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Zen Mountain Monastery and Zen Center of New York City The Mountains and Rivers Order is a Western Zen Buddhist lineage established by the late John Daido Loori Roshi and dedicated to sharing the dharma as it has been passed down, generation to generation, since the time of Shakyamuni Buddha. Zen Mountain Monastery is the main house of the Mountains and Rivers Order of Zen Buddhism. The abbot of the Zen Mountain Monastery in the Mount Tremper has stepped down from his post as the leader of the popular Ulster County religious center because of an extramarital affair and his “consuming involvement in shamanic traditions. Zen Mountain Monastery, 03/15/2020. On Sunday, January 25th, Ryushin Sensei stepped down as abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery after it became known that he had been committing adultery for the previous six months. His resignation was requested by Shugen Sensei, the head of the Mountains and Rivers Order, to which Zen Mountain Monastery belongs.
Zen Mountain Monastery, the main house of the Mountains and Rivers Order (MRO), is one of the West’s most respected Zen Buddhist monasteries and training centers.. Nestled in New York’s beautiful Catskill Mountains, the Monastery draws its strength from the ancient tradition of Buddhist monasticism. The main house of the Mountains and Rivers Order. From Master Dogen’s Zuimonki “Our life changes moment by moment, it changes swiftly day by day. Some Personal Reflections on the Most Recent Zen Teacher Sex Scandal ... and bred, tattooed, 60-something, Zen teacher who I first spotted standing all lanky and bad-ass in the middle of the Zen Mountain Monastery dining hall, surrounded by minions, smoking a cigarette. Zen Mountain Monastery, Mount Tremper, NY. Eido Shimano, Buddhist Leader Who Resigned in Scandal, Dies at 85 ... a Zen Buddhist Monastery in the Catskills, in 2001 ... only to resign in a sex scandal… Left: Former Abbot Konrad Ryushin Marchaj in 2012.