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Mountain Cloud Zen Podcasts

Mountain Cloud Zen Podcasts

By: Mountain Cloud Zen Center
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 Zen Podcast series based on Mountain Cloud Zen Center's Thursday evening dharma talks that explore classical koans of Zen. The podcasts help us in our mission of offering core Zen training in the lineage of Sanbo Zen to create healthier and kinder lives for all, while also supporting our Three Treasures Prison Project in which we work with inmates in a maximum security prison, as well as serving the immediate community of Santa Fe, New Mexico, our international sangha, and the broader world community of all beings.© 2020 Mountain Cloud Zen Center. All Rights Reserved. Spirituality
Episodes
  • Dharma Talk: "The Boundless Way" with Maria Habito

    Dharma Talk: "The Boundless Way" with Maria Habito
    Nov 25 2025

    Maria turns to Mumonkan Case 7, Joshu's "Wash your Bowl", his advice to a newcomer who earnestly asked him for instruction about the way. How does this simple instruction reflect the boundless way that Joshu himself asked his own teacher Nansen about when he first entered the monastery?

    Recorded on November 20th, 2025

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    26 mins
  • Dharma Talk: "Freedom and the Sound of the Bell" with Carolyn Seburn

    Dharma Talk: "Freedom and the Sound of the Bell" with Carolyn Seburn
    Nov 25 2025

    How do we reconcile the wondrous and borderless reality of the essence with the messiness of our everyday lives? Are changing diapers, checking a phone or driving to work really compatible with "vast and void, no holiness?"

    Carolyn explores this question as it was posed by Unmon in 10th century China (Case 16 of the Mumonkan) "the world is vast and wide like this. Why do we put on our seven-panel robe at the sound of the bell?" Delve in to see how there is no contraction here.

    Recorded on November 13th, 2025

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    25 mins
  • Dharma Talk: "Nothing Lacking" with Scott Thornton

    Dharma Talk: "Nothing Lacking" with Scott Thornton
    Nov 25 2025

    In this talk, Scott takes up Case 10 of the Mumonkon, "Seizei the Poor."

    Recorded on November 6th, 2025

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    26 mins
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