Prairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma Talks

Send us Fan Mail Ewan gives us an introduction to his Ancestors and Koans class which begins on Thursday September 16.

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin is the Guiding Teacher at Prairie Mountain Zen Center.

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Ekyo Susan Nelson was a lay student of Katagiri-roshi and had her jukai ceremony in 1980. After Katagiri’s death she practiced for a time at Clouds in Water Zen Center before returning to Minnesota Zen Meditation Center (MZMC) during Karen Sunna’s tenure in the late 90’s. She was ordained by Tim Burkett in 2003 and received dharma transmission from him in 2011. Currently she...

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin is the Guiding Teacher of Prairie Mountain Zen Center.  This is part two of a two-part series.

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin is the Guiding Teacher of Prairie Mountain Zen Center.  This is part one of a two-part series.

Send us Fan Mail Judy worked for the City of Fort Collins in the Light and Power Department for 23 years in various positions from Meter Calibrator to Special Projects Coordinator. As a young student, she gained a Masters degree in Biology and in retirement became a volunteer Master Naturalist with the City of Fort Collins, CO. Her interest in Native American cultures culminated with sewing a trad...

Send us Fan Mail Gene began his Zen practice at the Boulder Zen Center in the Rinzai Tradition with Gento Richard Barsky.  In response to the Koan, "How does the Buddha manifest the ringing of the bell and the singing of the bird?" he founded the Bird and Bell Meditation Group at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Cheyenne.  Gene received Lay Ordination from Jodo Cliff Clusin at Bird a...

Send us Fan Mail Meho Isabelle André  started her journey in the early eighties at Taisen Deshimaru’s Zendo in Paris. She subsequently sought teachings that emphasized the feminine. She studied Vedanta and Tantric Goddesses, while continuing to practice with Thich Nhat Hanh, with whom she took the precepts, as well as with Roshi Sanchi of Boulder Morningstar Zen Center. Isabelle has attempted to s...

Send us Fan Mail Daitoku Rick Vosper has been practicing Zen since 1995. He took vows with Jodo Cliff Clusin in 2013. Recently retired, he has worked as an advertising copywriter and in the bicycle business, as well as with his one-person marketing services company. Rick lives with his family in South Arkansas.

Send us Fan Mail   Rev. Byakuren Judith Ragir is the Senior Dharma Teacher at Clouds in Water Zen Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. 

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin is the Guiding Teacher of Prairie Mountain Zen Center.

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin will speak about the Bodhisattva Precept Ceremony in anticipation for the  ceremony on Sunday June 27.

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie is a Soto Zen Priest, training under the supervision of his teacher, Rev. Nomon Tim Burnett, Guiding Teacher at Red Cedar Zen Center located in Bellingham, WA . He has practiced Buddhism for for decades, including residential practice periods, and has served as a key member of the Seattle Soto Zen Center for many years. He is currently a Professor of English...

Send us Fan Mail Paula is a long-term student and practitioner of massage, yoga, Ayurvedic medicine, the Diamond Approach and for the last few years, Soto Zen with Prairie Mountain Zen in Longmont, Colorado. She does contemplative elder care along with wellness coaching and massage. She loves inquiring into the moment and following the threads of truth that reveal themselves and learning, sharing...

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin is the Guiding Teacher of Prairie Mountain Zen Center.

Send us Fan Mail The practice of mindfulness originates in the Four Noble Truths and The Eightfold Path. Although we begin the practice in zazen, we engage with mindfulness and apply it in ethical situations off the cushion. This talk explores some of the connections between mindfulness as contemplative training and its application in ethical situations. Leslie Irvine has practiced meditation with...

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin is the guiding teacher of Prairie Mountain Zen Center.  In this talk he shares a teaching story from the Vimalakirti Sutra, one of the most influential sutras in Mahayana Buddhism.

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie gives an introduction to his six-week class starting June 3, "Practicing in the Light of Death".  Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie is a Soto Zen Priest, training under the supervision of his teacher, Rev. Nomon Tim Burnett, Guiding Teacher at Red Cedar Zen Center located in Bellingham, WA . He has practiced Buddhism for for decades, including residential pra...

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Taiju Geri Wilimek, guiding teacher at Sokuji Zen Community, Bemidji MN.  Geri received dharma transmission in 2015, so is pretty "new" to all of this!  She began her dharma studies with a serious illness as her teacher in 1998.   She is a wife, mom, grandma, clinical social worker, and dog lover.  She is grateful for the wise guidance of her teachers, Shoshin Bob K...

Send us Fan Mail Nendo David Pavlacky began practicing at Prairie MountainZen Center in 2012, received lay ordination from Jodo-san in 2016, and recently completed a three-year term as board president.  He works as a research scientist for a nonprofit conservation organization, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, and is a faculty affiliate at Colorado State University. On a personal note, David can o...

Send us Fan Mail Steve was ordained a Zen priest in 1979 by Katagiri Roshi.  In 1989, he received formal endorsement to teach (Dharma transmission).  He has been an instructor in Buddhism at St. Olaf College and in 1997 founded Dharma Field Meditation and Learning Center in Minneapolis, where he continued to serve as head teacher until recently.  He is the author of Buddhism Plain and Simple as we...

Send us Fan Mail Bishal Karna is a spiritual student and a professor of comparative religion. He studies contemplative practices and positive states such as love, compassion, and joy. He lives in Rochester, NY, with his wife and dog.

Send us Fan Mail "The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti" is considered one of the most influential of the Mahayana sutras. Vimalakirti is a layman whose understanding and teaching of the Dharma is unparalleled.  

Send us Fan Mail Rick has been practicing Zen since 1995. He took vows with Jodo Cliff Clusin in 2013. Recently retired, he has worked as an advertising copywriter and in the bicycle business, as well as with his one-person marketing services company. Rick lives with his family in South Arkansas.

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin speaks  about Suzuki Roshi's book, not always so .