Mountain Cloud Zen Podcasts

Kali dives into the multifaceted journey of practice, highlighting the importance of recognizing our shadow sides. She emphasizes how avoiding difficult emotions can amplify our suffering. Through kind awareness, we hold ourselves accountable without blame, fostering a space for healing. The discussion blends personal stories and transformative ideas about vulnerability, resilience, and growth. By embracing uncertainty with curiosity, we can uncover wonder even in life's turbulent moments.

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

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

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.

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

“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

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”

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

Henry Shukman, an expert in Mahayana Buddhism and the Heart Sutra, explores the practice of Zen Buddhism and the significance of the Heart Sutra. He discusses the importance of being present, patience in meditation, enhanced perception, the concept of the other shore, and the role of confusion and doubt in spiritual practice.

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