
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold
Head of the Mountains and Rivers Order and abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery, a direct dharma successor to founder John Daido Loori in the Sōtō Zen lineage.
View teacher profile →A weeklong sesshin marking the completion of the monastery's practice period, led by Geoffrey Shugen Arnold with Jody Hojin Kimmel, Ron Hogen Green, and Danica Shoan Ankele.
A weeklong sesshin marking the completion of the monastery's practice period, led by Geoffrey Shugen Arnold with Jody Hojin Kimmel, Ron Hogen Green, and Danica Shoan Ankele.
“We're seeing things as they are, and it's a much different world to be invited into, and to be called to attend to, and so I think there we see the enormous importance of practice, not as a way to retreat or turn away from, but rather to go right into the belly of things. (from "Go Right into Consciousness," Lion's Roar, https://www.lionsroar.com/geoffrey-shugen-arnold-on-the-importance-of-buddhist-practice/)”Geoffrey Shugen Arnold

Head of the Mountains and Rivers Order and abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery, a direct dharma successor to founder John Daido Loori in the Sōtō Zen lineage.
View teacher profile →Direct meditative practice, zazen and everyday awareness in traditions rooted in Chinese Chan and its later forms.
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Mount Tremper, New York, United States