Retreats and Online Programs

Zen Mountain Monastery and the Zen Center of NYC

Here you can find in-person events and online programs as well, including recurring Zazen, Liturgy and Study Groups, Affinity Groups, and other offerings on Sangha Practice Groups and Zazen and Liturgy Online. Please refer to the Programs Page (see below) for updated information on programs at ZMM and ZCNYC, as well as webcasts and online retreats. ZMM’s daily zazen and Sunday programs are accessible through Livestream and for in-person activities on the Programs Page for Sunday services, and Visiting the Monastery for weekdays. You can also keep up with us through our blog at MountainRecord.org and our podcast as well as social media.  If you are not currently receiving our weekly newsletter, you can add your name to either of our mailing lists here. Thank you for your practice!

The monastics and residents of the Monastery and Fire Lotus Temple are continuing to maintain our Zen training schedule as usual. Each week we are livestreaming the Monastery's Sunday morning program in addition to daily zazen Tuesday evening through Saturday evening. Additionally, you'll find below a list of daily opportunities for group practice over Zoom.

In practicing Buddhadharma we turn inwards and find the calm and clear understanding that is within each of us. We turn outwards to offer lovingkindness, patience and compassion to every being. In times like this, many people will feel anxiety and uncertainty about the present and the future, and may express that in both inspiring and troubling ways. As practitioners, let's use our circumstances to take refuge in the Three Treasures, drawing on our trust in the Dharma and the essential desire in each of us for happiness and well-being. Each morning we chant the Four Immeasurables and we encourage you to join us by adding them to your morning liturgy. As each of us gives voice to these profound blessings, we come together through space and time, united by our shared intention.

May all beings be free from suffering and the root of suffering
May all beings know happiness and the root of happiness
May all beings live in sympathetic joy, rejoicing in the happiness of others
May all beings live in equanimity, free from passion, aggression and delusion.

Please feel free to contact us at (845) 688-2228 or registrar@dharma.net

All of the following programs are offered by suggested donation. Thank you for your support.

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Zazen & Liturgy Online

Connect with the Monastery and fellow home-dwelling practitioners for daily meditation, talks, and liturgy services.

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Sangha Practice Groups

Learn about practice, discussion, and affinity groups taking place regularly over Zoom.

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Teachers & Seniors Online

Looking to make contact with the Monastery, teachers, and senior students? Click below to submit questions or schedule a meeting.

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Upcoming Programs

Winter Art Practice: Miracles (online)

with Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

December 1, 2023 - February 2, 2024
ONLINE
When you know yourself, you know intimate action. Thus, Buddha ancestors can thoroughly actualize this intimate heart and intimate language. “Intimate” means close and inseparable. There is no gap. Intimacy embraces Buddha ancestors. It embraces you. It embraces the self. It embraces action. It embraces […]

Service to the Temple: Zazen, Volunteering, & Service Position Training

with Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

December 2, 2023
ZCNYC
Working together is part of our life and part of our practice. It allows us to honor and care for the sacred space that Fire Lotus Temple provides in our city. Please join with community for this morning beginning with zazen practice and then moving into work together. There is work available for all skills […]

Beginning Instruction on Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

December 3, 2023
Zen Mountain Monastery
Beginning instruction in zazen and orientation to the Monastery on Sunday mornings is back again! Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

December 3, 2023
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Buddha’s Enlightenment Vigil (ZCNYC)

with Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

December 8 - 9, 2023
Zen Center of New York City
At ZCNYC, we celebrate the Buddha’s enlightenment with a vigil dedicated to the simple yet profound practice of zazen. We’ll begin Friday evening with an informal potluck supper, followed by a teaching in the zendo. Then, we’ll mark the Buddha’s enlightenment by sitting together through the night with...

Nuts & Bolts of Zen Practice (December)

with Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

December 8, 2023
ONLINE
In this series of talks, we will delve into the functions of Buddhist precepts as vital practice for leading a life of integrity and morality, and as a reflection of the essential values in Buddhist practice. In December we will begin examining how taking refuge in the three treasures (Buddha, Dahrma & Sangha) is the […]

Buddha’s Enlightenment Vigil

with MRO Teachers and Senior Staff

December 8 - 10, 2023
Zen Mountain Monastery
After he left his family's home to seek liberation from suffering, Shakyamuni Buddha spent some years studying with spiritual teachers and engaging in extreme ascetic practices. Through it all, he remained unsatisfied that he had resolved his search. Inspired by a memory of an experience of deep, easeful meditation he'd experienced in his youth, he […]

Karenji Choir Performance at Zen Mountain Monastery

with Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei and Justin Ward Weber

December 10, 2023
Zen Mountain Monastery
On this Sunday, as part of  the morning program, the Karenji Choir, having made their way from the Zen Center of New York City Temple in Brooklyn will perform a musical setting of a short text from Shantideva’s Way of the Bodhisattva. Please join us as we experience the joining of voices together to cultivate an attitude of goodwill for all beings[…]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

December 10, 2023
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Beginning Instruction on Wednesday Evenings at Zen Mountain Monastery

December 13, 2023
Zen Mountain Monastery
Beginning instruction in zazen and orientation to the Monastery on Wednesday evenings is back again! At this time we do not require rapid tests for day visitors but you are welcome to mask; vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. Please enter through the front door of the Monastery and check in with the […]

