Dharma Podcast and Teachings

The Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast features talks by our guiding teachers, Myoshin Kate McCandless and Shinmon Michael Newton, as well as a variety of MRZC practice leaders and other guest speakers. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere else you get your podcasts.

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June 05, 2024

Opening the Hand of Thought (Chapter 3)

June 05, 2024/ Dai'i Flo Rublee

Dai-i Flo Rublee continues our dharma seminar on Uchiyama Roshi's wonderful book. Chapter three is an exploration of how to wake-up to zazen and see our thoughts, desires, and delusions as the scenery of life.

Mountain Rain Zen Community

MRZC's Soto Zen practice emphasizes being fully awake to our own moment-to-moment experience, from our meditation cushion to every aspect of our everyday life. Join us!

Mountain Rain Zen Community's Wall street Zendo and Bright Stream Temple (Koryuji) are situated on the unceded, traditional and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.