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Konrad Ryushin Marchaj, SenseiAn 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. |
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John Daido Loori, RoshiCarrying the LanternDaido 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 |
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Grace NotesEnter the stream of 2013 with songs of passion for life, acceptance and the yearning for freedom. |
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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, SenseiTurning Towards HomeHaving 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. |
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Loving This EarthThe Promised Land: Queen of the Forest CanopyNalini 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. |
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Dragon’s SongThe glorious days of summer are upon us in the Northeastern Unites States. Grab a tall glass of ice water and enjoy some classical and contemporary tunes evoking the summer. What better way to celebrate the arrival of the warmest season. Don’t forget the sunscreen! |
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Konrad Ryushin Marchaj, SenseiAn 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. |
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Opening the GateMoving Beyond Fear & Anger, part 2Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, SenseiBuddhism teaches that anger is one of the three primary sources of human suffering and that it leads to some of our most long-lasting and painful karma. In this powerful retreat, Shugen Sensei looks closely at the mind of fear and anger through the Buddhist teachings, showing us how Zen practice can expose the falseness behind anger. When we see through this feeling clearly, we can gain the courage to face our own and others’ anger with compassion and earthy intelligence. CDs and downloadable mp3s of this retreat are available for sale at The Monastery Store. |
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Opening the Gate…ContinuedMoving Beyond Fear & Anger, part 2, continuedGeoffrey Shugen Arnold, SenseiCDs and downloadable mp3s of this retreat are available for sale at The Monastery Store. |
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Konrad Ryushin Marchaj, SenseiAn 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. |
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John Daido Loori, RoshiCarrying the LanternDaido 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 |
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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, SenseiTurning Towards HomeHaving 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. |