The Zen Mountain Monastery Podcast

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The Zen Mountain Monastery Podcast episodes

November 16, 2023 Living An Appropriate Life
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 yourself by examining and analyzing", Hogen Sensei encourages us to clarify, on an ongoing basis, why we're practicing and to trust our direct experience as a "way in", a "journey of no distance."
44 min
November 15, 2023 Calm and Bright
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 opportunity, in our direct experience to truly see into the root of our suffering.
40 min
November 12, 2023 Practice Now
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. Cease from harm, try to create some good, and delight in others.
47 min
November 11, 2023 Fusatsu: Language of Harmony
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 practice of atonement?
24 min
November 05, 2023 Intimate Language of Light: The Old Woman’s Enlightenment
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. If you want to understand, look into your own heart.” Hojin weaves a tapestry of intimate expressions encouraging practitioners to heed the Buddha’s words: “Dwell! You are the light itself.” — the light reaches everywhere. Trust this!
43 min
November 05, 2023 Uncovering Our Inherent Goodness
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 others') inherent goodness coming to light.
42 min
October 29, 2023 Taking Refuge in Humility, Taking Refuge in the Earth
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 from self-denial or self-disparagement? And how does the capacity to step out of the way and hold the self lightly bring forth compassion?
27 min
October 29, 2023 Our Practice of Awakening: Endless Pivot Points
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 and others with Ango participants in a heartfelt discussion.
1 hr 25 min
October 28, 2023 The Way of Kindness
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?
45 min
October 28, 2023 Fusatsu: Being One With Samantabhadra Bodhisattva
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 world, Samantabhadra, the bodhisattva of “enlightened activity,” an emanation of our own practice activity in the world.
36 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…