A Rice Cake. Just A Rice Cake.
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei – 5/28/26 – Going beyond our ancestors, going further than they could go, is the task of every student of the dharma. What is the ultimate truth? In other words, asks Hogen Sensei, who is this person asking the question? Going beyond…Dharma Encounter: Gathering Life Energy
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei – ZMM – 4/26/26 – The energy of our lives is something that we tend to take for granted, but in spiritual practice it is understood that we can deliberately cultivate the energy of clarity through zazen. We can study the ways that…Just Resting, While Freely Going Forth
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei – 3/25/26 – ZMM – Hogen Sensei asks the question: what is it to just rest? To let our busy preoccupation with our thoughts come to rest. Accepting all streams, everything becomes “one taste,” non-dual and not in opposition to…The Journey We are On
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei – ZMM – 10/20/25 – The moment when each person decides to step into the unknown, to an authentic life where our karma does not determine our choices, is a turning point. Hogen Sensei picks up the opening line from Genjokoan, ”When…Come Closer
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei – ZMM – 10/22/25 – Our biggest challenges often take form in how we create or perpetuate suffering, and these are likely to be in stark contrast to the peace and groundedness experienced in zazen. In zazen we experience our true nature…Genjokoan Dharma Encounter
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei – ZMM – 9/28/25 – Manifesting absolute reality—awakened reality—in everyday life is Genjokoan. In this lively Dharma Encounter with Hogen Sensei, the awakened reality of everyday life is explored as our fundamental practice. Sensei…Practicing With Intention
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei – ZMM – 4/24/25 – Honesty is essential to serious spiritual practice. We need to become honest with ourselves about the nature of our suffering, our habitual reactivity and our fear, so that we can acknowledge them before being able to…Hogen Sensei: Dharma Encounter on Non-Deception
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei – ZMM – 3/30/25 – To not deceive oneself is the fundamental ground of all moral and ethical action, and to do that we need to go deep into the roots of our greed, aggression and ignorance. How do we work with this? How has our zazen…Do I Die, Or Do I Live?
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei – ZMM – 11/21/24 – From The Book of Equanimity, Case 30 – Daizui’s Fire at the End of the Kalpa – Practice offers a way for cutting through dualities within which we tend to get lost, as all of our lives are based on these dualities….Dharma Encounter with Hogen Sensei
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei – ZMM – 10/27/24 – Bodhicitta is simply the aspiration to save all others from suffering. Along the way, how do we go forward on an ever shifting and bumpy path? This lively dharma encounter with Hogen Sensei and the sangha is tender…Having Power on the Road
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei – ZMM – 09/26/2024 – What is it to be empowered on the path? What is your potential? Realizing our true nature, personally, requires trust, an intuitive trust that must be developed over time. In this exploration of dharma practice,…Your Relationship With Mt Tremper
Ron Hogen Green, Sensei – ZMM – 5/23/24 – From The True Dharma Eye, Case 75 – Yantou’s “Sit Still” – How do we respond to life’s complications? Sitting in stillness is the simple practice, but in itself can become a hiding place. The Three Worlds—form,…
