Location:
United States
Description:
Santa Fe, NM
Language:
English
Episodes
Spring Retreat Talk 4, Gathering the Heart Mind with Valerie Forstman
5/16/2023
Dwelling no-where, mind comes forth~ from the Diamond Sutra Heart mind directs us to the fundamental point of who and what we are. In Chinese there is one term for
Duration:00:56:10
Spring Retreat Talk 3, The Boat is on the River with Valerie Forstman
5/9/2023
Valerie explores the clarity and simplicity of Master Hogen who came to be known as the dharma eye of deep clarity. Focusing on Case 51 from Book of Equanimity, Valerie
Duration:00:41:01
Spring Retreat Talk 2, The Stone Bridge: Crossing Over with Valerie Forstman
5/2/2023
Something puts our feet on this path, starting from the ordinary dualistic world. Gradually, as we practice and practice, in some unguarded moment, everything falls away, and it’s just this.
Duration:00:44:00
Spring Retreat Talk 1, Joshu’s Dog: Crossing Over, Fully Arrived with Valerie Forstman
4/25/2023
Crossing over to the other shore is the heart of our practice and the heart of Buddha’s teaching. Eventually we realize that we were always on the shore, here and
Duration:00:39:19
Dharmatalk: Diamond Sutra and Living Beings with Maria Habito
3/17/2023
“Abiding no-where mind comes forth.” Maria Habito returns to Mountain Cloud’s zoom zendo and talks about the Diamond Sutra. When we enter deep silence, the diamond cuts through every notion
Duration:00:51:52
Rohatsu 2022: Day 6, Vibes, Awakening and What then? with Henry Shukman
3/7/2023
For this final Rohatsu talk, Henry looks at three questions. What are we doing here, just sitting with each other? What is awakening? and What then? We are living “it”
Duration:00:45:32
Rohatsu 2022: Day 5, Cannot Get Wet, Cannot Get Dry with Valerie Forstman
2/28/2023
In this talk from day 5 of the Rohatsu sesshin, Valerie picks up on the previous day’s talk by Henry where he presents the title and first line of the
Duration:00:53:29
Rohatsu 2022: Day 4, Prajnaparamitra, The Heart Sutra with Henry Shukman
2/7/2023
What is this practice? Why do it? Essentially, it’s all about slowing down and things falling away. Our very existence, our being gets simpler. Henry looks at the title and
Duration:00:39:05
Rohatsu 2022: Day 3, All-Inclusive Awakening with Valerie Forstman
1/17/2023
In celebration of Shakyamuni Buddha’s awakening, Valerie takes up the Head Chapter of the Denkoroku or Transmission of Light. “I and the great earth and all beings simultaneously attain the
Duration:00:40:33
Rohatsu 2022: Day 2, What Matters Most with Henry Shukman
1/12/2023
Henry asks the question, matters most? When you reflect on this question, have any open mind, beyond ordinary or day to day concerns. He asks, what is this experience and
Duration:00:38:56
Rohatsu 2022: Day 1, Light Sitting in Light with Valerie Forstman
1/3/2023
In this talk from the first day of the Rohatsu sesshin, 2022, Valerie offers a tribute to Sr. Elaine MacInnes, Roshi, who died a week ago and whose celebration of
Duration:00:50:25
Dharmatalk: Zen Jhanas with Stephen Snyder
12/13/2022
Guest speaker Stephen Snyder of the Jhana tradition visits Mountain Cloud and offers a teisho on the Buddha’s first and last practice. Jhana practice predates the Buddha by at least
Duration:00:44:35
Dharmatalk: Life is Not Suffering with Rick Hanson
12/8/2022
It is said that the Buddha teaches only suffering and its end, but what is suffering? Guest speaker Rick Hanson attempts to define this suffering, challenging that suffering is only
Duration:00:59:42
Dharmatalk: Towards Healing with Peggy Sheehan
11/29/2022
“We don’t study koans, we use koans to investigate our life.” ~ Maezumi Roshi Guest teacher Peggy Sheehan from Zen Center Denver says that koans have been a life long
Duration:00:48:55
Dharmatalk: Complete Exposure of the Golden Wind with Matt Sweger
11/15/2022
On this first day of Fall, Teshin takes up case 27 of the Blue Cliff Record, Unmon’s Complete Exposure. The Case reads as follows: A monk asked Unmon, “What is
Duration:00:39:55
Dharmatalk: Each is All, All is One with Valerie Forstman
11/8/2022
Upon being welcomed home from Germany, Valerie describes briefly what it’s like being thrown immediately into the chaotic activity of moving from her home in Dallas to Santa Fe: “Constant
Duration:00:31:15
Dharmatalk: Coming Home, I am Already That with Valerie Forstman
11/1/2022
In this talk – an offering of gratitude for the life of a beloved sangha member, Valerie turns to Case 41 in the Transmission of Light or Denkoroko. A monk
Duration:00:38:19
Dharmatalk: The World Honored One, Just Sat Still with Scott Thornton
10/25/2022
Scott explores Case 32 from the Gateless Gate, A non-buddhist questions the Buddha. The non-buddhist says, in all earnestness to the Buddha: I do not ask about words, I do
Duration:00:31:23
Dharmatalk: Endless Depth of Field with Valerie Forstman
10/18/2022
In this talk from our Thursday night series, Valerie takes up Case 26 of the Gateless Gate, Hogen’s “Two Monks Roll Up the Blinds.” The setting is in Master Hogen’s
Duration:00:40:05
Dharmatalk: An Offering to the World with Shana Smith
10/11/2022
“Your sitting is not for the world, it is the world.” How can our practice be an offering to the world? asks meditation teacher Shana Smith. The question arose from
Duration:00:26:27