Seeing our Demons
/Shinmon Michael Newton delves into Muso Soseki’s teachings on demons. How do we understand and address inner challenges?
Dharma Podcast and Teachings
The Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
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Teachings Archive
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What is Compassion?
/Shinmon Michael Newton offers an exploration of Muso Soseki’s thoughts on compassion. Is it sentimental? Is it dharma based? Is it universal or is it dualistic?
The Karma of Words
/Myoshin Kate McCandless examines that most frustrating, troublesome, and beautiful of human faculties: language.
What Would You Ask a Time-travelling Zen Master?
/Mysohin Kate McCandless introduces Zen master Musō Soseki and “Dialogues in a Dream" - a collection of ninety-three dialogues between the master and the shogun Ashikaga Tadayoshi.
What is this Light that Everyone Has?
/Anusha Enryu Fernando, a dharma holder with Zen Community of Oregon, offers reflections on ancestors.
Living with Ease in a Crazy World (Training in Compassion - 8/)
/Daikan picks up the exploration of Norman Fischer’s book Training in Compassion. He notes that over time, we might notice that meditating changes our sense of life, and that we may be developing gentleness and patience towards self and others.
Practicing Zen, Cultivating Resilience
/Shinmon Michael Newton talks about resiliency and Zen practice, offering this koan from the Book of Serenity: do people these days need enlightenment or not?
Zen and Creativity
/Kakuko Kaye Simard discusses the intersection of Zen practice and artistic expression. What does it mean to be creative? How do we cultivate the willingness, patience, and trust to complete a relationship with something outside of ourselves?
