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The dharma talk “Bodhidharma’s ‘Peace of Mind'” was given on May 6, 2018 at Zen Mountain Monastery by Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi.
The Gateless Gate, Case 41
Featured Event
Shuso Hossen Ceremony. Robert Rakusan Moshin Ricci, Monastic, at Zen Mountain Monastery, May 27, 2018.
Featured Video
On April 8, 2018, Shugen Arnold completed dharma transmission for Zuisei Goddard in a brief ceremony at ZMM.
Featured Interview
Ahead of her retreat on “Taming the Mind,” Zuisei Goddard talks about the value & misconceptions of mindfulness as a way of […]
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Blue Cliff Record, Case 3
Zen Mountain Monastery, 6/24/2018
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Blue Cliff Record, Case 3
Zen Mountain Monastery, 6/17/2018
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Zen Mountain Monastery, 6/10/2018
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
Transmission of the Light, Case 51
Zen Centre of New York City, 6/10/2018
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
Gateless Gate, Case 19
Zen Centre of New York City, 6/9/2018
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
The Gateless Gate, Case 7
Zen Mountain Monastery, 6/3/2018
Robert Rakusan Moshin Ricci, Monastic
Zen Mountain Monastery, 05/27/2018
From The True Dharma Eye: Master Dogen’s Collection of Three Hundred Koans, Case 169: Mahakasyapa and the Flagpole
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
The True Dharma Eye: Master Dogen’s Three Hundred Koans (Shinji Shobogenzo), Case 148
Vanessa Zuisei Goddard, Sensei
The Gateless Gate, Case 26
Zen Mountain Monastery, 5/25/2018
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
Book of Serenity, Case 52
Zen Mountain Monastery, 5/24/2018
Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi
This is a follow up on Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi’s retreat on Social and Communal Harmony
Zen Mountain Monastery, 5/20/2018
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
The Gateless Gate, Case 41
Zen Mountain Monastery, 5/06/2018
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
The True Dharma Eye: Master Dogen’s Three Hundred Koans (Shinji Shobogenzo), Case 101
Zen Mountain Monastery, 4/28/2018
Vanessa Zuisei Goddard, Sensei
Zen Mountain Monastery, 4/27/2018
Michelle Seigei Spark, Lay Senior
Zen Mountain Monastery, 04/26/2018
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
A discourse on an excerpt from Master Dogen’s Shobogenzo Fascicle “Body-Mind Study of the Way”
Vanessa Zuisei Goddard, Sensei
Zen Mountain Monastery, 4/22/2018
Gateless Gate, case 36
Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic
Zen Center of New York City, 4/22/2018
A Retreat given by Vanessa Zuisei Goddard, Sensei
Zen Mountain Monastery, 4/21/2018
A Retreat given by Vanessa Zuisei Goddard, Sensei
Zen Mountain Monastery, 4/21/2018
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Blue Cliff Record, Case 82
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
Zen Center of New York City, 4/14/2018
Book of Serenity: Case 19
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi & Vanessa Zuisei Goddard, Sensei
Zen Mountain Monastery, 4/8/2018
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
Zen Center of New York City, 4/8/2018
Gateless Gate: Case 37
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Book of Serenity, Case 42
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
The True Dharma Eye: Master Dogen’s Three Hundred Koans (Shinji Shobogenzo), Case 122
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Zen Mountain Monastery, 3/25/2018
Blue Cliff Record: Case 89
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
Zen Mountain Monastery, 3/18/2018
Book of Serenity: Case 21
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Zen Center of New York City, 3/17/2018
Gateless Gate: Case 30
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Zen Mountain Monastery, 3/11/2018
Transmission of the Light: Case 25
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei and Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei
Zen Center of New York City, 3/11/2018
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Zen Mountain Monastery, 3/4/2018
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Vanessa Zuisei Goddard, Dharma Holder
Zen Center of New York City, 3/4/2018
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Zen Mountain Monastery, 2/25/2018
This talk was given by Shugen Roshi on Feb. 25, 2018, at the conclusion of the Monastery’s Bodhidharma sesshin.
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
Zen Center of New York City, 2/25/2018
Blue Cliff Record: Case 25
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
Zen Center of New York City, 2/24/2018
Blue Cliff Record: Case 65
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Book of Serenity: Case 74
Zen Mountain Monastery, 2/11/2018
Note: due to technical difficulty the first 90 seconds of this audio is from a talk given in 2012.
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Gateless Gate: Case 23, Think Neither Good nor Evil
Zen Mountain Monastery, 2/4/2018
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Gateless Gate: Case 38, A Buffalo Passes Through a Window
Zen Mountain Monastery, 1/28/2018
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Gateless Gate: Case 38, A Buffalo Passes Through a Window
Zen Mountain Monastery, 1/26/2018
Susan Seien Wilder, Lay Senior
Zen Mountain Monastery, 1/25/2018
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Gateless Gate: Case 38, A Buffalo Passes Through a Window
Zen Mountain Monastery, 1/24/2018
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Blue Cliff Record: Case 21, Chih Men’s Lotus Flower, Lotus Leaves
Zen Mountain Monastery, 1/7/2018
Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic
Zen Center of New York City, 1/7/2018
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Zen Mountain Monastery, 12/31/2017
This talk was given during the final hour of 2017 as the sangha gathered to conclude our Rohatsu Sesshin and ring in the new year. Roshi addressed themes of renewal and commitment to the Bodhisattva Vows, underscoring the New Year’s Eve fusatsu ceremony.
The term Mindfulness—as an approach to meditation or perhaps as a lifestyle choice—seems to be everywhere one turns these days. But it’s origins in the Buddhist canon and its explication by some of the great meditation masters of the ages, can lead us to equanimity, insight and, ultimately, to wisdom and compassion.
In this March 2017 interview with Zuisei Goddard, Sensei, we talk about the misunderstandings and true potential of cultivating—and maintaining—awareness. This conversation was recorded ahead of Zuisei’s April 2017 retreat, “Taming the Mind.”
Michael Yukon Grody, Monastic
Danica Shoan Ankele, Monastic