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Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
About Geoffrey Shugen Arnold
- Geoffrey Shugen Arnold is Roshi of the Mountains and Rivers Order (MRO) founded by John Daido Loori, from whom Shugen received shiho, or dharma transmission, in July 1997.
- As a lineage holder in the Soto tradition, Shugen currently serves as head of MRO and abbot of both Zen Mountain Monastery in Mt.
- Tremper, New York, where he serves as the full-time resident teacher, and Zen Center of New York City in Brooklyn.
- Trained as a musician, Shugen was introduced to and began practicing Zen meditation in 1975.
- He began his formal training at Zen Mountain Monastery in 1984, and received tokudo, full monastic ordination, in 1988.
- Shugen's teachings have appeared in various Buddhist publications, including Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly, The Mountain Record and in The Best Buddhist Writing 2005 and 2009.
- His dharma talks are available for sale through the Monastery Store and as a free podcast at WZEN.org.
- He is the author of O, Beautiful End, a collection of Zen memorial poems, published by Dharma Communications in 2012. Shugen Roshi has given shiho or dharma transmission to Ron Hogen Green, Sensei; Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei; and Vanessa Zuisei Goddard, Sensei.
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