Philip’s Hat

In loving tribute to a peaceful man: the great Richie Havens.

Voices of Change

The Promised Land: The Story of Cheryl Rogowski, Farm-to-Plate innovator.

Cheryl is a fourth-generation farmer, growing 200 varieties of fruits and vegetables and the first farmer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. Here Cheryl shares how her agricultural programs also address community, social, civic and education needs.

This program was originally recorded for APM, American Public Media.

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei

Turning Towards Home

Having found our way to the dharma, we may have only a vague sense of what we’re seeking or why. At the same time, it all seems quite familiar, like catching a glimpse of an old friend we haven’t seen in years. What is that connection that grabs us? How do we find our way in the dark?

The koan in this talk is “Yunmen’s Sixty Blows,” case 280 from the True Dharma Eye. It was given at ZCNYC on March 24, 2013.

Crossing Paths

Jan Chozen Bays, Roshi, on Mindful Eating

Eating is one of the most intimate things we do, and if we’re fortunate, we do it several times every day. How much attention to we give to this sacred activity? Do we appreciate the pleasures of taste? Do we notice the nourishment we receive from eating? Are we trying to nourish something else when we turn to food? Chozen Roshi takes up these questions in her workshop on Mindful Eating that she offered at ZMM last year and guides us in addressing them ourselves.

Recorded in May 2012 at ZMM.

Story Hour

Stories for a Winter’s Night

As the last of the snow melts from the mountain side, let’s curl up and listen to some Native American tales, performed by Joan Henry.

Konrad Ryushin Marchaj, Sensei

An All-Encompassing Yes

“Everything is sufficient its way,” Ryushin Sensei says. This includes your life, your mind, your body, the patch of ground you’re sitting on. Underneath our heartbreak, distraction, or suffering, the natural order of life is an all-pervasive, joyous, yes. The way to see it? Through unremitting, thorough practice.

The koan in this talk is “The World Honored One Points to the Ground,” case 4 of the collection Book of Equanimity. This discourse was given at Zen Mountain Monastery on November 4, 2012.

John Daido Loori, Roshi

Carrying the Lantern

Daido Roshi looks at the student-teacher relationship through the lens of this koan. He delves into what appears as a simple conversation, looking at the subtle ways that the dharma is transmitted, and how, when it comes to zen masters, there are no innocent questions.

The koan in this talk is “Tianran’s ‘Have You Eaten Yet?’” from the collection Koans of the Way of Reality. This discourse was given at Zen Mountain Monastery in November 2003

Buddhist Geeks

Creativity Without Grasping

Martine Batchelor explores the process of grasping and its amplifying/exaggerating effects. She also goes into how meditation can help us to de-grasp/release our holding thus allowing for a more creative engagement and creative response.

Mixing Science and Dharma

Willoughby Britton, contemplative scientist and neuroscience researcher, speaks about mixing Dharma with scientific enterprise. Scientific research of meditation is undoubtedly one of the forces behind the proliferation of the Dharma, and offers much promise as a “Dharma technology”. However, Britton asserts that significant challenges remain before we can harness the full power of scientific enterprise.

These programs were produced by Buddhist Geeks.

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei

Turning Towards Home

Having found our way to the dharma, we may have only a vague sense of what we’re seeking or why. At the same time, it all seems quite familiar, like catching a glimpse of an old friend we haven’t seen in years. What is that connection that grabs us? How do we find our way in the dark?

The koan in this talk is “Yunmen’s Sixty Blows,” case 280 from the True Dharma Eye. It was given at ZCNYC on March 24, 2013.

John Daido Loori, Roshi

Carrying the Lantern

Daido Roshi looks at the student-teacher relationship through the lens of this koan. He delves into what appears as a simple conversation, looking at the subtle ways that the dharma is transmitted, and how, when it comes to zen masters, there are no innocent questions.

The koan in this talk is “Tianran’s ‘Have You Eaten Yet?’” from the collection Koans of the Way of Reality. This discourse was given at Zen Mountain Monastery in November 2003

Loving This Earth

The Promised Land: Queen of the Forest Canopy

Nalini Nadkarn has spent decades climbing the trees of Costa Rica, Papua New Guinea, the Amazon, and the Pacific Northwest, exploring the world of animals and plants that live in the canopy 30 to 200 feet up in the air. She has also reached into correctional facilities and harnessed the enthusiasm of prisoners for botani to help her in her research. “When we come to understand nature, we are touching the most deep and most important parts of ourself.”

This show was originally produced for the program The Promised Land, for American Public Media.

Konrad Ryushin Marchaj, Sensei

An All-Encompassing Yes

“Everything is sufficient its way,” Ryushin Sensei says. This includes your life, your mind, your body, the patch of ground you’re sitting on. Underneath our heartbreak, distraction, or suffering, the natural order of life is an all-pervasive, joyous, yes. The way to see it? Through unremitting, thorough practice.

The koan in this talk is “The World Honored One Points to the Ground,” case 4 of the collection Book of Equanimity. This discourse was given at Zen Mountain Monastery on November 4, 2012.