The Zen Mountain Monastery Podcast

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The Zen Mountain Monastery Podcast episodes

June 24, 2023 Seven Characteristics of a Dharma Person (Part 2 of 2)
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM 6/24/2023 - In this 2nd of 2 talks, Shugen Roshi continues to delve into these 7 characteristics, talking about the challenges we face in really living them, making them truly deeply ours. How do we practice, in a genuine way, to bring these qualities forth, all the while acknowledging the samsaric mind that accompanies our enlightened mind?
41 min
June 23, 2023 Waves of the Ocean
Michelle Seigei Spark, Lay Senior MRO Student - ZMM - 6/23/2023 - Senior lay student Seigei talks about the challenges and opportunities of working with the conditions in which we find ourselves.
47 min
June 22, 2023 Seven Characteristics of a Dharma Person (Part 1 of 2)
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM 6/22/2023 - Over two talks, Shugen Roshi delves into these 7 characteristics and talks about the challenges we face in really living them, making them truly deeply ours. How do we practice, in a genuine way, to bring these qualities forth, all the while acknowledging the samsaric mind that accompanies our enlightened mind?
43 min
June 21, 2023 Stayin’ Alive
Robert Rakusan Ricci, Senior Monastic - ZMM 6/21/2023 - What is it in me that wants to persist? Is that what being "me" is? Throughout our lives so much in our culture is teaching us to desire; reinforcing our desires... to continue being "me", to have a "full life"; stayin' alive as the song goes. Where is freedom and liberation in this? Rakusan examines this quandary. What if instead, we STOP and rest from all this activity of Stayin' Alive?
25 min
June 18, 2023 This Is Where The Work Is
Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - ZMM 6/18/2023 - Where and when do I get the opportunity to see into my true nature, the true nature of things? What hinders my being at peace in the Way? Gokan shares his insight in light of the Sixth century Faith Mind Poem and the teachings of the modern master Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche.
34 min
June 18, 2023 Straightforward Practice
Katie Yosha Scott-Childress, Senior Lay Student - ZCNYC 06/18/2023 - Yosha examines the teachings of Zen Ancestor Huineng on "straightforward mind." She speaks about the story of Huineng's Dharma transmission and what it reveals about the cultural beliefs of the time, as well as profound teachings on Buddha nature.
48 min
June 11, 2023 Right View; Right Understanding
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM 06/11/2023 - As taught by the Buddha, Right View (or Right Understanding) is the first and foremost of the Noble 8-Fold Path (the N8FP), while at the same time it originates from the dynamic relationship of all eight aspects of the N8FP. i.e. there's an order to the N8FP and there's an interdependence in no particular order as well. This is commonly illustrated by the wheel with eight spokes. Shugen Roshi explains the intricacies of Right View and its importance in grounding us and guiding us clearly along our path.
42 min
June 11, 2023 Rejoicing in the Happiness of Others
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC 6/11/2023 - What is our relationship to joy, in ourselves and in others? In this talk, Hojin Sensei explores the third of the Four Immeasurables: "May all beings live in sympathetic joy, rejoicing in the happiness of others." She speaks about the challenges and importance of this teaching, especially in the context of our suffering.
36 min
June 04, 2023 Intricacies of Perception
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM 6/04/2023 - From the Book of Serenity, Case 91 - Nanquan's "Peony" - Do we understand what our perceptions actually are? What is happening in the process when we're perceiving and attaching to things? Can we stop and see the continuous dynamic relationships going on?
40 min
June 04, 2023 Zazen Is Not Meditation
Patrick Yunen Kelly, Senior Lay Student - ZCNYC 06/04/2023 - "Zazen" literally means "sitting meditation." And yet Daido Roshi used to say, "Zazen is not meditation, contemplation, visualization, or mindfulness. It's a way of using your mind and living your life and doing it with other people." In this talk, Yunen draws on his own experience to examine the practice of zazen. What is it? Why do we sit zazen? And how does it function in daily life?
28 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…