<img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1322" src="https://zmm.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Gokan_550-1-150x150.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" srcset="https://zmm.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Gokan_550-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://zmm.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Gokan_550-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https://zmm.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Gokan_550-1.jpg 550w" alt="" width="150" height="150" />Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior MonasticZen Mountain Monastery, 12/2/2018 Gokan uses an early teaching of the Buddha to speak about the role of the past in our practice and the need to see the way in which our past shapes our present while still being able to let that go and rest in this moment. We apologize that the first few minutes of this talk were not recorded.

Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic Zen Mountain Monastery, 12/2/2018 Gokan uses an early teaching of the Buddha to speak about the role of the past in our practice and the need to see the way in which our past shapes our present while still being able to let that go and rest in this moment. We apologize that the first few minutes of this talk were not recorded.

Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior MonasticZen Mountain Monastery, 12/2/2018&nbsp;Gokan uses an early teaching of the Buddha to speak about the role of the past in our practice and the need to see the way in which our past shapes our present while still being able to let that go and rest in this moment. We apologize that the first few minutes of this talk were not recorded.

A Single Excellent Night

The Mountains and Rivers Order (MRO) is a Western Zen Buddhist lineage established by the late John Daido Loori Roshi and dedicated to sharing the dharma as it has been passed down, generation to generation, since the time of Shakyamuni Buddha. Zen Mountain Monastery, the main house of the Mountains and Rivers Order, is one of the West’s most respected Zen Buddhist monasteries and training centers. Nestled in New York’s beautiful Catskill Mountains, the Monastery draws its strength from the ancient tradition of Buddhist monasticism. Since 1980, the Monastery has offered spiritual practitioners traditional and innovative ways to engage the dharma through a wide range of retreats and residential programs that unfold within the context of authentic, full-time Zen monastic training. The Zen Center of New York City: Fire Lotus Temple is the city branch of Zen Mountain Monastery. Supporting home practitioners in the metropolitan area, ZCNYC offers varied practice opportunities within the Eight Gates training matrix.

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