The Mountain Record

By Shoan Osho Look!How one vow unfoldsinto a thousand blessings!  —from Chozen Roshi’s memorial poem at Daidoshi’s funeral 

By Shoan Osho Our only prayer is to be firm in our determination to give ourselves completely to the Buddha’s Way, so that no doubts arise however long the road seems to be. —Dahui Zonggao’s “Vow for Awakening” .

By Shoan Osho At night, deep in the mountainsI sit in meditation.The affairs of the world never reach here:Everything is quiet and empty,All the incense has been swallowed up by the endless night.My robe has become a garment of dew.Unable to sleep, I walk into the woods—Suddenly, above the highest peak, the full moon appears. —Ryokan(trans.…

By Shoan Osho For Muge Daido Daiosho: The Great WayIs not difficult—Slip the oar into the water on Long Pond. Is not easy—Build a seamless temple in the rain and snow. It is neither easy nor difficult—Today is a good day.Just bow and serve. What can I say after all these years?The Heavenly Light is never anywhere else,Yet when…

By Shoan Osho Each training week, the sangha gathers in the rear of the zendo around an altar devoted to the Monastery and Temple’s guardian deity, Hakuryu-o Daizenjin, the white dragon. Hakuryu-o Daizenjin was the protector of Maezumi Roshi’s home temple in Japan, and he brought this dragon with him to America. Daido Roshi continued…

It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Senior Monastic Michael Choke Yukon Grody. Our dear brother and friend slipped away peacefully in the midst of a formidable wind storm Wednesday night here on Tremper Mountain. (The storm temporarily took out the local electrical grid, brought down a mess of trees, and knocked the main Monastery sign…