Personal Stories of Identity and Zen Practice

December 14, 2023
ONLINE
A support and discussion group for anyone who identifies as a part of the LGBTQIA+ Community. You are welcome to join us at our quarterly meeting as we gather together to provide a safe refuge. Each meeting will feature speakers who will offer and share their personal stories of identity and zen […]

Weekend Sesshin

with Mn. Shoan Ankele and Mn. Gokan Bonebakker

December 15 - 17, 2023
Zen Mountain Monastery
A weekend sesshin is a great way to experience sesshin for the first time, and also a wonderful opportunity for more experienced practitioners. Characterized by silence and deep introspection, sesshin is recommended to anyone who is sincerely interested in experiencing intensive Zen training. […]

Open Hearth Art Practice Presents: Across Breath, Voice, Silence

with Ellery Seifu Eskelin, MRO

December 15, 2023
Zen Center of New York City
Come join us for a performance of saxophone improvisation with Zen practitioner and sangha member Ellery Seifu Eskelin. In Seifu's words, "Improvised music is above all a process, always unfolding, always revealing. A process in which you have to fully participate as a performer or listener." Tickets are $10 per person in advance. All […]

Beginning Instruction on Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

December 17, 2023
Zen Mountain Monastery
Beginning instruction in zazen and orientation to the Monastery on Sunday mornings is back again! Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

December 17, 2023
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Beginning Instruction Online

with Chris Yudo Abraham

December 22, 2023
ONLINE
A chance to receive beginning instruction in Zen meditation and an orientation to the Monastery's practice and evening liturgy, which you will join following this brief class. You will have a chance to try out different meditation postures and set-ups, so plan to wear loose, comfortable clothing. Please plan to sign on promptly at 6:30pm.

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

December 24, 2023
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—December 2023

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi and Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

December 26, 2023 - January 1, 2024
ONLINE
Welcome to One Continuous Thread-Rohatsu, a way to bring elements of a formal zazen intensive into your daily life. You will be able to participate with ZMM's Sesshin via live webcast. We've designed this retreat keeping in mind the unique circumstances that each person finds themselves in during this time of social distancing. Some people can […]

Rohatsu Sesshin

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi and Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

December 26, 2023 - January 1, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
In the Zen tradition, Rohatsu sesshin celebrates the Buddha's enlightenment and is traditionally the most intensive and challenging sesshin of the year. Each day begins well before dawn (3:45 am) and is a continuous practice of meditation throughout the day while sitting, walking, standing and lying down. There are from nine to eleven hours of […]

New Year’s Eve at Zen Mountain Monastery

December 31, 2023 - January 1, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Join us as we welcome in 2024. On Sunday, December 31st, Zen Mountain Monastery will open to the sangha at the conclusion of our Rohatsu sesshin (a weeklong silent meditation intensive) as we cross the threshold into the New Year. Please join us as we release the past year and welcome the new within the […]

Introduction to Zen Training Weekend

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Mn. Shoan Ankele and Mn. Gokan Bonebakker

January 5 - 7, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Are you new to meditation or Zen Buddhist practice? Have you read books about Zen, or been doing meditation on your own? Do you think you’d like to study with a teacher? Designed for those new to Zen or formal Zen training, this introductory retreat allows you to immerse yourself in Zen practice and experience […]

Beginning Instruction on Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

January 7, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Beginning instruction in zazen and orientation to the Monastery on Sunday mornings is back again! Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

January 7, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Dharma Gates: Living a Zen Path

with Mn. Shoan Ankele and Mn. Gokan Bonebakker

January 10 - 14, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This retreat is for people between the ages of 18-30. In collaboration with Dharma Gates, a grassroots nonprofit dedicated to opening pathways into formal meditation training for people ages 18-30, Zen Mountain Monastery is offering a 5-day immersion in the path of Zen Buddhism. Zen is a practice of discovering our natural inner clarity and […]

Nuts & Bolts of Zen Practice (January)

with Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

January 12, 2024
ONLINE
A continuing series which explores Liturgy, taking up the teachings of the Heart Sutra. As usual there will be ample time for more questions and your thoughts you would like to share in this exploration. These sessions are open to anyone, and designed specifically with Practicing Members in mind. Our online programs are offered by […]

The Thief Left it Behind: Beloved Japanese Zen master and Poet, Ryokan

with Linda Shinji Hoffman, MRO

January 13, 2024
ZCNYC
A writing workshop exploring the heart of Zen poetry through the words of Zen Master and Poet Ryokan(1751-1831).We’ll learn about this monk-poet who though sanctioned to teach in the Soto School chose to live the life of a hermit-monk, writing poetry and supporting himself by […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

January 14, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Beginning Instruction on Wednesday Evenings at Zen Mountain Monastery

January 17, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Beginning instruction in zazen and orientation to the Monastery on Wednesday evenings is back again! At this time we do not require rapid tests for day visitors but you are welcome to mask; vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. Please enter through the front door of the Monastery and check in with the […]

Zen Brush and Ink

with Katie Yosha Scott-Childress

January 20, 2024
ZCNYC
In Zen training, we devote much of our practice to seated meditation--zazen. In this workshop we will work with the one-pointed concentration developed in zazen by picking up a brush and further channeling and expressing our focused energy with ink onto paper. From stillness to movement we can explore ways to use the brush and […]

Beginning Instruction on Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

January 21, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Beginning instruction in zazen and orientation to the Monastery on Sunday mornings is back again! Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

January 21, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—January 2024

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi and Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

January 22 - 28, 2024
ONLINE
Welcome to One Continuous Thread, a way to bring elements of a formal zazen intensive into your daily life. You will be able to participate with ZMM's Sesshin via live webcast. We've designed this retreat keeping in mind the unique circumstances that each person finds themselves in. Some people can engage fully with a sesshin schedule […]

New Years’ Sesshin

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi and Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

January 22 - 28, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Characterized by silence and deep introspection, sesshin is recommended to anyone who is sincerely interested in experiencing intensive Zen training. We wake up each day before dawn to begin a schedule that includes 7 to 10 hours of zazen...

