Best Zen Mountain Monastery Podcasts (2024)

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Guarding Introspection 51:45

10d ago51:45

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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 8/11/24 - Habits of mind, which in the beginning of practice seem untameable, can be grounded through awareness, and that’s just the start of learning to be at ease with the mind. We come to appreciate our own ability to settle and to realize our capacity to experience the inherent steadiness of mind. With help…

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The Sadhana Of Mahamudra - 08-18-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 1:05:45

2d ago1:05:45

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https://youtu.be/O2OefkskMhgBy Sokuzan

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Seek Nothing - 08-14-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 50:49

7d ago50:49

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https://youtu.be/lZk-sxF9tgABy Sokuzan

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Set Aside Time - 08-11-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 51:52

5d ago51:52

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https://youtu.be/0SEjrMesazIBy Sokuzan

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Your Mind is At Rest 43:20

5d ago43:20

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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 8/4/24 - From Master Wu-men's Gateless Gate, Case 41 - Your Mind is At Rest - Shugen Roshi brings the teachings of Bodhidharma to life in this talk on zazen practice as a kind of inquiry that is free of concepts, ideas and analysis, and is rather a direct experience of one’s awakened mind—your mind at rest—whic…

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Simplicity - Basic Buddhist Teachings with Chiezan - 08-09-24 - sokukoji.org 37:17

6d ago37:17

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https://youtu.be/IL4ULcrC0voBy Sokuzan

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Challenges Of Working With The Teacher - 08-07-24 with Chiezan - sokukoji.org 51:14

7d ago51:14

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https://youtu.be/KvxD2vow5s8By Sokuzan

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Feeding Not Fighting: Meeting Machig Labdrön 45:04

17d ago45:04

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Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 8/3/24 - Hojin Sensei offers the wisdom of Machig Labdrön, a Tibetan teacher who lived between the eleventh and twelfth centuries. From an adept at a very young age, to motherhood, to teacher, to establishing the practice of Chöd, her life and teachings have been a great source of inspiration, as Hojin enthusiast…

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A True Teacher - 08-04-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 1:05:26

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https://youtu.be/VhoZUtg-DKkBy Sokuzan

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Applying The Teachings - Basic Buddhist Teachings with Chiezan - 08-02-24 - sokukoji.org 38:02

24d ago38:02

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https://youtu.be/L_H0u1bORhYBy Sokuzan

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Let Negativity Help You - 07-31-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 43:45

26d ago43:45

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https://youtu.be/AK9qdCpEfAIBy Sokuzan

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Tokudo: Monastic Ordination for Sekku Harrison 1:08:13

16d ago1:08:13

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Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - 7/28/24 - In this morning ceremony, Hojin Sensei offers teachings on the Monastic Vows and the Moral & Ethical Precepts of Zen Buddhism, on the occasion of the full Monastic ordination of Simon Daiō Sekku Harrison, one of Hojin Sensei’s long-time students.By Zen Mountain Monastery

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Mountains & Rivers XXXVI - 07-28-24 with Sokuzan - sokukoji.org 57:15

17d ago57:15

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https://youtu.be/gZC9F-EQb5ABy Sokuzan

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The Natural State of Mind 48:43

17d ago48:43

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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 7/27/24 - From the Book of Serenity, Case 5 - Qingyuan and the Price of Rice - As we seek to understand the Buddha’s teachings on release from suffering, the explanations and descriptions of the Path are what we tend to seek. But when we actually sit down in zazen and experience our minds, without relying on ex…

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Yes! 42:48

17d ago42:48

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Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 7/21/24 - From Master Wu-men's Gateless Gate (Mumonkan), Case 12 - Ruiyan Calls "Master" - Hojin Sensei takes up this koan... What is it that runs our lives, that leads us to make decisions about right and wrong? Our intentions are what drive us along and affect what happens in our lives, so how clear are we abou…

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Nothing Outside 46:08

18d ago46:08

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Danica Shoan Ankele, Osho - 7/26/24 - Delving into a 13th century Indian mystic’s poem on the experience of the divine, and the Lankavatara Sutra, a foundational sutra of the early Zen path, Shoan Osho explores our direct experience within the practice of mind, and the realization of no separation from all beings on the path of peace.…

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Seeking Nothing 30:33

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Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - ZMM - 7/25/24 - Gokan explores the third of the All Inclusive Practices of Bodhidharma’s Two Entrances: seeking nothing. - Our longings and yearnings are are what motivates us ordinarily, and we come to practice because of dissatisfaction with samsara. Our human habit is to seek pleasure, c…

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Allowing Death to Teach Us How To Live 51:44

23d ago51:44

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Rev. Trudi Jinpu Hirsch-Abramson - ZMM - 7/21/24 - Rev. Jinpu offers her engaging stories about the practice of grief, aging, dying and living in the now. An ordained Buddhist priest and chaplain, Jinpu has over twenty-five years of experience in practicing and teaching others to care for and celebrate all of life.…

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

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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

26d 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

1M ago55:20

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https://youtu.be/-fMvM0oiaX8By Sokuzan

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

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https://youtu.be/QUgt9EBKM7cBy Sokuzan

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Adapting to Conditions 26:38

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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

1M 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

1M ago55:48

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https://youtu.be/OM_bzknOvHcBy Sokuzan

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We The People 41:20

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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

1M 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

1M 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

1M 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

2M ago1:13:07

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https://youtu.be/tSl0AShQWPEBy Sokuzan

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Wise Discernment 44:36

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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

1M 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

2M ago1:02:49

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https://youtu.be/BBSAhyde67kBy Sokuzan

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Put it Down, Carry it Out 43:29

1M 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

2M 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

2M 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

2M ago52:00

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https://youtu.be/w7UYjgWROnABy Sokuzan

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Not Grasping At Self 41:35

2M 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

2M 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

2M ago54:49

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

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Letting Go of the Story 40:45

2M 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

2M 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

2M ago38:50

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https://youtu.be/izq3FlnSQLsBy Sokuzan

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Nothing is Forsaken 42:11

2M 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

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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

2M 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

2M 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

3M 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

2M ago47:10

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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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