About the Event:

This event is open to all ages and will take place via Zoom. All times in EST.

An ancient Master taught, "When the mind exists undisturbed in the Way, nothing in the world can offend, and when a thing can no longer offend, it ceases to exist in the old way."

Buddhist meditation is an ancient and highly developed and refined spiritual practice. Far from being an escape from the trials of the world and our lives, it helps us experience each moment in its completeness, free of thoughts of right and wrong. This allows us to then enter into our world of pain and joy, justice and injustice, change and uncertainty in a different way.

Meditation helps us discover our natural ability to avoid suppressing or denying what we find difficult or scary, while at the same time not indulging our inner narratives and obsessive thinking. In this talk and discussion with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, we'll explore this further and relate it directly to the practice of meditation that is open to everyone.

About Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi:

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi is the Head of the Mountains and Rivers Order, abbot and resident teacher of Zen Mountain Monastery, and abbot of the Zen Center of New York City. Shugen entered full-time residential training in 1986 after studying mathematics and receiving a degree in classical music. He received dharma transmission from John Daido Loori, Roshi in 1997. His teachings on Zen, social justice and environmental stewardship have appeared in various Buddhist journals, and The Best Buddhist Writing 2009 (Shambhala Publications). His book of poetry, O, Beautiful End, a collection of Zen memorial poems, was published in 2012

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