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

January 28, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Introduction to Zen Training Weekend

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Mn. Shoan Ankele and Mn. Gokan Bonebakker

February 2 - 4, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Are you new to meditation or Zen Buddhist practice? Have you read books about Zen, or been doing meditation on your own? Do you think you’d like to study with a teacher? Designed for those new to Zen or formal Zen training, this introductory retreat allows you to immerse yourself in Zen practice and experience […]

Beginning Instruction on Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

February 4, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Beginning instruction in zazen and orientation to the Monastery on Sunday mornings is back again! Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

February 4, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Nuts & Bolts of Zen Practice (February)

with Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

February 9, 2024
ONLINE
A continuing series which explores Liturgy, taking up the teachings of the Heart Sutra. As usual there will be ample time for more questions and your thoughts you would like to share in this exploration. These sessions are open to anyone, and designed specifically with Practicing Members in mind. Our online programs are offered by […]

Further Steps Along the Path of Zen: Exploring Wisdom and Compassion

with Mn. Shoan Ankele and Mn. Gokan Bonebakker

February 9 - 11, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Within the dharma, wisdom and compassion are sometimes spoken of as the two wings of a bird—we need both of them to fly. We can nurture these qualities in how we engage our life as a field of practice. For the most part, the barriers we encounter and the sources of our suffering are created […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

February 11, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Beginning Instruction on Wednesday Evenings at Zen Mountain Monastery

February 14, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Beginning instruction in zazen and orientation to the Monastery on Wednesday evenings is back again! At this time we do not require rapid tests for day visitors but you are welcome to mask; vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. Please enter through the front door of the Monastery and check in with the […]

Beginning Instruction on Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

February 18, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Beginning instruction in zazen and orientation to the Monastery on Sunday mornings is back again! Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

February 18, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—February 2024

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi and Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

February 19 - 25, 2024
ONLINE
Welcome to One Continuous Thread, a way to bring elements of a formal zazen intensive into your daily life. You will be able to participate with ZMM's Sesshin via live webcast. We've designed this retreat keeping in mind the unique circumstances that each person finds themselves in. Some people can engage fully with a sesshin schedule […]

Bodhidharma Sesshin

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi and Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

February 19 - 25, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Characterized by silence and deep introspection, sesshin is recommended to anyone who is sincerely interested in experiencing intensive Zen training. We wake up each day before dawn to begin a schedule that includes 7 to 10 hours of zazen...

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

February 25, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Weekend Sesshin- Spring Ango Opening

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Mn. Shoan Ankele and Mn. Gokan Bonebakker

March 1 - 3, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Characterized by silence and deep introspection, sesshin is recommended to anyone who is sincerely interested in experiencing intensive Zen training. We wake up each day before dawn to begin a schedule that includes 7 to 10 hours of zazen...

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

March 3, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Nuts & Bolts of Zen Practice (March)

with Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

March 8, 2024
ONLINE
A continuing series which explores Liturgy, taking up the teachings of the Heart Sutra. As usual there will be ample time for more questions and your thoughts you would like to share in this exploration. These sessions are open to anyone, and designed specifically with Practicing Members in mind. Our online programs are offered by […]

Introduction to Zen Training Weekend

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Mn. Shoan Ankele and Mn. Gokan Bonebakker

March 8 - 10, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Are you new to meditation or Zen Buddhist practice? Have you read books about Zen, or been doing meditation on your own? Do you think you’d like to study with a teacher? Designed for those new to Zen or formal Zen training, this introductory retreat allows you to immerse yourself in Zen practice and experience […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

March 10, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Beginning Instruction on Wednesday Evenings at Zen Mountain Monastery

March 13, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Beginning instruction in zazen and orientation to the Monastery on Wednesday evenings is back again! At this time we do not require rapid tests for day visitors but you are welcome to mask; vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. Please enter through the front door of the Monastery and check in with the […]

Beginning Instruction on Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

March 17, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Beginning instruction in zazen and orientation to the Monastery on Sunday mornings is back again! Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

March 17, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

March 24, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Founding Sesshin

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei and Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

March 25 - 31, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Characterized by silence and deep introspection, sesshin is recommended to anyone who is sincerely interested in experiencing intensive Zen training. We wake up each day before dawn to begin a schedule that includes 7 to 10 hours of zazen...

