Zen Mountain Monastery

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 4/5/26 - The Buddha began with generosity—dāna pāramitā—as the ground of all practice and the basis of being truly teachable. The precepts live ...

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 4/25/26 - The words of a koan always point to our original mind—our unobstructed, liberated mind—but the path of seeking clarity is not always...

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZMM - 4/24/26 - Resonance is a living reality, and when we turn toward resonance we can experience the energy and aliveness to help us be grounded in ou...

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 4/22/26 - From the Book of Serenity, Case 97 - Emperor Tongguang's Hat - Paying attention to how things unfold, we always benefit from sk...

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 4/19/26 - Living a simple life in the Buddhist tradition is a skillful means which supports the development of clarity and flexibility, so we ...

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - 4/12/26 - Shugen Roshi officiates the Spring Ango Jukai ceremony at Zen Mountain Monastery. Today, three students formally receive the sixteen Budd...

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 4/5/26 - From the Book of Serenity, Case 37 - Guishan's "Active Consciousness" - Who is this “self,” the one we’ve taken oursel...

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 3/29/26 - Prajna Paramita is the wisdom of the other shore, encompassing all of the paramitas and expressing the non-duality of wisdom and com...

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 3/28/26 - The subtle healing energy of zazen is likened to an acupuncture needle by Hongzhi, and Shugen Roshi explores how this teaching funct...

Danica Shoan Ankele, Sensei - ZMM - 3/27/26 - In this Renewal of Vows (Fusatsu) talk, Shoan Sensei offers the perspective that we are practicing within samsara, exactly where we ar...

Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Osho - ZMM - 3/26/26 - A very human practice is to go into unfamiliar places, maybe on a pilgrimage or a journey of some sort into the unknown. What might be...

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei - 3/25/26 - ZMM - Hogen Sensei asks the question: what is it to just rest? To let our busy preoccupation with our thoughts come to rest. Accepting all strea...