ONLINE: Buddha’s Enlightenment Vigil
with MRO Teachers and Senior Staff
December 8 - 10, 2023
ONLINE
After he left his family's home to seek liberation from suffering, Shakyamuni Buddha spent some years studying with spiritual teachers and engaging in extreme ascetic practices. Through it all, he remained unsatisfied that he had resolved his search. Inspired by a memory of an experience of deep, easeful meditation he'd experienced in his youth, he […]
Buddha’s Enlightenment Vigil
with MRO Teachers and Senior Staff
December 8 - 10, 2023
Zen Mountain Monastery
After he left his family's home to seek liberation from suffering, Shakyamuni Buddha spent some years studying with spiritual teachers and engaging in extreme ascetic practices. Through it all, he remained unsatisfied that he had resolved his search. Inspired by a memory of an experience of deep, easeful meditation he'd experienced in his youth, he […]
Weekend Sesshin
with Mn. Shoan Ankele and Mn. Gokan Bonebakker
December 15 - 17, 2023
Zen Mountain Monastery
A weekend sesshin is a great way to experience sesshin for the first time, and also a wonderful opportunity for more experienced practitioners. Characterized by silence and deep introspection, sesshin is recommended to anyone who is sincerely interested in experiencing intensive Zen training. […]
One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—December 2023
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi and Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei
December 26, 2023 - January 1, 2024
ONLINE
Welcome to One Continuous Thread-Rohatsu, a way to bring elements of a formal zazen intensive into your daily life. You will be able to participate with ZMM's Sesshin via live webcast. We've designed this retreat keeping in mind the unique circumstances that each person finds themselves in during this time of social distancing. Some people can […]
Rohatsu Sesshin
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi and Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei
December 26, 2023 - January 1, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
In the Zen tradition, Rohatsu sesshin celebrates the Buddha's enlightenment and is traditionally the most intensive and challenging sesshin of the year. Each day begins well before dawn (3:45 am) and is a continuous practice of meditation throughout the day while sitting, walking, standing and lying down. There are from nine to eleven hours of […]
One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—January 2024
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi and Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei
January 22 - 28, 2024
ONLINE
Welcome to One Continuous Thread, a way to bring elements of a formal zazen intensive into your daily life. You will be able to participate with ZMM's Sesshin via live webcast. We've designed this retreat keeping in mind the unique circumstances that each person finds themselves in. Some people can engage fully with a sesshin schedule […]
New Years’ Sesshin
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi and Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei
January 22 - 28, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Characterized by silence and deep introspection, sesshin is recommended to anyone who is sincerely interested in experiencing intensive Zen training. We wake up each day before dawn to begin a schedule that includes 7 to 10 hours of zazen...
One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—February 2024
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi and Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei
February 19 - 25, 2024
ONLINE
Welcome to One Continuous Thread, a way to bring elements of a formal zazen intensive into your daily life. You will be able to participate with ZMM's Sesshin via live webcast. We've designed this retreat keeping in mind the unique circumstances that each person finds themselves in. Some people can engage fully with a sesshin schedule […]
Bodhidharma Sesshin
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi and Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei
February 19 - 25, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Characterized by silence and deep introspection, sesshin is recommended to anyone who is sincerely interested in experiencing intensive Zen training. We wake up each day before dawn to begin a schedule that includes 7 to 10 hours of zazen...
Weekend Sesshin- Spring Ango Opening
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Mn. Shoan Ankele and Mn. Gokan Bonebakker
March 1 - 3, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Characterized by silence and deep introspection, sesshin is recommended to anyone who is sincerely interested in experiencing intensive Zen training. We wake up each day before dawn to begin a schedule that includes 7 to 10 hours of zazen...
Founding Sesshin
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei and Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
March 25 - 31, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Characterized by silence and deep introspection, sesshin is recommended to anyone who is sincerely interested in experiencing intensive Zen training. We wake up each day before dawn to begin a schedule that includes 7 to 10 hours of zazen...
One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—March 2024
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei and Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
March 25 - 31, 2024
ONLINE
Welcome to One Continuous Thread, a way to bring elements of a formal zazen intensive into your daily life. You will be able to participate with ZMM's Sesshin via live webcast. We've designed this retreat keeping in mind the unique circumstances that each person finds themselves in. Some people can engage fully with a sesshin schedule […]
True Refuge Week: Self-Directed Intensive Practice for MRO Students
with MRO Teachers and Senior Staff
April 16 - 21, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
All of Buddhist practice is leading us toward our true homecoming: the discovery that this very life, this very heart-mind and body, can be the source of our deepest fulfillment. Through training, and sincere, well-directed effort, as well as the support of a conducive environment, we can find that the refuge we seek is already here. […]
Apple Blossom Sesshin
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei and Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
April 22 - 28, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Characterized by silence and deep introspection, sesshin is recommended to anyone who is sincerely interested in experiencing intensive Zen training. We wake up each day before dawn to begin a schedule that includes 7 to 10 hours of zazen...
One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—April 2024
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei and Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
April 22 - 28, 2024
ONLINE
Welcome to One Continuous Thread, a way to bring elements of a formal zazen intensive into your daily life. You will be able to participate with ZMM's Sesshin via live webcast. We've designed this retreat keeping in mind the unique circumstances that each person finds themselves in. Some people can engage fully with a sesshin schedule […]
Ocean Gathering Sesshin
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei and Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
May 20 - 26, 2024
Zen Mountain Monastery
Characterized by silence and deep introspection, sesshin is recommended to anyone who is sincerely interested in experiencing intensive Zen training. We wake up each day before dawn to begin a schedule that includes 7 to 10 hours of zazen...
One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—May 2024
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei and Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
May 20 - 26, 2024
ONLINE
Welcome to One Continuous Thread, a way to bring elements of a formal zazen intensive into your daily life. You will be able to participate with ZMM's Sesshin via live webcast. We've designed this retreat keeping in mind the unique circumstances that each person finds themselves in. Some people can engage fully with a sesshin schedule […]