One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—March 2024

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei and Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

March 25 - 31, 2024
ONLINE
Welcome to One Continuous Thread, a way to bring elements of a formal zazen intensive into your daily life. You will be able to participate with ZMM's Sesshin via live webcast. We've designed this retreat keeping in mind the unique circumstances that each person finds themselves in. Some people can engage fully with a sesshin schedule […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

March 31, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Introduction to Zen Training Weekend

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Mn. Shoan Ankele and Mn. Gokan Bonebakker

April 5 - 7, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Are you new to meditation or Zen Buddhist practice? Have you read books about Zen, or been doing meditation on your own? Do you think you’d like to study with a teacher? Designed for those new to Zen or formal Zen training, this introductory retreat allows you to immerse yourself in Zen practice and experience […]

Wonder into Wonder: An Art Practice Retreat

with Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

April 12 - 14, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
The dharma realm in the ten directions arises from the single mind. When the single mind is still, all appearances are entirely exhausted, Which one is over there? Which one is myself?  —Hongzhi  Cultivating the Empty Field Practice instruction   Perhaps the greatest wonder of all is that we have the ability to wonder, to […]

Nuts & Bolts of Zen Practice (April)

with Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

April 12, 2024
ONLINE
A continuing series which explores Liturgy, taking up the teachings of the Heart Sutra. As usual there will be ample time for more questions and your thoughts you would like to share in this exploration. These sessions are open to anyone, and designed specifically with Practicing Members in mind. Our online programs are offered by […]

True Refuge Week: Self-Directed Intensive Practice for MRO Students

with MRO Teachers and Senior Staff

April 16 - 21, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
All of Buddhist practice is leading us toward our true homecoming: the discovery that this very life, this very heart-mind and body, can be the source of our deepest fulfillment. Through training, and sincere, well-directed effort, as well as the support of a conducive environment, we can find that the refuge we seek is already here. […]

Precepts II- Entering the Way of Compassion: The Practices of a Bodhisattva with Hogen Sensei

with Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

April 19 - 21, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This second-level retreat is part of the Mountains and Rivers Order training program for receiving the Buddhist precepts, yet it is open to all who are interested in practicing the Dharma. In this retreat, we will examine and discuss bodhicitta—the great aspiration to liberate self and other—and its important role in generating compassion …

Apple Blossom Sesshin

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei and Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

April 22 - 28, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Characterized by silence and deep introspection, sesshin is recommended to anyone who is sincerely interested in experiencing intensive Zen training. We wake up each day before dawn to begin a schedule that includes 7 to 10 hours of zazen...

One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—April 2024

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei and Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

April 22 - 28, 2024
ONLINE
Welcome to One Continuous Thread, a way to bring elements of a formal zazen intensive into your daily life. You will be able to participate with ZMM's Sesshin via live webcast. We've designed this retreat keeping in mind the unique circumstances that each person finds themselves in. Some people can engage fully with a sesshin schedule […]

Introduction to Zen Training Weekend

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Mn. Shoan Ankele and Mn. Gokan Bonebakker

May 3 - 5, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Are you new to meditation or Zen Buddhist practice? Have you read books about Zen, or been doing meditation on your own? Do you think you’d like to study with a teacher? Designed for those new to Zen or formal Zen training, this introductory retreat allows you to immerse yourself in Zen practice and experience […]

Butoh: Receptivity and the Nervous System

with Vangeline

May 9 - 12, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
How comfortable can we allow ourselves to be in our body? How deeply are we willing to plumb our own depths, to reveal our true face in the mirror? Developed in post-World War II  Japan, butoh is a performance form characterized by deep investigation of  impermanence, authentic expression, and letting go. Butoh as a body […]

Nuts & Bolts of Zen Practice (May)

with Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

May 10, 2024
ONLINE
A continuing series which explores Liturgy, taking up the teachings of the Heart Sutra. As usual there will be ample time for more questions and your thoughts you would like to share in this exploration. These sessions are open to anyone, and designed specifically with Practicing Members in mind. Our online programs are offered by […]

Premier Solo Performance: The Slowest Wave

with Vangeline

May 11, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
On Saturday evening, Vangeline will premier a new solo work, followed by a Q&A with the artist. Please join us! The Slowest Wave (excerpt) In collaboration with neuroscientists Sadye Paez and Constantina Theofanopoulou, neuro engineer Jose ‘Pepe’ Contreras-Vidal, and composer Ray Sweeten, Vangeline choreographed a 60-minute ensemble butoh piece during her Gibney Dance DiP Artist […]

Ocean Gathering Sesshin

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei and Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

May 20 - 26, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Characterized by silence and deep introspection, sesshin is recommended to anyone who is sincerely interested in experiencing intensive Zen training. We wake up each day before dawn to begin a schedule that includes 7 to 10 hours of zazen...

One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—May 2024

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei and Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

May 20 - 26, 2024
ONLINE
Welcome to One Continuous Thread, a way to bring elements of a formal zazen intensive into your daily life. You will be able to participate with ZMM's Sesshin via live webcast. We've designed this retreat keeping in mind the unique circumstances that each person finds themselves in. Some people can engage fully with a sesshin schedule […]

Winter Art Practice: Miracles (online)

with Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

December 1, 2023 - February 2, 2024
ONLINE
When you know yourself, you know intimate action. Thus, Buddha ancestors can thoroughly actualize this intimate heart and intimate language. “Intimate” means close and inseparable. There is no gap. Intimacy embraces Buddha ancestors. It embraces you. It embraces the self. It embraces action. It embraces […]

Beginning Instruction on Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

December 3, 2023
Zen Mountain Monastery
Beginning instruction in zazen and orientation to the Monastery on Sunday mornings is back again! Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

December 3, 2023
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Nuts & Bolts of Zen Practice (December)

with Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

December 8, 2023
ONLINE
In this series of talks, we will delve into the functions of Buddhist precepts as vital practice for leading a life of integrity and morality, and as a reflection of the essential values in Buddhist practice. In December we will begin examining how taking refuge in the three treasures (Buddha, Dahrma & Sangha) is the […]

