Mountain Gate-Sanmonji Zen Community

Mountain Gate-Sanmonji Zen Community A small mountain Zen Buddhist practice center. In 1996 she was authorized to teach independently by Roshi Kapleau.

About Mountain Gate:

This small mountain Zen Buddhist practice center was established in 1996 on Mitra-roshi’s return from Sōgen-ji in Okayama, Japan. We offer a full schedule of daily zazen (Zen meditation), sesshin (extended meditation retreats), zazenkai (all day sittings), and sanzen (dokusan/interview/private meeting with the teacher for spiritual guidance). In addition, we offer a free, non

sectarian outreach program: Regaining Balance Retreats for Women Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress and Wives/Female Partners of Vets with PTSD. For more information, please see our websites: www.sanmonjizen.org
www.RegainingBalance.org


About the Teacher:

Mitra Bishop-roshi first began zazen on January 1, 1974, at a time of intense crisis. After a year and a half she began attending sesshin at the Rochester Zen Center under Roshi Philip Kapleau, and in 1976 moved there to do more intensive training at the Center. Having completed her formal training there in 1992, she went to Japan, first on pilgrimage and then to live and train further at Sōgen-ji under Harada Shodo-roshi. Although Harada-roshi supports her teaching, she continues to work with him, feeling strongly that, as Zen Master Dogen said, “No beginning to enlightenment, no end to practice.”

A new Zen talk is now on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLq7HQZuGP4.
12/08/2025

A new Zen talk is now on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLq7HQZuGP4.

There is a saying in zen that working on koan is like swallowing a hot rice cake: you can't swallow it, and you can't spit it out...

Just uploaded Day 1 teisho (Zen talk) from September's retreat at Mountain Gate. Here's the link:
10/21/2025

Just uploaded Day 1 teisho (Zen talk) from September's retreat at Mountain Gate. Here's the link:

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02/20/2025

What? How do we create our own universe? Have a listen!

Day 4 teisho from this most recent retreat is now up on Vimeo. Here is the link:
02/20/2025

Day 4 teisho from this most recent retreat is now up on Vimeo. Here is the link:

What? How do we create our own universe? Have a listen!

02/18/2025

This talk on the second day of sesshin was given by senior student, Bodaiko.

Day 2 talk is up on Vimeo now; this was Shannon's talk during the meditation retreat. Here's the link:
02/18/2025

Day 2 talk is up on Vimeo now; this was Shannon's talk during the meditation retreat. Here's the link:

This talk on the second day of sesshin was given by senior student, Bodaiko.

02/16/2025

Many of the Zen teachers in the United States, Canada and Mexico were trained by teachers from Japan or who had trained in Japan or Korea. The cultures in thow…

FINALLY, after an hour loading it because the zendo computer was doing Zoom, today's teisho on this final day of sesshin...
02/16/2025

FINALLY, after an hour loading it because the zendo computer was doing Zoom, today's teisho on this final day of sesshin is now up on Vimeo, and you can watch it free of advertisements popping in to the middle of it and free of needing a subscription. Here's the link:

Many of the Zen teachers in the United States, Canada and Mexico were trained by teachers from Japan or who had trained in Japan or Korea. The cultures in thow…

02/15/2025

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124 County Road 73
Ojo Sarco, NM
87521

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