Best Zen Mountain Monastery Podcasts (2024)

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Watch Your Mind 40:15

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Danica Shoan Ankele, Osho - ZMM - 7/14/24 - Noticing when we’ve put ourselves in a box, made up of our ideas or habits, is the genuine key to transformation and freedom. Drawing on early teachings of Zen Buddhism, Shoan Osho brings us home to our true power, to create and release our hindrances, through non-grasping.…

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Ramping Up Stories - 07-21-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 1:01:38

2d ago1:01:38

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https://youtu.be/9zOgKZwEJCoBy Sokuzan

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Bodhicitta / Tenderness - Basic Buddhist Teachings with Chiezan - 07/19/24 - sokukoji.org 44:51

4d ago44:51

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https://youtu.be/nSp3HoCrHAUBy Sokuzan

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No Wrong Place - 07-17-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 55:20

2d ago55:20

55:20

https://youtu.be/-fMvM0oiaX8By Sokuzan

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Mountains & Rivers XXXV - 7/14/24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 57:09

2d ago57:09

57:09

https://youtu.be/QUgt9EBKM7cBy Sokuzan

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Adapting to Conditions 26:38

7d ago26:38

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Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - ZMM - 7/13/24 - Gokan explores the second of the All Inclusive Practices of Bodhidharma’s Two Entrances; adapting to conditions. When we open up to the many ways we are dissatisfied or contribute to suffering, we also simultaneously open up the power of ceasing to grasp and liberating ourse…

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Drukpa Kenley - Basic Buddhist Teachings with Chiezan - 07-12-24 - sokukoji.org 43:25

5d ago43:25

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https://youtu.be/lcke6vkNPf8By Sokuzan

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Can You See The Humor? - 07-10-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 55:48

4d ago55:48

55:48

https://youtu.be/OM_bzknOvHcBy Sokuzan

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We The People 41:20

10d ago41:20

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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 7/7/24 - From Master Wu-men's Gateless Gate, Case 45 - Wu-tsu's "Who Is That Other?" - Shugen Roshi explores the dynamic between self and others by looking at the solitary nature of practice. As we begin to understand the habits which create our thoughts and ideas—all the things that obstruct our naturally clea…

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Great Question! 45:02

6d ago45:02

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Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 7/7/24 - From Master Wu-men's Gateless Gate, Case 9 - "Daitsu Chisho Buddha" - This koan brings us into a question that some of us do ask about in practice whether we have been engaged a long time - or a short time: What is realization? Am I getting it? Are they getting it? What is happening? Why after a period o…

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2024 - 07 - 07 Normal Awareness 53:21

7d ago53:21

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https://youtu.be/Vasz_5_rbmMBy Sokuzan

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Connecting With The Lineage - 07-05-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 42:58

9d ago42:58

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https://youtu.be/EXnpjwCZSBMBy Sokuzan

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Receiving - 07-03-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 1:13:07

11d ago1:13:07

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https://youtu.be/tSl0AShQWPEBy Sokuzan

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Wise Discernment 44:36

13d ago44:36

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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 6/30/24 - Shugen Roshi explores the discernment capacity of our inherent wisdom using two different teachings sources, a koan involving the monk Upagupta, and from a discourse on the nun Vajirā from the Buddha’s early teachings. This wise discernment guides each person on their path of spiritual practice; it’s …

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Noble Path Talk – Tenfu Loisel – June 2024 53:27

13d ago53:27

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Zabeth Tenfu Loisel, Lay Student - ZCNYC - 6/30/24 - How precious! The sangha treasure.By Zen Mountain Monastery

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Intention Versus Goal Setting - 06-30-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 1:02:49

14d ago1:02:49

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https://youtu.be/BBSAhyde67kBy Sokuzan

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Put it Down, Carry it Out 43:29

14d ago43:29

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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 6/29/24 - From the Book of Serenity, Case 57 - Yanyang's "Thing" - Learning to see the complexity of how our minds hold on to concepts—“things”— is an aspect of zazen practice, not just at the beginning but all the way through Zen training. In this sesshin talk, Roshi explores a lively koan that delves right in…

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Cultivating Bodhicitta 19:02

15d ago19:02

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Suzanne Taikyo Gilman, Senior Monastic - ZMM - 6/28/24 - The heart of enlightened mind, or bodhicitta, is an aspect of dharma practice that brings our aspirations to life. In this sesshin talk, Taikyo explores some teachings of bodhicitta, how it is cultivated, and how bodhicitta relates to the practice of zazen.…

