Jizo in the Monastery Garden
By Linda Shinji Hoffman At Zen Mountain Monastery we practice ango in the spring and the fall. The shuso can be either a layperson or a monastic. Their role is...
Orchard Grasses
By Linda Shinji Hoffman At Zen Mountain Monastery we practice ango in the spring and the fall. The shuso can be either a layperson or a monastic. Their role is...
Reflections on Temple Resident Life Under Quarantine
Residency at our Brooklyn Temple has always been an interweaving of NYC energy with the Zen Buddhism of a lay practice center. In these early weeks of the pandemic, our...
Sangha marks 10th anniversary of Daido Roshi’s passing
by Sabine Russ The mountain offered itself in full autumn splendor on Daido Roshi’s tenth memorial day: flaming colors, sharp lines, the most pristine of skies. Such effortless radiance of...
Sangha Reflections on the Jizo Project
The Jizo Project is an important sangha-supported initiative to make Zen Mountain Monastery a more accessible and accommodating refuge for practice. Here are several reflections from sangha members on what the initiative...
Perspectives: Beyond Fear of Differences
The Beyond Fear of Differences (BFoD) Planning Group held a public forum at the Monastery on Sunday, March 3, 2019—a moment 10 years in the making. It was a chance...
Precepts in the World: Sangha Reflections
Originally published in Mountain Record journal: “Morality in the World” (2002)
Sangha Reflections on Buddhist Pilgrimage
NOTE: In October 2018, 16 sangha members, including Shugen Roshi and Hojin Sensei, travelled to India and Nepal “in the footsteps of the Buddha.” Here are some of their reflections...
