The Zen Mountain Monastery Podcast

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The Zen Mountain Monastery Podcast episodes

February 09, 2024 Courage: The Great Thing
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 2/4/24 - Opening with a poem from David Whyte, Hojin Sensei presents a variety of teachings on courage; how we can embrace what we are most terrified of, and stand firm in this constant rebirth. To meet these moments with a "thank you." Now what's true?
41 min
February 04, 2024 In Your Very Imperfections
Prabu Gikon Vasan, Senior Lay Practitioner - ZMM - 02/04/2024 Gikon shares some dharma teachings that helped him in his early years of practice. Are the great achievements of humankind only at the surface of our existence? What is and where is our fundamental perfection? What are the hindrances that give rise to suffering? Can Shunryu Suzuki's famous comment, "In your very imperfections, you will find a path to your way-seeking mind," be true?
32 min
January 28, 2024 Even the Smallest Thing…
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM -1/28/24 - From The Blue Cliff Record, Case 61 - Feng Hsueh's "One Atom of Dust" - How do we tame our judging mind and keep our awareness wide open? How do we live and act in a way that is truly appropriate to reality?
44 min
January 28, 2024 A Soft Place To Land
Degna Chikei Levister, MRO Senior Lay Student - ZCNYC - 1/28/24 - Chikei offers a glimpse of why she came to Zen Practice, and why she has stayed—this commitment to living a life in harmony.
37 min
January 27, 2024 The Cow and the Ox
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 1/27/24 - From the Book of Serenity, Case 60 - A woman student, aptly named “Iron Grindstone” Liu, encounters her teacher Guishan. Can we characterize diligent practice in any particular way? We may be able to look inward but can we look inward and stay all the way through it?
44 min
January 26, 2024 The Real Way Circulates Everywhere
Michelle Seigei Spark, Lay Senior MRO Student - ZMM - 1/26/24 - Inspired by Master Dogen's writings on zazen as well as Daido Roshi's teachings, Seigei presents us with what can bring us to meditation and what can motivate us to continue to meditate.
53 min
January 25, 2024 Cultivating Wisdom
Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - ZMM - 1/25/24 - From The Eight Awarenesses of the Enlightened Person - Gokan talks about how we uncover wisdom continuously in our everyday lives.
34 min
January 24, 2024 Engaging With Equanimity
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 1/24/24 - Shugen Roshi shares a teaching on the Four Immeasurables, emphasizing the significance of participation, engaging with equanimity.
45 min
January 21, 2024 Open To Not Knowing
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 1/21/24 - From the Book of Serenity, Case 20 - Dizang's "Nearness" - What inspires us to delve deeper into the heart of our questions; How do we keep open in the darkness and light of not knowing? How do we go about meeting the true self?
46 min
January 21, 2024 The Five Strengths
Katie Yosha Scott-Childress, Senior Lay Student - ZCNYC - 01/21/2024 - In this talk Yosha takes up the Five Strengths, which come down to us from the Lojong Mind Training of Atisha. These strengths are associated with the virtue or paramita of exertion; also translated as vigor, effort zeal, and diligence. So what does this mean to exert ourselves on this path of awakening?
49 min

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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…