398 Episodes

  1. Fusatsu: Skillful Means In the Forms of Practice

    Published: 4/25/2025

  2. Practicing With Intention

    Published: 4/24/2025

  3. Understanding Selfless Wisdom

    Published: 4/23/2025

  4. The Sacred Activity of Work

    Published: 4/20/2025

  5. A Question of Practice

    Published: 4/19/2025

  6. Mountain Light: On Zen Study

    Published: 4/13/2025

  7. Practice Instructions

    Published: 4/13/2025

  8. Planting the Fields

    Published: 4/6/2025

  9. Hogen Sensei: Dharma Encounter on Non-Deception

    Published: 3/30/2025

  10. 500 Blessed Lives, Part II

    Published: 3/29/2025

  11. Fusatsu: Wholesome and Unwholesome Actions

    Published: 3/28/2025

  12. Sincerity in Practice

    Published: 3/27/2025

  13. 500 Blessed Lives

    Published: 3/26/2025

  14. Realization of Body-and-Mind

    Published: 3/23/2025

  15. Opening to Liturgy

    Published: 3/23/2025

  16. The Transformation of Karma

    Published: 3/16/2025

  17. Linji’s True Person

    Published: 3/9/2025

  18. “Mountain Training: The Eight Gates of Zen” – Spring 2025 Ango Opening Talk at ZMM

    Published: 3/2/2025

  19. Auspicious! Auspicious! Spring 2025 Ango Opening Talk at Fire Lotus Temple

    Published: 3/2/2025

  20. Cold and Heat

    Published: 3/1/2025

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The Mountains and Rivers Order (MRO) is a Western Zen Buddhist lineage established by the late John Daido Loori Roshi and dedicated to sharing the dharma as it has been passed down, generation to generation, since the time of Shakyamuni Buddha. Zen Mountain Monastery, the main house of the Mountains and Rivers Order, is one of the West’s most respected Zen Buddhist monasteries and training centers. Nestled in New York’s beautiful Catskill Mountains, the Monastery draws its strength from the ancient tradition of Buddhist monasticism. Since 1980, the Monastery has offered spiritual practitioners traditional and innovative ways to engage the dharma through a wide range of retreats and residential programs that unfold within the context of authentic, full-time Zen monastic training. The Zen Center of New York City: Fire Lotus Temple is the city branch of Zen Mountain Monastery. Supporting home practitioners in the metropolitan area, ZCNYC offers varied practice opportunities within the Eight Gates training matrix.