The Great Bodhisattva Vows
In the Lotus Sutra the Buddha said: At all times, for all beings I teach the Dharma equally, never growing weary or disheartened. To those in low positions, in high...
Excerpt: Manifesting Buddha
This excerpt, Manifesting Buddha by Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, is from the new journal Mountains & Rivers: Zen Dharma and Practice and explores how Buddhist practice manifests in our daily lives...
Words and Phrases
by Vanessa Zuisei Goddard, Sensei The poet Wallace Stevens wrote: After the final no there comes a yes And on that yes the future world depends. No was the night....
Ask the One Who Knows
by Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Gateless Gate Case 47 Doushuai’s Three Barriers Main Case Master Doushuai made three barriers to test his students. To inquire after the truth, groping your...
Ma-tsu’s White and Black
by Bonnie Myotai Treace, Sensei Book of Equanimity, Case 6 Ma-tsu’s White and Black A Stage Whisper: Where you can’t open your mouth, a tongueless person can speak; where you...
This is the Way I Express My Gratitude
by Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi In the Mountains and Rivers Order we have two paths by which a student can practice and realize Buddhadharma—a lay training path and a monastic...
Traveling by Day
by Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi This Discourse appeared in the Fall 2013 issue of Mountain Record, “Within Light, Darkness.” True Dharma Eye, Case 113 Baofu’s Blocking of the Eyes, Ears,...
The Ninth Grave Precept
by John Daido Loori, Roshi This excerpt appeared in the Fall 2013 issue of Mountain Record, “Within Light, Darkness.” From The heart of Being: Moral and Ethical Teachings of Zen...
Finding Our Way
by Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Listen to this Talk The Zen tradition places a special emphasis on beginner’s mind because the mind of a beginner has qualities that are so...
After All I Still Don’t Know
By Ron Hogen Green, Sensei, MRO Listen to this Talk Gateless Gate Case 9 Daitsu Chisho Buddha Main Case Once, a monk earnestly asked priest Jo of Koyo, “Daitsu Chisho...
