Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
Ron Hogen Green is a husband, father, grandfather, sports-enthusiast, retired podiatrist, and a lay teacher in the Mountains and Rivers Order. Hogen Sensei formally began practicing Zen in 1978 with Philip Kapleau Roshi, shortly after graduating medical school and entering private practice. In time, Hogen and his wife, Cindy Eiho Green, helped run the Denver Zen Center, an affiliate of Kapleau Roshi’s Rochester Zen Center. He attended his first retreat at Zen Mountain Monastery in 1988, and not long after began studying with Daido Roshi. In 1993, Hogen completed his training in the Kapleau Lineage and was designated a senior student in the Mountains and Rivers Order. He and Eiho left Denver in 1995 and entered full time residency at ZMM. At the Monastery, Hogen served as Director of Operations for Dharma Communications for 10 years and, in 2000, ordained as a monastic. In 2007, Hogen Sensei returned to lay life, spending time with family while continuing to play an active role in the MRO, its practice centers and affiliates. In 2016, he received dharma transmission from Shugen Roshi, becoming the first lay teacher in the Order. He served as co-director of the Zen Center of NYC for a number of years and currently divides his time between rural Pennsylvania and South Florida.
Schedule At-a-Glance
(See additional important details further below**)
July 25th—July 28th
Kenilworth United Church of Christ
45 Dalton Dr.
Tonawanda, NY 14223
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 716-206-9992
July 25th (Thursday) 7-9 PM - Talk and Q&A - What is Zen practice?
How do I make it part of my life? What does it mean to work with a sangha and a teacher?
($5 donation)
NOTE: This event is for the Buffalo Zen Dharma Sangha.
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July 26th (Friday) 2-4 PM - Zazen and face-to-face teaching ($5 donation)
This event is for those who have received Beginning Instruction in Zazen.
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July 26th (Friday) 7-9 PM - Lecture - What is Zen Buddhism and How do you Practice it?
($15 donation)
This event is open to the general public.
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July 27th (Saturday) 9-5 PM - Workshop - What is Karma? ($45 donation)
We recommend bringing a bag lunch to facilitate informal discussions.
This event is open to the general public.
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July 28th (Sunday) 8-11 AM - Sunday Morning Practicum ($5 donation)
(See additional important details further below**)
July 25th—July 28th
Kenilworth United Church of Christ
45 Dalton Dr.
Tonawanda, NY 14223
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 716-206-9992
July 25th (Thursday) 7-9 PM - Talk and Q&A - What is Zen practice?
How do I make it part of my life? What does it mean to work with a sangha and a teacher?
($5 donation)
NOTE: This event is for the Buffalo Zen Dharma Sangha.
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July 26th (Friday) 2-4 PM - Zazen and face-to-face teaching ($5 donation)
This event is for those who have received Beginning Instruction in Zazen.
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July 26th (Friday) 7-9 PM - Lecture - What is Zen Buddhism and How do you Practice it?
($15 donation)
This event is open to the general public.
----------
July 27th (Saturday) 9-5 PM - Workshop - What is Karma? ($45 donation)
We recommend bringing a bag lunch to facilitate informal discussions.
This event is open to the general public.
----------
July 28th (Sunday) 8-11 AM - Sunday Morning Practicum ($5 donation)
**Detailed Schedule
July 25th (Thursday) 7-9 PM
($5 Donation)
What is Zen practice? How do I make it part of my life? What does it mean to work with a sangha and a teacher?
This event is for the Buffalo Zen Dharma Sangha.
During this Mondo/Q&A session Hogen Sensei, a lay practitioner himself, will address the impetus to practice Zen Buddhism, and how to best do it when as home dwellers we live at a substantial distance from a formal training & practice center and its Zen teachers and training staff.
Questions are encouraged! This is our opportunity to ask any question—regarding our practice—of a Zen teacher who has trained with recognized masters and guided countless practitioners for decades.
Zen is both something we are—our true nature expressing itself moment by moment—and something we do—a disciplined practice through which we can realize the joy of being. Zen is the direct experience of what we might call ultimate reality or the absolute, yet it’s not separate from the ordinary, the relative. This practice of Zen meditation, known as Zazen, helps us realize the non-dualistic, vibrant, subtle, and interconnected nature of all life. But that’s only one of many skillful means, e.g., the Eight Gates of Zen, whose practice "...offer us a tangible way to take up the whole of our lives as a path of spiritual practice..."
July 26th (Friday) 2-4 PM
($5 donation)
Private interview with Hogen Sensei
This event is for those who have previously received Beginning Instruction in Zazen.
This is an opportunity to sit Zazen, during which Hogen Sensei will see Zen practitioners for face-to-face teaching (Daisan) - as time allows.
July 26th (Friday) 7-9 PM Lecture
($15 Donation)
What is Zen Buddhism and How do You Practice it?
This event is open to the general public.
Zen Buddhism is a stripped-down, uncompromising, cut-to-the-chase, meditation-based Buddhism that takes no interest in doctrinal refinements. It does not rely on scripture, doctrine or ritual. Zen is verified by personal experience and is passed on from master to disciple ineffably, through intimate training.