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A Path That Can’t Be Named 28:12

16d ago28:12

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Patrick Yunen Kelly, Senior Lay Student - ZMM - 6/27/24 - Yunen explores the fundamental instructions on zazen from Dogen and the spiritual path of a Buddhist practitioner. To help us develop our understanding of its depth and breadth he brings forth analogies in language and nature, and especially to the evolution of the mountain ranges of the nor…

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Crazy Wisdom - Basic Buddhist Teachings with Chiezan - 06-28-24 - sokukoji.org 52:00

17d ago52:00

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https://youtu.be/w7UYjgWROnABy Sokuzan

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Not Grasping At Self 41:35

17d ago41:35

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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 6/26/24 - The Buddha’s Teachings on the Four Noble Truths - Causes and conditions, the inner workings of how things happen, is a key aspect of studying the Four Noble Truths of the Buddha. Shugen Roshi describes some ways in which these profound teachings function in the arising of karma within daily life and d…

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Notice That You Can't - 06-26-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 1:03:37

18d ago1:03:37

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https://youtu.be/VwlYfLc9A2UBy Sokuzan

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Receive Your Own Aggression - 06-23-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 54:49

19d ago54:49

54:49

https://youtu.be/57r_-opiIlMBy Sokuzan

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Letting Go of the Story 40:45

20d ago40:45

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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 6/23/24 - From The Record of the Transmission of the Light, Case 10 – Buddhamitra (or Fudamitta, the Ninth Zen Ancestor) - Our identity is built up with stories we learn to tell about ourselves, and many of these keep us in a state of suffering of which we’re barely aware. When a story we carry in our minds mee…

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What is Good? What is a Day? 45:06

20d ago45:06

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Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 6/23/24 - From the Blue Cliff Record, Case 6 - Yunmen’s "Every Day is a Good Day” - “I’m filled with grief, good day? The world is on fire, good day? What is not dependent upon the circumstances and conditions of those days? How are these concepts of practice and enlightenment for real and functioning in our dail…

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No Gain - Basic Buddhist Teachings with Chiezan - 06-12-24 - sokukoji.org 38:50

23d ago38:50

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https://youtu.be/izq3FlnSQLsBy Sokuzan

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Nothing is Forsaken 42:11

27d ago42:11

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Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 6/16/24 - From The Blue Cliff Record, Case 52 - Chao Chou’s Stone Bridge That Lets All Cross - Part of Zen training and practice is knowing there is no “end product”. Waking up continues endlessly. How do we see this essential stone bridge? How do we take the impasses that boils up in our lives with nothing kept …

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Encountering Suffering 41:12

27d ago41:12

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Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - ZMM - 6/16/24 - Looking at Bodhidharma’s teachings on two ways to enter practice—by principle and by practice—these teachings acknowledge that we’re all different and will enter practice in different ways, addressing what is most alive for us. In this talk Gokan explores the first of four p…

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No-one Wants To Be Suffered - 06-16-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 59:14

29d ago59:14

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https://youtu.be/2BpH-dsiaNABy Sokuzan

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Jetsunma Niguma - Basic Buddhist Teachings with Chiezan - 06-07-24 - sokukoji.org 42:23

1M ago42:23

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https://youtu.be/2hkGgACSz1kBy Sokuzan

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What me Worry? The Fourth Hindrance – Restlessness and Worry 41:44

1M ago41:44

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Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 6/9/24 - The five hindrances are the obstacles that prevent us from settling into the precision and stillness of our bodymind. In this talk, Hojin explores the fourth hindrance—restlessness and worry—and examines the various ways that we can work with it primarily by paying close attention to what’s going on in o…

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Living Dharma In Ease And Joy 47:10

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Chimyo Simone Atkinson, Sensei - ZMM - 6/9/24 - Chimyo Sensei explores the essential practice of zazen, and our genuine capacity to realize Buddha Nature. This practice can challenge us to face our own barriers, tapping into our innate ability to yield, like a dragon taking to the water, and the courage to move freely, like a tiger entering the mou…

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Ego Learning - 06-09-24 wth Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 1:10:12

1M ago1:10:12

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https://youtu.be/8X8-tX1xnjQBy Sokuzan

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Okay, But... - 06-24-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 1:02:20

1M ago1:02:20

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https://youtu.be/4vS7_th3qOQBy Sokuzan

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Everything Is Appropriate - 06-05-24 with Chiezan - sokukoji.org 43:53

