The Zen Mountain Monastery Podcast

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The Zen Mountain Monastery Podcast episodes

March 30, 2022 What Am I Missing? The Fire God Comes Looking For Fire
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Wednesday 03/30/2022 - From Master Dogen's 300 Koan Shobogenzo (True Dharma Eye), Case 122 - Fayan's Fire God - As practitioners of the Dharma, are we truly on the edge of our practice? Is peace and calm an indicator that we can rest in our accomplishment? Or is this just a transitory experience and there is more to be seen? When we reside firmly in our knowledge and don't step forth to continue inquiring more deeply, what could we be missing?
48 min
March 27, 2022 Ordinary Mind Is The Way
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 03/27/2022 - From Master Dogen's 300 Koan Shobogenzo (True Dharma Eye), Case 19 - Ordinary Mind Is The Way - What does "non-doing" actually mean? How do we understand this profound Zen teaching, and find the middle way between passivity and our regular reactive tendencies? In this talk, Shugen Roshi explores the topics of effort, effortlessness, and energy, and demystifies our ideas of non-doing.
44 min
March 27, 2022 Already this Lotus Sutra
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - Zen Center of New York City, Fire Lotus Temple, Sunday 03/27/2022 - From The Blue Cliff Record, Case 21 - Chih Men's Lotus Flower, Lotus Leaves - In this talk Hojin Sensei explores the title of the Lotus Sutra and the koan Lotus Flowers Lotus Leaves as a teaching about our Buddha nature. That there is no before and after, that we are all already included and pierced as a Buddha —just know this wondrous Dharma! That the lotus grows out of muddy waters. How do we make good use and find freedom in the darkness of our suffering just like the lotus needs the nutrients of that muck to giving and make its way to the light?
50 min
March 20, 2022 Mondo on Grief And Loss On The Path
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi and Dr. Rebecca Li - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 03/20/2022 - Shugen Roshi is joined by Dr. Rebecca Li for a lively question and answer discussion with attendees to our regular Sunday Program. Rebecca is a Dharma heir in the lineage of Chan Master Sheng Yen and the founder and guiding teacher of Chan Dharma Community. Shugen Roshi and Rebecca explore the topics of grief, loss, and skillful action.
1 hr 10 min
March 20, 2022 Zen Practice, Devotional Practice
Patrick Yunen Kelly, Senior Lay Student - Zen Center of New York City, Sunday 03/20/2022 - Yunen talks about his experience of the more devotional aspects of Zen practice. He makes connections to the Lotus Sutra and devotional practices from other religious traditions.
34 min
March 13, 2022 You Have It Too
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 03/13/2022 - From Master Wu-men's Gateless Gate, Case 26 - Two Monastics Roll Up the Bamboo Blinds - How do our projections affect our understanding of ourselves and the world around us? And how can we more clearly see these projections and the ways they cloud us from our own wisdom and Buddha Nature? In this talk, Shugen Roshi illustrates the reason we practice zazen remaining where we are, as well as the relationship between doubt, faith, and perseverance as we practice over time.
47 min
March 06, 2022 “Faith In Buddha Nature” – Spring 2022 Ango Opening Talk
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 03/06/2022 - Shugen Roshi introduces the theme of our 90-day Spring ango intensive training period, Faith in Buddha Nature. If you'd like to learn more about our Ango program and possibly participate, please click here: https://zmm.org/teachings-and-training/ango/
54 min
March 05, 2022 The Great Way Has No Side Roads
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Saturday 03/05/2022 - From Master Dogen's 300 Koan Shobogenzo (True Dharma Eye), Case 10 - Qingyuan's "Come Closer" - How do we walk the Path amidst our perceived distractions and obstructions? In this talk, Shugen Roshi explores the power of trust, and its relationship to vulnerability and intimacy. How do we trust in the Dharma? And ultimately, how do we trust ourselves?
43 min
February 27, 2022 Stop, A Prayer for Peace in a Time of War
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 02/27/2022 - From Master Dogen's 300 Koan Shobogenzo (True Dharma Eye), Case 265 - Shuilao's Enlightenment - In Buddhist practice and particularly Zen, there is a great emphasis on the power of words. Words can be both destructive or generative, can create war and can bring about peace. How do we understand the karma of our words and the actions they beget? To do so, Roshi explores the radical practice of stopping, noticing, and taking responsibility. Note: this talk begins with a prayer from Shugen Roshi for the people of Ukraine and the recent attack on their country.
53 min
February 25, 2022 Sacred Ceremony, Mystic Beings
Danica Shoan Ankele, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - Zen Mountain Monastery, Friday 02/25/2022 - In Zen practice we have many sacred containers of ceremony--liturgy, rituals, sesshins, and koans—into which we enter. And yet, why is it that we practice this ancient mystical tradition? For stress reduction, or to wake up to life's mystery and be free? In this talk, monastic Shoan explores this wisdom tradition with readings from Zenju Manuel's "The Shamanic Bones of Zen." When we enter ceremony, we can begin to see for ourselves that there is no separation between ourselves and the mystical.
44 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…