Mountains and Waters sesshin

For the duration of Mountains and Waters sesshin, as the MRZC sangha practices together in silence - sitting, walking, eating, working - there is opportunity to get grounded and present to the Heart Sutra.

The Great Wisdom Beyond Wisdom sutra offers many jewels, and the dharma talks from the first few days of sesshin have done much to affirm our interdependence. We belong to each other, and this life is the gift we are given to fully awaken to the boundless nature of our true being.

Jikai Vicki Turay's Lay Entrustment

“I am just an ordinary person, stumbling and fumbling along the Way into the extraordinary position of Lay Entrustment. This position of honour and trust is only possible through the support, encouragement, confidence, and sometimes prodding I have received from my teachers Michael and Kate, guiding teacher Norman, the Mountain Rain Sangha, family, friends, and the entire world. Ultimately it is the gift of the Buddha Dharma flowing throughout space and time that is lighting all of our ways.”—Jikai Vicki Turay

To listen to Jikai’s dharma talk regarding the lay entrustment ceremony, see our podcast page HERE

We honour our lineage of ancestors, acknowledging effort and practice. We take refuge in the shelter of the rakusu.

Lay entrustment is a ceremony expressing the confidence of the teachers in a long-time practitioner, and authorizes them as a lay teacher.

The line of questioners is long. The responses from Jikai Vicki Turai on point.

Mountain Rain Zen is proud of the sangha - we are diverse, supportive, and wide-reaching.

Zoketsu Norman Fischer, Shinmon Michael Newton, Jikai Vicki Turay, Mysoshin Kate McCandless