The Zen Mountain Monastery Podcast

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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 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.

Buddhist Studies and Language
May 4, 2025 – 00:46:31
Right Imagination
May 4, 2025 – 00:42:30
Dharma Encounter: Teacher-Student Relationship
Apr 27, 2025 – 01:15:51
In Darkness It Is Most Bright
Apr 27, 2025 – 00:24:53
Is It Mine, Or Yours?
Apr 26, 2025 – 00:46:19
Fusatsu: Skillful Means In the Forms of Practice
Apr 25, 2025 – 00:35:08
Practicing With Intention
Apr 24, 2025 – 00:42:35
Understanding Selfless Wisdom
Apr 23, 2025 – 00:46:21
The Sacred Activity of Work
Apr 20, 2025 – 00:43:02
A Question of Practice
Apr 19, 2025 – 00:28:16
Mountain Light: On Zen Study
Apr 13, 2025 – 00:48:45
Practice Instructions
Apr 13, 2025 – 00:33:15
Planting the Fields
Apr 6, 2025 – 00:48:22
Fusatsu: The Three Pure Precepts
Apr 6, 2025 – 00:36:29
Hogen Sensei: Dharma Encounter on Non-Deception
Mar 30, 2025 – 01:16:33
Gently Working With Distraction
Mar 30, 2025 – 00:44:23
500 Blessed Lives, Part II
Mar 29, 2025 – 00:39:10
Fusatsu: Wholesome and Unwholesome Actions
Mar 28, 2025 – 00:39:16
Sincerity in Practice
Mar 27, 2025 – 00:44:03
500 Blessed Lives
Mar 26, 2025 – 00:40:42
Realization of Body-and-Mind
Mar 23, 2025 – 00:40:57
Opening to Liturgy
Mar 23, 2025 – 00:44:35
The Transformation of Karma
Mar 16, 2025 – 00:39:49
Cooking Our Supreme Meal
Mar 16, 2025 – 00:49:57
Linji’s True Person
Mar 9, 2025 – 00:40:54
The Creative Life Force
Mar 9, 2025 – 00:34:20
“Mountain Training: The Eight Gates of Zen” – Spring 2025 Ango Opening Talk at ZMM
Mar 2, 2025 – 00:48:12
Auspicious! Auspicious! Spring 2025 Ango Opening Talk at Fire Lotus Temple
Mar 2, 2025 – 00:40:41
Cold and Heat
Mar 1, 2025 – 00:37:21
Thunderous Silence
Mar 1, 2025 – 00:38:09
Reverence for the Three Treasures
Feb 23, 2025 – 00:38:27
Within the Grass Roof Hermitage
Feb 16, 2025 – 00:34:27
Lesson from a Goddess
Feb 16, 2025 – 00:45:35
The Power Of Stillness
Feb 15, 2025 – 00:29:09
Right Here At Home In One Breath
Feb 9, 2025 – 00:32:33
The Bodhisattva’s World
Feb 9, 2025 – 00:39:54
Dreaming Yourself Awake
Feb 2, 2025 – 00:45:30
Path of Enlightenment: Stage 2 – Finding the Traces of the Ox
Feb 2, 2025 – 00:46:52
Zhaozhou’s “Mu” and Skillful Compassion
Jan 26, 2025 – 00:45:29
Meeting Every Moment With Lovingkindness
Jan 26, 2025 – 00:35:43
Who Let the Dog Out?
Jan 25, 2025 – 00:45:48
Fish Enjoy Water, Humans Enjoy the Dao
Jan 24, 2025 – 00:37:14
Gentle and Strong
Jan 23, 2025 – 00:34:45
It’s Not About The Dog
Jan 22, 2025 – 00:47:11
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., a Bodhisattva’s Living Legacy
Jan 19, 2025 – 00:45:13
At the Heart Of Your Path
Jan 12, 2025 – 00:38:58
Noble Path Talk – Ikyo Love
Jan 12, 2025 – 00:27:41
The Practice of True Reality
Jan 11, 2025 – 00:21:27
Joshu’s Stone Bridge
Jan 5, 2025 – 00:38:51
Path of Enlightenment: Stage 1 – Searching for the Ox
Jan 5, 2025 – 00:47:28

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Listening to these talks has deepened my wavering practice over the last two years. I moved away from my sangha recently and these talks have really been useful in these times. With a deep bow thank you
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A lifeline for a beginner

I am new to the practice and have found ZMM as a virtual sangha during this difficult and unusual pandemic era. The talks always seem to touch on something I desperately need to hear. I am amazed at how Geoffrey Shugen Arnold Roshi keeps the discourse relevant to our time. It’s another wonderful reminder that Buddhism’s power is alive and real. We have a great responsibility to spread the dharma with skillful means during such pressing times.
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Teachings vs politics

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Zen mind at its sharpest.

Originally began studying / sitting with Roshi Robert Kennedy, SJ in Jersey City, also in the lineage of Maezumi Roshi. I’ve been sitting on my own for a long time due to the logistics of getting to community and recently stumbled upon this podcast. You have so helped deepen my practice with your penetrating discussions and nuanced awareness and inclusion of social justice issues. What a treasure you offer us all near and far. Thank you! Often walking and sitting with you all, Ed Majian.