July 27th (Saturday) 9-5 PM Workshop
($45 donation for the workshop - bring a bag lunch - lunch not included)
What is karma?
The event is open to the general Public.
Every choice we make is filled with potential, yet moving beyond karma is the ultimate aim of the Buddhist path. According to the Buddha, it’s because of our own volition that karma forms—the essence of our intention, expressed as actions of body, speech and mind.
What does this mean for our practice and for our own awakening? How does the relationship between karma and our life help us to foster a more compassionate way of living? To live in a more open and heartfelt way?
"Karma can be understood as the key to spiritual development, revealing how one’s life situation can be transformed by transforming the motivations of one’s actions here and now." ~Rita Gross
Because of our conditioned tendencies, it may appear as though we are not in control over our responses to life. But just as we have developed negative tendencies, we also have the power to cultivate our compassionate, generous, enlightened, loving, helpful qualities.
In this workshop, we’ll explore what is meant by a willed action and why the Buddha emphasizes the need to be mindful of every choice. We’ll look at our intention to live mindfully, making decisions that turn our karma toward the cultivation of wholesome actions.
With intention, our choices and habits will change. Gradually, we begin experiencing a transformation in our character and our whole being changes—our entire world opens up in a fresh, new light.
July 28 (Sunday) 8-11 AM “Sunday Morning Practicum”
Zen Liturgy, Zazen, and Mondo (Brief discourse and Q&A)
($5 donation)
The Sunday morning program embodies multiple facets of spiritual practice within the Mountains and Rivers Order of Zen Buddhism. The formalities begin with a liturgical service, followed by two rounds of zazen and kinhin (sitting and walking meditation), and a Mondo by Hogen. All are welcome to experience these practices.
July 25th (Thursday) 7-9 PM
($5 Donation)
What is Zen practice? How do I make it part of my life? What does it mean to work with a sangha and a teacher?
This event is for the Buffalo Zen Dharma Sangha.
During this Mondo/Q&A session Hogen Sensei, a lay practitioner himself, will address the impetus to practice Zen Buddhism, and how to best do it when as home dwellers we live at a substantial distance from a formal training & practice center and its Zen teachers and training staff.
Questions are encouraged! This is our opportunity to ask any question—regarding our practice—of a Zen teacher who has trained with recognized masters and guided countless practitioners for decades.
Zen is both something we are—our true nature expressing itself moment by moment—and something we do—a disciplined practice through which we can realize the joy of being. Zen is the direct experience of what we might call ultimate reality or the absolute, yet it’s not separate from the ordinary, the relative. This practice of Zen meditation, known as Zazen, helps us realize the non-dualistic, vibrant, subtle, and interconnected nature of all life. But that’s only one of many skillful means, e.g., the Eight Gates of Zen, whose practice "...offer us a tangible way to take up the whole of our lives as a path of spiritual practice..."
July 26th (Friday) 2-4 PM
($5 donation)
Private interview with Hogen Sensei
This event is for those who have previously received Beginning Instruction in Zazen.
This is an opportunity to sit Zazen, during which Hogen Sensei will see Zen practitioners for face-to-face teaching (Daisan) - as time allows.
July 26th (Friday) 7-9 PM Lecture
($15 Donation)
What is Zen Buddhism and How do You Practice it?
This event is open to the general public.
Zen Buddhism is a stripped-down, uncompromising, cut-to-the-chase, meditation-based Buddhism that takes no interest in doctrinal refinements. It does not rely on scripture, doctrine or ritual. Zen is verified by personal experience and is passed on from master to disciple ineffably, through intimate training.
July 27th (Saturday) 9-5 PM Workshop
($45 donation for the workshop - bring a bag lunch - lunch not included)
What is karma?
The event is open to the general Public.
Every choice we make is filled with potential, yet moving beyond karma is the ultimate aim of the Buddhist path. According to the Buddha, it’s because of our own volition that karma forms—the essence of our intention, expressed as actions of body, speech and mind.
What does this mean for our practice and for our own awakening? How does the relationship between karma and our life help us to foster a more compassionate way of living? To live in a more open and heartfelt way?
"Karma can be understood as the key to spiritual development, revealing how one’s life situation can be transformed by transforming the motivations of one’s actions here and now." ~Rita Gross
Because of our conditioned tendencies, it may appear as though we are not in control over our responses to life. But just as we have developed negative tendencies, we also have the power to cultivate our compassionate, generous, enlightened, loving, helpful qualities.
In this workshop, we’ll explore what is meant by a willed action and why the Buddha emphasizes the need to be mindful of every choice. We’ll look at our intention to live mindfully, making decisions that turn our karma toward the cultivation of wholesome actions.
With intention, our choices and habits will change. Gradually, we begin experiencing a transformation in our character and our whole being changes—our entire world opens up in a fresh, new light.
July 28 (Sunday) 8-11 AM “Sunday Morning Practicum”
Zen Liturgy, Zazen, and Mondo (Brief discourse and Q&A)
($5 donation)
The Sunday morning program embodies multiple facets of spiritual practice within the Mountains and Rivers Order of Zen Buddhism. The formalities begin with a liturgical service, followed by two rounds of zazen and kinhin (sitting and walking meditation), and a Mondo by Hogen. All are welcome to experience these practices.
