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Welcome to the MCZC Podcast. Here, we’ll be sharing our weekly Teisho’s exploring classical Zen Koans, offered by Mountain Cloud teachers, and some guest teachers. Additionally, we’ll be releasing a conversation series, titled Path(less), which will explore the “pathless path” of practice and life.
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- Feb 24, 202629 min
Dharma Talk: “The Oak Tree of Life” with Maria Habito
This talk is in reference to the Biblical “Tree of Life,” from which we disconnected when we ate from the “Tree of Knowledge.” How does our Zen practice help us
- Feb 17, 202637 min
Dharma Talk: “Taking Care of the One Who is Not Ill” Valerie Forstman
Zen practice invites us to sit in the midst of things just as they are without being tossed about by difficulties. As the waves settle, it can happen – in
- Feb 10, 202640 min
Dharma Talk: “Opening the Floodgates” with Shana Smith
Shana delves into Case 9 of the Hekiganroku and Case 15c of the Miscellaneous Koans as pointers to navigating the polycrisis. Recorded on February 5th, 2026 Please consider supporting Mountain
- Feb 4, 202637 min
Dharma Talk: “Sun-faced Buddha, Moon-faced Buddha” with Valerie Forstman
This talk begins with the question of how to embody the freedom and ease of Zen’s empty hands while being fully attuned to the cries of the world – including
- Jan 27, 202633 min
Dharma Talk: “The ‘Such-as-this’ Sutra” with Valerie Forstman
Opening with a reading of Mountain Cloud’s Land Acknowledgment, this talk is framed by a tribute to Joanna Macy through poetry that helped to inspire her deep and abiding support
- Jan 20, 202629 min
Dharma Talk: “Sitting in the Midst of Tragedy” with Scott Thornton
Scott takes up Case 6 of the Blue Cliff Record, Unmon’s “Every Day is a Good Day.” Recorded on January 15th, 2026 Please consider supporting Mountain Cloud with a donation
- Jan 13, 202635 min
Dharma Talk: “Begin Again: The timeless gift of a new day” with Valerie Forstman
In this first Dharma talk of the new year, Valerie reads from a recently published collection of poetry, Begin Where You Are, then turns to the question, ‘Where Are You?’
- Dec 23, 202534 min
Dharma Talk: “One Treasure – Endlessly Functioning” with Valerie Forstman
In the wake of the Rohatsu sesshin at Mountain Cloud and our deep dive into Hakuin’s Song of Zazen, Valerie begins this talk with a painting by Hakuin, an image
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