1M ago43:53

43:53

https://youtu.be/DgK_spzSOGQBy Sokuzan

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Knowing and Understanding 44:12

1M ago44:12

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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 6/2/24 - From the Book of Serenity, Case 19 - Yunmen's "Sumaru" - Koan practice guides us to something different than conceptual knowledge, a liberation of mind which is, as the Buddha said, subtle and difficult to understand. And yet, conceptual knowledge is an integral part of how we can realize the non-conce…

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Noble Path Talk – Chikyuu – June 2024 29:11

1M ago29:11

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Chikyuu Donohue, Lay Student Zen Center of New York City, Fire Lotus Temple, Sunday 06/02/2024By Zen Mountain Monastery

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When You Can't Help It - 06-01-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 1:03:40

2M ago1:03:40

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https://youtu.be/49cANx6xyYoBy Sokuzan

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A Conversation with Butoh Teacher Vangeline 35:48

2M ago35:48

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In this podcast interview, Monastic Hokyu Aronson speaks with guest instructor Vangeline about embodied movement...By Zen Mountain Monastery

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Standards And Meditation Practice - Basic Buddhist Teachings with Chiezan - 05-31-24 - sokukoji.org 39:16

2M ago39:16

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https://youtu.be/Wp4s1qnbNeUBy Sokuzan

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Eyes Open - 05-29-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 1:04:34

2M ago1:04:34

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https://youtu.be/g3eH7qo5DzwBy Sokuzan

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Dharma Encounter: Identity Action 1:05:54

2M ago1:05:54

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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 5/26/24 - At the conclusion of spring ango 2024, Shugen Roshi offered a teaching on the ango theme of Right Relationship, focusing on Identity Action, or non-difference, from Dogen’s The Bodhisattva’s Four Methods of Guidance. Ango participants were invited to present questions or their understanding with Roshi…

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Noble Path Talk — Sandy Joshin Del Valle, May 2024 31:04

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Sandy Joshin Del Valle, Lay Student - ZCNYC - 5/26/24 - Joshin offers words of encouragement to take with us on our path, as she recounts her own stories of coming into Zen practice, and how developing constancy in this practice has transformed her life.By Zen Mountain Monastery

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Receive The Unwanted - with Sokuzan - 5/26/24 - sokukoji.org 1:00:48

2M ago1:00:48

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Whatever arises in your life, in your mind and in your relationships, receive that. It’s so important, but we miss it by the impulsive reaction to the perception. As soon as the leading edge of the negativity shows up, do nothing with it. It might just fall apart without your participation.https://youtu.be/D9H05PZhBFo…

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Making the Connection, Part 2 44:50

2M ago44:50

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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 5/25/24 - From Master Hongzhi's verse: Guidepost of Silent Illumination - Both effortful and effortless... meditation flowing through all activity, on the cushion, off the cushion... Shugen Roshi continues his talk on the practice of Shikantaza and Master Hongzhi's poem.…

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The View Beyond Your Views 41:31

2M ago41:31

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Danica Shoan Ankele, Osho - ZMM - 5/24/24 - We tell ourselves stories about who we are, what we can and cannot do. We often don’t recognize how limiting these views are, the suffering they perpetuate, and that only we can change them. In this exploration of Right View, Shoan Osho takes up verses of the elder nuns in the Therigata collection to eluc…

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Your Relationship With Mt Tremper 32:23

2M ago32:23

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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, formlessness and desire—all arrive together at once, so how do we practice stillness in the midst…

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The Buddha's Life - Basic Buddhist Teachings with Chiezan - 05-24-24 - sokukoji.org 39:24

2M ago39:24

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We take for granted the life of the buddha. We have to acknowledge that there are not many ways to verify the accuracy of the story, and there are also many iterations of how the buddha has been presented over time.https://youtu.be/pPDsx0TCcJYBy Sokuzan

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Making the Connection 42:50

2M ago42:50

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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 5/22/24 - From Master Hongzhi's verse: Guidepost of Silent Illumination - Both effortful and effortless... How is it that meditation flows through all activity, on the cushion, off the cushion? Shugen Roshi comments on the practice of Shikantaza and Master Hongzhi's poem.…

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The Predicament Of Depression - 05-22-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 1:04:20

2M ago1:04:20

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https://youtu.be/Xw1Xd20jAy0The emotional dynamic that shows up as negative or useless feelings that we call depression can mean completely different things to people. You may need a psychiatrist or a therapist. It could also, possibly, be addressed by sitting down, holding still and watching the mind is doing.…

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