Buddha’s Enlightenment Vigil

with MRO Teachers and Senior Staff

December 8 - 10, 2023
Zen Mountain Monastery
After he left his family's home to seek liberation from suffering, Shakyamuni Buddha spent some years studying with spiritual teachers and engaging in extreme ascetic practices. Through it all, he remained unsatisfied that he had resolved his search. Inspired by a memory of an experience of deep, easeful meditation he'd experienced in his youth, he […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

December 10, 2023
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Beginning Instruction on Wednesday Evenings at Zen Mountain Monastery

December 13, 2023
Zen Mountain Monastery
Beginning instruction in zazen and orientation to the Monastery on Wednesday evenings is back again! At this time we do not require rapid tests for day visitors but you are welcome to mask; vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. Please enter through the front door of the Monastery and check in with the […]

Personal Stories of Identity and Zen Practice

December 14, 2023
ONLINE
A support and discussion group for anyone who identifies as a part of the LGBTQIA+ Community. You are welcome to join us at our quarterly meeting as we gather together to provide a safe refuge. Each meeting will feature speakers who will offer and share their personal stories of identity and zen […]

Weekend Sesshin

with Mn. Shoan Ankele and Mn. Gokan Bonebakker

December 15 - 17, 2023
Zen Mountain Monastery
A weekend sesshin is a great way to experience sesshin for the first time, and also a wonderful opportunity for more experienced practitioners. Characterized by silence and deep introspection, sesshin is recommended to anyone who is sincerely interested in experiencing intensive Zen training. […]

Beginning Instruction on Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

December 17, 2023
Zen Mountain Monastery
Beginning instruction in zazen and orientation to the Monastery on Sunday mornings is back again! Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

December 17, 2023
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Beginning Instruction Online

with Chris Yudo Abraham

December 22, 2023
ONLINE
A chance to receive beginning instruction in Zen meditation and an orientation to the Monastery's practice and evening liturgy, which you will join following this brief class. You will have a chance to try out different meditation postures and set-ups, so plan to wear loose, comfortable clothing. Please plan to sign on promptly at 6:30pm.

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

December 24, 2023
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—December 2023

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi and Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

December 26, 2023 - January 1, 2024
ONLINE
Welcome to One Continuous Thread-Rohatsu, a way to bring elements of a formal zazen intensive into your daily life. You will be able to participate with ZMM's Sesshin via live webcast. We've designed this retreat keeping in mind the unique circumstances that each person finds themselves in during this time of social distancing. Some people can […]

Rohatsu Sesshin

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi and Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

December 26, 2023 - January 1, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
In the Zen tradition, Rohatsu sesshin celebrates the Buddha's enlightenment and is traditionally the most intensive and challenging sesshin of the year. Each day begins well before dawn (3:45 am) and is a continuous practice of meditation throughout the day while sitting, walking, standing and lying down. There are from nine to eleven hours of […]

New Year’s Eve at Zen Mountain Monastery

December 31, 2023 - January 1, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Join us as we welcome in 2024. On Sunday, December 31st, Zen Mountain Monastery will open to the sangha at the conclusion of our Rohatsu sesshin (a weeklong silent meditation intensive) as we cross the threshold into the New Year. Please join us as we release the past year and welcome the new within the […]

Introduction to Zen Training Weekend

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Mn. Shoan Ankele and Mn. Gokan Bonebakker

January 5 - 7, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Are you new to meditation or Zen Buddhist practice? Have you read books about Zen, or been doing meditation on your own? Do you think you’d like to study with a teacher? Designed for those new to Zen or formal Zen training, this introductory retreat allows you to immerse yourself in Zen practice and experience […]

Beginning Instruction on Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

January 7, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Beginning instruction in zazen and orientation to the Monastery on Sunday mornings is back again! Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

January 7, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Dharma Gates: Living a Zen Path

with Mn. Shoan Ankele and Mn. Gokan Bonebakker

January 10 - 14, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This retreat is for people between the ages of 18-30. In collaboration with Dharma Gates, a grassroots nonprofit dedicated to opening pathways into formal meditation training for people ages 18-30, Zen Mountain Monastery is offering a 5-day immersion in the path of Zen Buddhism. Zen is a practice of discovering our natural inner clarity and […]

Nuts & Bolts of Zen Practice (January)

with Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

January 12, 2024
ONLINE
A continuing series which explores Liturgy, taking up the teachings of the Heart Sutra. As usual there will be ample time for more questions and your thoughts you would like to share in this exploration. These sessions are open to anyone, and designed specifically with Practicing Members in mind. Our online programs are offered by […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

January 14, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Beginning Instruction on Wednesday Evenings at Zen Mountain Monastery

January 17, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Beginning instruction in zazen and orientation to the Monastery on Wednesday evenings is back again! At this time we do not require rapid tests for day visitors but you are welcome to mask; vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. Please enter through the front door of the Monastery and check in with the […]

Beginning Instruction on Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

January 21, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Beginning instruction in zazen and orientation to the Monastery on Sunday mornings is back again! Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

January 21, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—January 2024

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi and Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

January 22 - 28, 2024
ONLINE
Welcome to One Continuous Thread, a way to bring elements of a formal zazen intensive into your daily life. You will be able to participate with ZMM's Sesshin via live webcast. We've designed this retreat keeping in mind the unique circumstances that each person finds themselves in. Some people can engage fully with a sesshin schedule […]

New Years’ Sesshin

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi and Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

January 22 - 28, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Characterized by silence and deep introspection, sesshin is recommended to anyone who is sincerely interested in experiencing intensive Zen training. We wake up each day before dawn to begin a schedule that includes 7 to 10 hours of zazen...

