Geoffrey Shugen Arnold
Shugen Roshi has been in full time monastic training since the mid-1980's. He received dharma transmission from Daido Roshi in 1996. He has been the Head of the Mountains and Rivers Order since Daido Roshi's passing in 2009 and is the abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 45 minutes
- Episodes
- 50
- Years Active
- 2025
Understanding Selfless Wisdom
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 4/23/25 - The Perfection of Wisdom Sutra shows us there is no intrinsic right and wrong when we understand the nature of emptiness. Selflessness is a key aspect …
00:46:21 |
Wed 23 Apr 2025
The Sacred Activity of Work
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 4/20/25 - How can we transform our everyday actions into expressions of spiritual awakening and joy? Shugen Roshi explores the concept of "Work" as not just phys…
00:43:02 |
Sun 20 Apr 2025
Mountain Light: On Zen Study
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZCNYC - 4/13/25 - The second of the Eight Gates of Zen Training is "Mountain Light: Zen Study". Don't confuse it with "Academic Study" which is the third gate. Zen Stu…
00:48:45 |
Sun 13 Apr 2025
Planting the Fields
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 4/6/25 - Planting, cultivating—how do we affect our troubled world for the better—on a spiritual path? How does this function? Shugen Roshi explores how the reas…
00:48:22 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
500 Blessed Lives, Part II
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - 3/29/25 - Every concerned person has to consider the realities of cause and effect, or karma. In fact, it’s causes and conditions that bring this moment to our awaren…
00:39:10 |
Sat 29 Mar 2025
Fusatsu: Wholesome and Unwholesome Actions
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 3/28/25 - Perfecting our actions is how we cultivate the qualities of a bodhisattva, and this is what is practiced in the moral and ethical teachings of Zen Budd…
00:39:16 |
Fri 28 Mar 2025
500 Blessed Lives
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - 3/26/25 - The Zen koan "Baizhang’s Fox" explores the nature of cause and effect (karma) and enlightenment and is taken up in this talk. Shugen Roshi explores how freed…
00:40:42 |
Wed 26 Mar 2025
Realization of Body-and-Mind
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 3/23/25 - “Shedding body and mind” is now a classic Zen phrase, and so what can it teach us about practice? Shugen Roshi explores how a novel translation of the …
00:40:57 |
Sun 23 Mar 2025
The Transformation of Karma
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - 3/16/25 - The Diamond Sutra’s teachings convey an understanding of karma at the fundamental level of dharma practice. How we get at the roots of karmic formations happ…
00:39:49 |
Sun 16 Mar 2025
Linji’s True Person
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 3/9/25 - Everything is in a constant state of becoming, including ourselves. The Buddha said of his realization that this "true self" is not dependent on one's e…
00:40:54 |
Sun 09 Mar 2025
“Mountain Training: The Eight Gates of Zen” – Spring 2025 Ango Opening Talk at ZMM
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 3/2/25 - Shugen Roshi introduces the theme of the MRO 90-day Spring Ango 2025 training period, "Mountain Training: The Eight Gates of Zen."
00:48:12 |
Sun 02 Mar 2025
Cold and Heat
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 3/1/25 - From the Blue Cliff Record, Case 43 - Tung Shan's No Cold or Heat - What are we holding on to? By facing rather than avoiding extremes, we take up the w…
00:37:21 |
Sat 01 Mar 2025
Reverence for the Three Treasures
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 2/23/25 - At the root of our ancestral lineage is reverence: for the Dharma, for practice and realization, and for all beings. In this talk Shugen Roshi explores…
00:38:27 |
Sun 23 Feb 2025
Dreaming Yourself Awake
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 2/2/25 - What do you see in front of you? Our perceptions are windows to the world, and provide material for how we create “the self” as a separate and seemingly…
00:45:30 |
Sun 02 Feb 2025
Zhaozhou’s “Mu” and Skillful Compassion
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 1/26/25 - The sole purpose of a koan is to help the student experience their true nature. As a skillful means, a koan helps us see where we are clinging, and the…
00:45:29 |
Sun 26 Jan 2025
Who Let the Dog Out?
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 1/25/25 - Like a gourd in water—push it down and it turns over and pops back up—we all begin practice easily unsettled. Shugen Roshi looks at this koan of Zhaozh…
00:45:48 |
Sat 25 Jan 2025
It’s Not About The Dog
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 1/22/25 - From Master Wu-Men's Gateless Gate - Zhaozhou's "Mu" - Within the realm of words much can be known, but how do we study the realm which is inexpressibl…
00:47:11 |
Wed 22 Jan 2025
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., a Bodhisattva’s Living Legacy
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - 1/19/25 - Invoking the life and words of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Shugen Roshi celebrates his "living legacy": the power of love and its manifestation in the Belo…
00:45:13 |
Sun 19 Jan 2025
At the Heart Of Your Path
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 1/12/25 - Gateless Gate, Case 16: The Bell's Sound and the Priest's Robe - We have these forms in Zen for meditation, for liturgy, for taking a meal and for prac…
00:38:58 |
Sun 12 Jan 2025
Joshu’s Stone Bridge
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - 1/5/25 - From the Blue Cliff Record, Case 52 - Entering the new year, we can reflect on how we are holding our practice, how it supports our connection with others, an…
00:38:51 |
Sun 05 Jan 2025
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