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Mountain Cloud Zen Center

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.Please consider supporting Mountain Cloud Zen Center through donation and membership, both of which allow us to offer these and other programs. Visit mountaincloud.org for our daily meditation schedule,

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29:58

Dharma Talk: “The Oak Tree of Life” with Maria Habito

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2026/02/24

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

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40:05

Dharma Talk: “Opening the Floodgates” with Shana Smith

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2026/02/10

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

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33:50

Dharma Talk: “The ‘Such-as-this’ Sutra” with Valerie...

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2026/01/27

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

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29:47

Dharma Talk: “Sitting in the Midst of Tragedy” with...

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2026/01/20

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

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35:43

Dharma Talk: “Begin Again: The timeless gift of a new...

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2026/01/13

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?’

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34:29

Dharma Talk: “One Treasure – Endlessly Functioning”...

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2025/12/23

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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37:52

Dharma Talk – Illumined; Illumining: The Full Moon of...

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2025/12/09

On the occasion of the last full moon of this calendar year, Valerie turns to case 100 in the Blue Cliff Record or Hekiganroku. Speaking directly to our life and

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35:53

Dharma Talk: “How to See in the Dark” with Valerie...

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2025/10/29

Does the earth’s ecological crisis reveal a universal problem? Astronomers have recently detected thousands of exoplanets circling nearby stars. It seems highly unlikely that none of the other countless planets in the universe has evolved a biosphere with intelligent life. Wouldn’t their own technological evolution tend to produce the same bottleneck? What would that mean for us?

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37:48

Dharma Talk: “The humanity of our life in a...

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2025/07/29

In this talk, Valerie begins with the poetry of love and loss as a portal to a saying from the eminent 9th century Chan/Zen master Joshu (Zhaozhou) about the timelessness

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23:46

Dharma Talk: “It’s Alive!” with Scott Thornton

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2025/07/22

Scott’s talked is based on one of Joshu’s sayings. When asked “What is meditation?” he responded, “Non-meditation.” When asked how that could be, he said, “It’s alive! It’s alive!” Recorded

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45:48

Dharma Talk: “The Great Matter: Arriving in the Light...

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2025/07/15

Fresh home from a memorial service for a beloved mentor and on the heels of the flooding in Texas, Valerie turns to case 41 of the Hekiganroku or Blue Cliff

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47:05

Dharma Talk: “The World and Us” with Henry Shukman

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2025/07/08

In this talk, Henry explores our place in the world through koans and poems. Please consider supporting Mountain Cloud with a donation or becoming a member so we can continue

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35:53

Dharma Talk: “Falling into the Heart of the World”...

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2025/07/01

In this first teisho since returning from the North American Sanbo Zan sesshin led by Yamada Ryoun Roshi, Valerie takes up Case 4 in the Shoyoroku or Book of Serenity,

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58:08

Dharma Talk: “The Practice of Insight Dialogue” with...

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2025/06/24

Insight Dialogue (ID) is a relational meditation practice for developing awareness, compassion and wisdom. It is designed to help us awaken together and integrate our understanding of Dharma teachings in

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44:35

Dharma Talk: “Homecoming: Not a single step taken”...

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2025/06/17

In this first dharma talk after returning from a monthlong mini-ango in Germany, Valerie turns to the final case in the Mumonkan or Gateless Gate, “Kempo’s One Way,” a koan

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38:24

Dharma Talk: “How to Disappear” with Katie Arnold

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2025/06/03

Katie Arnold tells a story from her upcoming book How to Disappear about an arduous and illuminating long distance run in the high country. Katie Arnold is the author of

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44:17

Dharma Talk: “The Refuge of No Refuge” with David Loy

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2025/05/09

In this talk, David explores the idea of refuge. To take refuge is to run away to a hiding place…Is that what we should do? Please consider supporting Mountain Cloud

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31:49

Dharma Talk: “The single stone ten thousand feet down...

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2025/05/09

Zen is a practice to deeply explore and fully live our true Self. Might the Koan about the stone deep down in the sea of Ise be a helpful pointer

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37:34

Dharma Talk: The Benevolence of Awakening with...

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2025/04/17

In this early spring talk, Valerie turns to the way of awakening, discovered and explored as this world – in the midst – just as it is. Not-two. The talk

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34:29

Dharma Talk: “By Boat or By Land: Crossing over,...

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2025/04/03

In this talk, Valerie begins by revisiting themes from our recent sesshin – the wellspring of zazen, the intimacy of not-knowing, the peace that passes all understanding. The talk explores

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