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

January 28, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Introduction to Zen Training Weekend

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Mn. Shoan Ankele and Mn. Gokan Bonebakker

February 2 - 4, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Are you new to meditation or Zen Buddhist practice? Have you read books about Zen, or been doing meditation on your own? Do you think you’d like to study with a teacher? Designed for those new to Zen or formal Zen training, this introductory retreat allows you to immerse yourself in Zen practice and experience […]

Beginning Instruction on Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

February 4, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Beginning instruction in zazen and orientation to the Monastery on Sunday mornings is back again! Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

February 4, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Nuts & Bolts of Zen Practice (February)

with Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

February 9, 2024
ONLINE
A continuing series which explores Liturgy, taking up the teachings of the Heart Sutra. As usual there will be ample time for more questions and your thoughts you would like to share in this exploration. These sessions are open to anyone, and designed specifically with Practicing Members in mind. Our online programs are offered by […]

Further Steps Along the Path of Zen: Exploring Wisdom and Compassion

with Mn. Shoan Ankele and Mn. Gokan Bonebakker

February 9 - 11, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Within the dharma, wisdom and compassion are sometimes spoken of as the two wings of a bird—we need both of them to fly. We can nurture these qualities in how we engage our life as a field of practice. For the most part, the barriers we encounter and the sources of our suffering are created […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

February 11, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Beginning Instruction on Wednesday Evenings at Zen Mountain Monastery

February 14, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Beginning instruction in zazen and orientation to the Monastery on Wednesday evenings is back again! At this time we do not require rapid tests for day visitors but you are welcome to mask; vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. Please enter through the front door of the Monastery and check in with the […]

Beginning Instruction on Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

February 18, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Beginning instruction in zazen and orientation to the Monastery on Sunday mornings is back again! Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

February 18, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—February 2024

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi and Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

February 19 - 25, 2024
ONLINE
Welcome to One Continuous Thread, a way to bring elements of a formal zazen intensive into your daily life. You will be able to participate with ZMM's Sesshin via live webcast. We've designed this retreat keeping in mind the unique circumstances that each person finds themselves in. Some people can engage fully with a sesshin schedule […]

Bodhidharma Sesshin

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi and Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

February 19 - 25, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Characterized by silence and deep introspection, sesshin is recommended to anyone who is sincerely interested in experiencing intensive Zen training. We wake up each day before dawn to begin a schedule that includes 7 to 10 hours of zazen...

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

February 25, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Weekend Sesshin- Spring Ango Opening

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Mn. Shoan Ankele and Mn. Gokan Bonebakker

March 1 - 3, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Characterized by silence and deep introspection, sesshin is recommended to anyone who is sincerely interested in experiencing intensive Zen training. We wake up each day before dawn to begin a schedule that includes 7 to 10 hours of zazen...

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

March 3, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Nuts & Bolts of Zen Practice (March)

with Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

March 8, 2024
ONLINE
A continuing series which explores Liturgy, taking up the teachings of the Heart Sutra. As usual there will be ample time for more questions and your thoughts you would like to share in this exploration. These sessions are open to anyone, and designed specifically with Practicing Members in mind. Our online programs are offered by […]

Introduction to Zen Training Weekend

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Mn. Shoan Ankele and Mn. Gokan Bonebakker

March 8 - 10, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Are you new to meditation or Zen Buddhist practice? Have you read books about Zen, or been doing meditation on your own? Do you think you’d like to study with a teacher? Designed for those new to Zen or formal Zen training, this introductory retreat allows you to immerse yourself in Zen practice and experience […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

March 10, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Beginning Instruction on Wednesday Evenings at Zen Mountain Monastery

March 13, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Beginning instruction in zazen and orientation to the Monastery on Wednesday evenings is back again! At this time we do not require rapid tests for day visitors but you are welcome to mask; vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. Please enter through the front door of the Monastery and check in with the […]

Beginning Instruction on Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

March 17, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Beginning instruction in zazen and orientation to the Monastery on Sunday mornings is back again! Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

March 17, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

March 24, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Founding Sesshin

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei and Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

March 25 - 31, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Characterized by silence and deep introspection, sesshin is recommended to anyone who is sincerely interested in experiencing intensive Zen training. We wake up each day before dawn to begin a schedule that includes 7 to 10 hours of zazen...

One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—March 2024

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei and Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

March 25 - 31, 2024
ONLINE
Welcome to One Continuous Thread, a way to bring elements of a formal zazen intensive into your daily life. You will be able to participate with ZMM's Sesshin via live webcast. We've designed this retreat keeping in mind the unique circumstances that each person finds themselves in. Some people can engage fully with a sesshin schedule […]

Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery

March 31, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This registration is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. Participants for the day must take a rapid test before entering any buildings unmasked (please bring your own test); vaccination and boosters are suggested but not required. […]

Introduction to Zen Training Weekend

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Mn. Shoan Ankele and Mn. Gokan Bonebakker

April 5 - 7, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Are you new to meditation or Zen Buddhist practice? Have you read books about Zen, or been doing meditation on your own? Do you think you’d like to study with a teacher? Designed for those new to Zen or formal Zen training, this introductory retreat allows you to immerse yourself in Zen practice and experience […]

Wonder into Wonder: An Art Practice Retreat

with Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

April 12 - 14, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
The dharma realm in the ten directions arises from the single mind. When the single mind is still, all appearances are entirely exhausted, Which one is over there? Which one is myself?  —Hongzhi  Cultivating the Empty Field Practice instruction   Perhaps the greatest wonder of all is that we have the ability to wonder, to […]

