A collection of dharma talks, events, interviews and other media from Zen Mountain Monastery and the Zen Center of NYC. Please scroll down for all available talks. Subscribe via: iTunes | Google Play
A collection of dharma talks, events, interviews and other media from Zen Mountain Monastery and the Zen Center of NYC. Please scroll down for all available talks. Subscribe via: iTunes | Google Play
Grounding in Groundlessness
In this talk from Interdependence Sesshin, Hojin Sensei employs the concept of imho, being tripped up by the ground beneath our feet and depending on that same ground to get back up. When you stumble and fall, Sensei suggests, don’t be so quick to jump back up again. You may just find hidden gems, including the very earth itself.
Featured Event
On June 9, the Monastery unveiled the Jizo Project, an important initiative, made possible through sangha support, to make the Monastery more accessible and accommodating for everyone.
Featured Video
How is it to live freely while not ignoring causation? Hogen Sensei gave this talk following a spring retreat called “Awakening to Karma.”
Featured Interview
Author Lawrence Shainberg discuss his new memoir, Four Men Shaking, ahead of his book reading at the Zen Center of NYC on October 5…
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Transmission of Light, Case 35
Zen Mountain Monastery, 10/13/2019
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
Zen Center of New York City, 10/13/2019
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Gateless Gate, Case 26
Zen Mountain Monastery, 10/06/2019
Michael Yukon Grody, Senior Monastic
Zen Center of New York City, 10/06/2019
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Zen Mountain Monastery, 10/03/2019
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Dharma Encounter
Zen Mountain Monastery, 09/29/2019
Shugen Roshi presents the sangha with the question, how do we find our liberation within our day-to-day reality, the world of phenomena? How do the teachings of the dharma, of mountains and rivers, give us this opportunity to turn the light around so we can see our own minds with clarity? Share in this lively dialogue between Roshi and ango participants at the conclusion of the Mountains and Rivers sesshin.
Danica Shoan Ankele, Senior Monastic
Zen Center of New York City, 09/29/2019
Realization, Zen practice and everyday life, how are these all related? To study the self, a fundamental teaching from Dogen Zenji, opens many doors as it profoundly disrupts our ability to grasp at fixed definitions or to put ourselves in a box, giving us ways to develop and experience our own liberation.
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
True Dharma Eye, Case 16
Zen Mountain Monastery, 09/28/2019
How do you turn the mountains, rivers and the great earth, and return to the self? How do we see into our own delusion, anger, resentment, and by gaining clarity also find our freedom?
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
True Dharma Eye, Case 52
Zen Mountain Monastery, 09/27/2019
What is the nourishment we need to sustain ourselves, to take a good look at our own actions, to awaken and live from a realized perspective? Delusion creates suffering for ourselves and all beings, so how do we leap free, like the golden fish, from the net? Or, is living in the net just fine as it is? Hogen Sensei explores awakening, realization, and practice in the “real thing” of our lives.
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Fascicle from the Treasury of the True Dharma Eye
Zen Mountain Monastery, 09/26/2019
Master Dogen’s teachings lend themselves to our own search for meaning, for relevance, for connection with others and for an end to alienation. These ancient Zen teachings have an enduring relevance to our lives, and Roshi explores how engaging practice can open up realms of generosity, healing and wellbeing, especially when we empower ourselves and engage them.