402 Episodes

  1. Right Imagination

    Published: 5/4/2025

  2. Dharma Encounter: Teacher-Student Relationship

    Published: 4/27/2025

  3. In Darkness It Is Most Bright

    Published: 4/27/2025

  4. Is It Mine, Or Yours?

    Published: 4/26/2025

  5. Fusatsu: Skillful Means In the Forms of Practice

    Published: 4/25/2025

  6. Practicing With Intention

    Published: 4/24/2025

  7. Understanding Selfless Wisdom

    Published: 4/23/2025

  8. The Sacred Activity of Work

    Published: 4/20/2025

  9. A Question of Practice

    Published: 4/19/2025

  10. Mountain Light: On Zen Study

    Published: 4/13/2025

  11. Practice Instructions

    Published: 4/13/2025

  12. Planting the Fields

    Published: 4/6/2025

  13. Hogen Sensei: Dharma Encounter on Non-Deception

    Published: 3/30/2025

  14. 500 Blessed Lives, Part II

    Published: 3/29/2025

  15. Fusatsu: Wholesome and Unwholesome Actions

    Published: 3/28/2025

  16. Sincerity in Practice

    Published: 3/27/2025

  17. 500 Blessed Lives

    Published: 3/26/2025

  18. Realization of Body-and-Mind

    Published: 3/23/2025

  19. Opening to Liturgy

    Published: 3/23/2025

  20. The Transformation of Karma

    Published: 3/16/2025

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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.