Nuts & Bolts of Zen Practice (April)

with Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

April 12, 2024
ONLINE
A continuing series which explores Liturgy, taking up the teachings of the Heart Sutra. As usual there will be ample time for more questions and your thoughts you would like to share in this exploration. These sessions are open to anyone, and designed specifically with Practicing Members in mind. Our online programs are offered by […]

True Refuge Week: Self-Directed Intensive Practice for MRO Students

with MRO Teachers and Senior Staff

April 16 - 21, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
All of Buddhist practice is leading us toward our true homecoming: the discovery that this very life, this very heart-mind and body, can be the source of our deepest fulfillment. Through training, and sincere, well-directed effort, as well as the support of a conducive environment, we can find that the refuge we seek is already here. […]

Precepts II- Entering the Way of Compassion: The Practices of a Bodhisattva with Hogen Sensei

with Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

April 19 - 21, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
This second-level retreat is part of the Mountains and Rivers Order training program for receiving the Buddhist precepts, yet it is open to all who are interested in practicing the Dharma. In this retreat, we will examine and discuss bodhicitta—the great aspiration to liberate self and other—and its important role in generating compassion …

Apple Blossom Sesshin

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei and Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

April 22 - 28, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Characterized by silence and deep introspection, sesshin is recommended to anyone who is sincerely interested in experiencing intensive Zen training. We wake up each day before dawn to begin a schedule that includes 7 to 10 hours of zazen...

One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—April 2024

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei and Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

April 22 - 28, 2024
ONLINE
Welcome to One Continuous Thread, a way to bring elements of a formal zazen intensive into your daily life. You will be able to participate with ZMM's Sesshin via live webcast. We've designed this retreat keeping in mind the unique circumstances that each person finds themselves in. Some people can engage fully with a sesshin schedule […]

Introduction to Zen Training Weekend

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Mn. Shoan Ankele and Mn. Gokan Bonebakker

May 3 - 5, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Are you new to meditation or Zen Buddhist practice? Have you read books about Zen, or been doing meditation on your own? Do you think you’d like to study with a teacher? Designed for those new to Zen or formal Zen training, this introductory retreat allows you to immerse yourself in Zen practice and experience […]

Butoh: Receptivity and the Nervous System

with Vangeline

May 9 - 12, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
How comfortable can we allow ourselves to be in our body? How deeply are we willing to plumb our own depths, to reveal our true face in the mirror? Developed in post-World War II  Japan, butoh is a performance form characterized by deep investigation of  impermanence, authentic expression, and letting go. Butoh as a body […]

Nuts & Bolts of Zen Practice (May)

with Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

May 10, 2024
ONLINE
A continuing series which explores Liturgy, taking up the teachings of the Heart Sutra. As usual there will be ample time for more questions and your thoughts you would like to share in this exploration. These sessions are open to anyone, and designed specifically with Practicing Members in mind. Our online programs are offered by […]

Ocean Gathering Sesshin

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei and Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

May 20 - 26, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Characterized by silence and deep introspection, sesshin is recommended to anyone who is sincerely interested in experiencing intensive Zen training. We wake up each day before dawn to begin a schedule that includes 7 to 10 hours of zazen...

One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—May 2024

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei and Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

May 20 - 26, 2024
ONLINE
Welcome to One Continuous Thread, a way to bring elements of a formal zazen intensive into your daily life. You will be able to participate with ZMM's Sesshin via live webcast. We've designed this retreat keeping in mind the unique circumstances that each person finds themselves in. Some people can engage fully with a sesshin schedule […]

Service to the Temple: Zazen, Volunteering, & Service Position Training

with Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

December 2, 2023
ZCNYC
Working together is part of our life and part of our practice. It allows us to honor and care for the sacred space that Fire Lotus Temple provides in our city. Please join with community for this morning beginning with zazen practice and then moving into work together. There is work available for all skills […]

Buddha’s Enlightenment Vigil (ZCNYC)

with Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

December 8 - 9, 2023
Zen Center of New York City
At ZCNYC, we celebrate the Buddha’s enlightenment with a vigil dedicated to the simple yet profound practice of zazen. We’ll begin Friday evening with an informal potluck supper, followed by a teaching in the zendo. Then, we’ll mark the Buddha’s enlightenment by sitting together through the night with...

Open Hearth Art Practice Presents: Across Breath, Voice, Silence

with Ellery Seifu Eskelin, MRO

December 15, 2023
Zen Center of New York City
Come join us for a performance of saxophone improvisation with Zen practitioner and sangha member Ellery Seifu Eskelin. In Seifu's words, "Improvised music is above all a process, always unfolding, always revealing. A process in which you have to fully participate as a performer or listener." Tickets are $10 per person in advance. All […]

The Thief Left it Behind: Beloved Japanese Zen master and Poet, Ryokan

with Linda Shinji Hoffman, MRO

January 13, 2024
ZCNYC
A writing workshop exploring the heart of Zen poetry through the words of Zen Master and Poet Ryokan(1751-1831).We’ll learn about this monk-poet who though sanctioned to teach in the Soto School chose to live the life of a hermit-monk, writing poetry and supporting himself by […]

Zen Brush and Ink

with Katie Yosha Scott-Childress

January 20, 2024
ZCNYC
In Zen training, we devote much of our practice to seated meditation--zazen. In this workshop we will work with the one-pointed concentration developed in zazen by picking up a brush and further channeling and expressing our focused energy with ink onto paper. From stillness to movement we can explore ways to use the brush and […]

