<img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1326" src="https://zmm.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/hogen_550-1-150x150.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" srcset="https://zmm.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/hogen_550-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://zmm.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/hogen_550-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https://zmm.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/hogen_550-1.jpg 550w" alt="" width="150" height="150" />Ron Hogen Green, Sensei Zen Center of New York City, 10/31/2018 Hogen Sensei leads the last of three group study sessions on the Jataka Tales, legends about the previous lives of the Buddha found in the Pali Canon. Here he takes up the story of Kassapa, an ascetic whose almost abandons his commitment to non-harming in order to marry the king’s beautiful daughter, Candavati. The discussion focuses on gender, desire, objectification, and what it means to study texts from cultural contexts different than our own.

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei Zen Center of New York City, 10/31/2018 Hogen Sensei leads the last of three group study sessions on the Jataka Tales, legends about the previous lives of the Buddha found in the Pali Canon. Here he takes up the story of Kassapa, an ascetic whose almost abandons his commitment to non-harming in order to marry the king’s beautiful daughter, Candavati. The discussion focuses on gender, desire, objectification, and what it means to study texts from cultural contexts different than our own.

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei&nbsp;Zen Center of New York City, 10/31/2018&nbsp;Hogen Sensei leads the last of three group study sessions on the Jataka Tales, legends about the previous lives of the Buddha found in the Pali Canon. Here he takes up the story of Kassapa, an ascetic whose almost abandons his commitment to non-harming in order to marry the king’s beautiful daughter, Candavati. The discussion focuses on gender, desire, objectification, and what it means to study texts from cultural contexts different than our own.

Mondo on the Jataka Tales: Hairy Kassapa

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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