The Zen Mountain Monastery Podcast
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 generation, since the time of Shakyamuni Buddha. Zen Mountain Monastery, the main house of the Mountains and Rivers Order, is one of the West’s most respected Zen Buddhist monasteries and training centers. Nestled in New York’s beautiful Catskill Mountains, the Monastery draws its strength from the ancient tradition of Buddhist monasticism. Since 1980, the Monastery has offered spiritual practitioners traditional and innovative ways to engage the dharma through a wide range of retreats and residential programs that unfold within the context of authentic, full-time Zen monastic training. The Zen Center of New York City: Fire Lotus Temple is the city branch of Zen Mountain Monastery. Supporting home practitioners in the metropolitan area, ZCNYC offers varied practice opportunities within the Eight Gates training matrix.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 129
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Sincerity in Practice
Danica Shoan Ankele, Osho - ZMM - 3/27/25 - Master Hongzhou says, "Contact phenomena with total sincerity - not a single atom of dust outside yourself." How we connect with the world of beings and th…
00:44:03 |
Thu 27 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
Opening to Liturgy
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 3/23/25 - What's Liturgy? What's not Liturgy? Hojin Sensei talks about it's place, not just as a function in the Zendo, but as a down to earth, profound opening, r…
00:44:35 |
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
Cooking Our Supreme Meal
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - 3/16/25 - What do we create out of the karma that we have now? How do we "actualize good for others"? Hojin Sensei takes us through Dogen's Fascicle "Tenzo Kyokun" (Instru…
00:49:57 |
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
The Creative Life Force
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 3/9/25 - Hojin Sensei stresses the universality of creativity; we're creating every minute of our lives. i.e. "creativity is not just about art." Or "Our whole lif…
00:34:20 |
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
Auspicious! Auspicious! Spring 2025 Ango Opening Talk at Fire Lotus Temple
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 3/2/25 - Hojin Sensei opens the Spring Ango practice period at Fire Lotus Temple and introduces this Ango's theme: "Mountain Training: The Eight Gates of Zen."
00:40:41 |
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
Thunderous Silence
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 3/1/25 - Hojin Sensei talks about Master Hakuin; his "Song of Zazen", and how his art - brushwork and poetry - was integral with his zazen and teaching process. Ho…
00:38:09 |
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
Within the Grass Roof Hermitage
Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - ZMM - 2/16/25 - Taking up this teaching from Shitou, Gokan delves into how an ancient Zen song-poem can help us find our way in our present …
00:34:27 |
Sun 16 Feb 2025
Lesson from a Goddess
Danica Shoan Ankele, Osho - ZCNYC - 2/16/25 - When polarization seems to surround us, it's imperative to recognize our own dualistic thinking in its many forms, and cultivate a habit of perspective-s…
00:45:35 |
Sun 16 Feb 2025
The Power Of Stillness
Danica Shoan Ankele, Osho - ZCNYC - 2/15/25 - When the heart becomes heavy, can we see how our minds tend to run in circles? Seeing this clearly we can have space to stop, breathe, and return to stil…
00:29:09 |
Sat 15 Feb 2025
Right Here At Home In One Breath
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 2/9/25 - Bringing together Rumi's poem "Only Breath" and The Ānāpānasati Sutta (Sutra on Mindful Breathing), Hojin Sensei takes us through a thorough reckoning of …
00:32:33 |
Sun 09 Feb 2025
The Bodhisattva’s World
Danica Shoan Ankele, Osho - ZMM - 2/9/25 - A timely reminder from Shoan Osho that a bodhisattva is one who interrupts the cycle of samsara, to stop creating and perpetuating greed, anger and ignoranc…
00:39:54 |
Sun 09 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
Path of Enlightenment: Stage 2 – Finding the Traces of the Ox
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 2/2/25 - The spiritual journey is a path of discovering our true nature. The Ten Ox Herding pictures are a pictorial depiction of the training we each have to put …
00:46:52 |
Sun 02 Feb 2025
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