Winter Art Practice: Miracles (online)

with Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

December 1, 2023 - February 2, 2024
ONLINE
When you know yourself, you know intimate action. Thus, Buddha ancestors can thoroughly actualize this intimate heart and intimate language. “Intimate” means close and inseparable. There is no gap. Intimacy embraces Buddha ancestors. It embraces you. It embraces the self. It embraces action. It embraces […]

Nuts & Bolts of Zen Practice (December)

with Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

December 8, 2023
ONLINE
In this series of talks, we will delve into the functions of Buddhist precepts as vital practice for leading a life of integrity and morality, and as a reflection of the essential values in Buddhist practice. In December we will begin examining how taking refuge in the three treasures (Buddha, Dahrma & Sangha) is the […]

Personal Stories of Identity and Zen Practice

December 14, 2023
ONLINE
A support and discussion group for anyone who identifies as a part of the LGBTQIA+ Community. You are welcome to join us at our quarterly meeting as we gather together to provide a safe refuge. Each meeting will feature speakers who will offer and share their personal stories of identity and zen […]

Beginning Instruction Online

with Chris Yudo Abraham

December 22, 2023
ONLINE
A chance to receive beginning instruction in Zen meditation and an orientation to the Monastery's practice and evening liturgy, which you will join following this brief class. You will have a chance to try out different meditation postures and set-ups, so plan to wear loose, comfortable clothing. Please plan to sign on promptly at 6:30pm.

One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—December 2023

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi and Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

December 26, 2023 - January 1, 2024
ONLINE
Welcome to One Continuous Thread-Rohatsu, a way to bring elements of a formal zazen intensive into your daily life. You will be able to participate with ZMM's Sesshin via live webcast. We've designed this retreat keeping in mind the unique circumstances that each person finds themselves in during this time of social distancing. Some people can […]

Nuts & Bolts of Zen Practice (January)

with Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

January 12, 2024
ONLINE
A continuing series which explores Liturgy, taking up the teachings of the Heart Sutra. As usual there will be ample time for more questions and your thoughts you would like to share in this exploration. These sessions are open to anyone, and designed specifically with Practicing Members in mind. Our online programs are offered by […]

One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—January 2024

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi and Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

January 22 - 28, 2024
ONLINE
Welcome to One Continuous Thread, a way to bring elements of a formal zazen intensive into your daily life. You will be able to participate with ZMM's Sesshin via live webcast. We've designed this retreat keeping in mind the unique circumstances that each person finds themselves in. Some people can engage fully with a sesshin schedule […]

Nuts & Bolts of Zen Practice (February)

with Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

February 9, 2024
ONLINE
A continuing series which explores Liturgy, taking up the teachings of the Heart Sutra. As usual there will be ample time for more questions and your thoughts you would like to share in this exploration. These sessions are open to anyone, and designed specifically with Practicing Members in mind. Our online programs are offered by […]

One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—February 2024

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi and Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

February 19 - 25, 2024
ONLINE
Welcome to One Continuous Thread, a way to bring elements of a formal zazen intensive into your daily life. You will be able to participate with ZMM's Sesshin via live webcast. We've designed this retreat keeping in mind the unique circumstances that each person finds themselves in. Some people can engage fully with a sesshin schedule […]

Nuts & Bolts of Zen Practice (March)

with Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

March 8, 2024
ONLINE
A continuing series which explores Liturgy, taking up the teachings of the Heart Sutra. As usual there will be ample time for more questions and your thoughts you would like to share in this exploration. These sessions are open to anyone, and designed specifically with Practicing Members in mind. Our online programs are offered by […]

One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—March 2024

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei and Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

March 25 - 31, 2024
ONLINE
Welcome to One Continuous Thread, a way to bring elements of a formal zazen intensive into your daily life. You will be able to participate with ZMM's Sesshin via live webcast. We've designed this retreat keeping in mind the unique circumstances that each person finds themselves in. Some people can engage fully with a sesshin schedule […]

Nuts & Bolts of Zen Practice (April)

with Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

April 12, 2024
ONLINE
A continuing series which explores Liturgy, taking up the teachings of the Heart Sutra. As usual there will be ample time for more questions and your thoughts you would like to share in this exploration. These sessions are open to anyone, and designed specifically with Practicing Members in mind. Our online programs are offered by […]

One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—April 2024

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei and Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

April 22 - 28, 2024
ONLINE
Welcome to One Continuous Thread, a way to bring elements of a formal zazen intensive into your daily life. You will be able to participate with ZMM's Sesshin via live webcast. We've designed this retreat keeping in mind the unique circumstances that each person finds themselves in. Some people can engage fully with a sesshin schedule […]

Nuts & Bolts of Zen Practice (May)

with Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

May 10, 2024
ONLINE
A continuing series which explores Liturgy, taking up the teachings of the Heart Sutra. As usual there will be ample time for more questions and your thoughts you would like to share in this exploration. These sessions are open to anyone, and designed specifically with Practicing Members in mind. Our online programs are offered by […]

One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—May 2024

with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei and Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

May 20 - 26, 2024
ONLINE
Welcome to One Continuous Thread, a way to bring elements of a formal zazen intensive into your daily life. You will be able to participate with ZMM's Sesshin via live webcast. We've designed this retreat keeping in mind the unique circumstances that each person finds themselves in. Some people can engage fully with a sesshin schedule […]
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