The Mountains and Rivers Order of Zen Buddhism (MRO) is an organization of associated temples, practice centers and sitting groups in the United States and abroad. The main house is the

Zen Mountain Monastery Zen Mountain Monastery (or, Doshinji, meaning Temple of the Way of Reality) is a Zen Buddhist monastery and training center on a forested property in the Catskill Mountains in Mount Tremper, New York. It was founded in 1980 by John Daido Loori or ...

located at the foot of

Mount Tremper Mount Tremper, officially known as Tremper Mountain and originally called Timothyberg, is one of the Catskill Mountains in the U.S. state of New York. It is located near the hamlet of Phoenicia, in the valley of Esopus Creek. At in elevatio ...

in the Catskill Mountains of New York, and also includes the Zen Center of New York City in

downtown Brooklyn Downtown Brooklyn is the third largest central business district in New York City after Midtown Manhattan and Lower Manhattan), and is located in the northwestern section of the borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is known for its office and r ...

, and affiliate groups. The MRO was founded by Zen Master

John Daido Loori John Daido Loori (June 14, 1931 – October 9, 2009) was a Zen Buddhist rōshi who served as the abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery and was the founder of the Mountains and Rivers Order and CEO of Dharma Communications. Daido Loori received s ...

, Roshi, in 1980. It is inspired by the teachings of Zen Master

Dōgen Dōgen Zenji (道元禅師; 26 January 1200 – 22 September 1253), also known as Dōgen Kigen (道元希玄), Eihei Dōgen (永平道元), Kōso Jōyō Daishi (高祖承陽大師), or Busshō Dentō Kokushi (仏性伝東国師), was a J ...

as presented in his "Mountains and Rivers Sutra" (''

Sansui kyō In this book, Dōgen equates mountains and waters with the Buddha's body and speech ''Sansui kyō'' (), rendered in English as ''Mountains and Waters Sutra'', is a book of the Shōbōgenzō by the 13th century Sōtō Zen monk Eihei Dōgen. It i ...

''). The current head of the order is Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi.Zen Mountain Monastery website
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References

External links

Mountains and Rivers Order of Zen Buddhism website
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