-19T17:06

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei Zen Mountain Monastery, 07/19/2020   “Who are you?” asked the caterpillar....

A Formless Field of Benefaction from 2020-07-12T17:01:45

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 7/12/2020 Each morning, Zen practitioners around the world...

Never Far From Home from 2020-07-05T17:03:32

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 07/05/2020 From the Book of Serenity, Case 56: “Spiritual...

The Bridge of No Walls from 2020-06-28T17:15:32

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 06/28/2020 The Blue Cliff Record, Case 52: “Zhaozhou let’s...

The Whole World Is Medicine from 2020-06-28T12:29:51

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei Broadcasted from Hogen Sensei’s home in Pennsylvania, 6/27/2020 Blue Cliff Record,...

Extracting the Marrow Becomes a Way of Life from 2020-06-27T13:15:56

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 6/26/2020 This talk explores a poem on meditation...

The Ocean, the Wave, and the Goddess from 2020-06-26T15:14

Danica Shoan Ankele, Senior Monastic Zen Mountain Monastery, 6/24/2020 “Vast ocean of dazzling light, marked...

Knowing How To Be Satisfied from 2020-06-25T15:17:13

Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic Zen Mountain Monastery, 6/24/2020 In this talk, Gokan investigates the...

Not Knowing is Most Intimate from 2020-06-21T19:09:46

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 06/21/2020 Book of Serenity, Case 20 : Dizang’s Intimacy...

Jukai Ceremony, Summer 2020 from 2020-06-14T19:35:14

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 6/14/2020 The moral and ethical vows of a...

The Leaf Man from 2020-06-07T19:19:31

Prabu Gikon Vasan, Senior Lay Practitioner Zen Mountain Monastery, 6/7/2020 Our minds project shape and...

The Time of Burning from 2020-05-31T19:03:07

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 05/31/2020 Following a week of sesshin practice at the...

This Floating Life a Changeable Dream (Part 2) from 2020-05-31T00:11:50

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 05/28/2020 “Immediately, change your life.” Shugen Roshi continues to...

The Wonder of Presence from 2020-05-30T14:51:13

Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic Zen Mountain Monastery, 05/29/2020 Delving into the opening lines of...

This Floating Life a Changeable Dream (Part 1) from 2020-05-29T00:32:28

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 05/28/2020 This floating life a changeable dream, yet we...

Not Holding to Fixed Views from 2020-05-28T00:18:25

Frank Kyosho Fallon, Lay Senior Zen Mountain Monastery, 05/27/2020 In this talk, Frank Kyosho Fallon,...

Circle of the Way from 2020-05-24T18:54:09

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 05/24/2020 We affect others in all that we do....

Fusatsu: Humility and Reverence from 2020-05-17T15:00:45

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei Zen Mountain Monastery, 05/15/2020 We each create the entire world in...

Prajna Paramita: Mother of All Buddhas from 2020-05-10T19:22:15

Michelle Seigei Spark, Lay Senior Zen Mountain Monastery, 05/10/2020 What is it to recognize every...

Mara Visits Bhikkhun? Sila from 2020-05-03T19:07:53

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi  Zen Mountain Monastery, 5/3/2020 At some time in meditation practice, Mara the...

Mondo: On Having a Sense of Belonging from 2020-04-26T20:14:46

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 04/26/2020 A Question and Answer session between Shugen Roshi...

Zhaozhou’s Dog (Part 2) from 2020-04-26T00:13:44

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 04/25/2020 Book of Serenity, Case 18 “All beings are...

Practicing When it’s Difficult from 2020-04-25T00:23:32

Danica Shoan Ankele, Senior Monastic Zen Mountain Monastery, 04/24/2020 How can we create space when...

Zhaozhou’s Dog (Part 1) from 2020-04-24T00:33:16

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 04/23/2020 Book of Serenity, Case 18 In part one...

Mindfulness and Grief for the World from 2020-04-23T00:31:56

Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic Zen Mountain Monastery, 04/22/2020 “It’s important how we practice.” With...

The Tripitaka is Embroidered in the Eiheiji Brocade from 2020-04-19T14:55:50

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei  Zen Mountain Monastery – Broadcasted from Hogen Sensei’s home in Pennsylvania...

The Diamond Net Presents: A Conversation About Honoring Death from 2020-04-19T00:02:39

First the podcast, an abridged version of a longer conversation you can find at the...