The Zen Mountain Monastery Podcast

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The Zen Mountain Monastery Podcast episodes

May 24, 2019 Remain Wide Open Like the Sky
Danica Shoan Ankele, Monastic
Zen Mountain Monastery, 05/24/2019

If the truth fills the whole universe and nothing is hidden, why don’t I see it? How do I work with this “mind of afflictions” which is identical to “Buddha mind”? Mn. Shoan brings us encouraging words from the Mahamudra tradition to help us with our practice of manifesting Buddha.
37 min
May 23, 2019 Before the Thought, Right Intention
Michelle Seigei Spark, Lay Senior
Zen Mountain Monastery, 5/23/2019
Being affected by and affecting others, in every interaction we can appreciate what we offer and what we receive. Lay student Seigei explores this awareness of intention, before the thought, and how with every action and in every moment we re-make the world.
44 min
May 22, 2019 Mazu’s “Mind is Buddha”
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 5/22/2019
True Dharma Eye 278Main Case: Damei Fachang asked Mazu, “What is buddha?”Mazu said, “Mind is Buddha.”
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43 min
May 19, 2019 The Never Ending Wave
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
Zen Mountain Monastery, 5/19/2019
Book of Equanimity, Case 8: “Baizhang and the Fox” Riding the waves of life is not a problem, in fact it can be joyful, even with karma playing out as it will. Hogen Sensei explores the workings of karma as never the result of one single action but an interplay between choices and situations, some of which we can see and others that we cannot. Even an enlightened being, however, should not ignore cause and effect, and neither should we.
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41 min
May 19, 2019 Art and Dharma: Waking up to Wonder
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei
Zen Center of New York City, 05/19/2019

Hojin Sensei explores art as an extension of Dharma and how it helps us keep the world fresh, new, and wondrous. Referencing visual artists, poets, and novelists, she considers how art can interrupt conditioned ways of viewing the world to allow us to live more fully.
40 min
May 12, 2019 Jukai Ceremony, Spring Ango 2019
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Zen Mountain Monastery, 5/12/2019
Shugen Roshi officiates the Spring Jukai ceremony at Zen Mountain Monastery in which the following six students received the sixteen Buddhist precepts: Tess Kisei (“Noble Vow”) Edmonds, Richard Seigen (“Sacred Eye”) Mocciaro, Ian Joren (“Pure Undivided Truth”) Falcon, Bruce Getsudo (“Way of the Moon”) Glick, Christine Zuimon (“Auspicious Gate”) Fowle, Ellery Seifu (“Sacred Wind”) Eskelin. As part of the ceremony Shugen Roshi offers teachings on the moral and ethical teachings of Zen Buddhism, and the particular challenges we face in living with, and through, these vows.
1 hr 10 min
May 12, 2019 Meeting Great Ancestor Liu Tiemo
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei
Zen Center of New York City, 05/12/2019

After invoking all mothers, Hojin Sensei turns to Iron Grindstone Liu, a formidable female teacher from the Zen tradition. Taking up an encounter between the Grindstone and her teacher, Guishan, Hojin implores us to consider—where is the true feast? Where is it ever, other than right here, right now?
43 min
May 11, 2019 The Unthinkable One You Do Not Know
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei
Zen Center of New York City, 05/11/2019

Hojin Sensei in this dharma talk begins with a poem from Thomas Merton that encourages us to be silent and listen. She asks: Can we do this? How do we do this? Our lives are both listening and responding, and deep quiet of zazen practice can compliment and help balance our usual busy, active, responsive lives.
33 min
May 10, 2019 Fusatsu: Practicing The Unity Of All Things
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, 5/10/2019
Fusatsu
This talk was given during the monthly Fusatsu Renewal of Vows ceremony. Shugen Roshi reminds us of the importance of examining our vows, our intentions, and asking what it means to practice them in all that we do. He leaves us with the question: how is the practice of a Bodhisattva the same as realizing emptiness? How are our daily lives interwoven with this?
28 min
May 10, 2019 Fusatsu: The Role of Intention In Practice
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei
Zen Center of New York City, 05/09/2019
Fusatsu
How does intention affect karma? Is intention the same as karma? Do we always have a choice? No choice? Some choice? Seeing intention can be very difficult. In this Fusatsu talk, Hojin Sensei explores the role of intention in our practice, framed by the theme of this Ango: Do wholesome action, refrain from unwholesome action, illuminate the mind.

30 min

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