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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.

Recent talks can be found below.

These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work with a donation. Thank you!

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Teachings Archive

You can browse all past talks by speaker, date, category, and program in our archive found HERE


March 27, 2024

Zen Poetry through the Ages Part 1/6: Classical Chinese Chan Poetry

March 27, 2024/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

First part of a six-week Wednesday dharma seminar series with MRZC Guiding Teacher Myoshin Kate McCandless. 

March 27, 2024/ Myoshin Kate McCandless/
Dharma Seminars 2024, Dharma Talks 2024

Myoshin Kate McCandless

March 24, 2024

The Leap of Faith

March 24, 2024/ Jikai Vicki Turay

Jikai Vicki Turay, longtime MRZC practitioner and resident of Mayne Island, BC, delivers a dharma talk on the tender balance between fear and love, and between doubt and faith—and how we can cultivate the confidence to step off the top of a 100-foot pole.

March 24, 2024/ Jikai Vicki Turay/
Dharma Talks 2024

Jikai Vicki Turay

March 17, 2024

Our Life is the Practice→

March 17, 2024/ Daikan John Green

Sunday Dharma Talk with Daikan Green

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Dharma Talks 2024
March 10, 2024

Women Ancestors: Ancient and Modern→

March 10, 2024/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

Women ancestors from Mahapajapati Gotami to Shuko Edie Norton

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March 10, 2024/ Myoshin Kate McCandless/ /Source
Dharma Talks 2024
March 06, 2024

Pure Land and Zen→

March 06, 2024/ Shinmon Michael Newton

Based on visit to Vancouver Buddhist Temple

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March 06, 2024/ Shinmon Michael Newton/ /Source
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February 25, 2024

Continuous Practice: Life and Death→

February 25, 2024/ Dai'i Flo Rublee

Month-long series on Dongen’s Continuous Practice chapter

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February 25, 2024/ Dai'i Flo Rublee/ /Source
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February 18, 2024

Continuous Practice: Work→

February 18, 2024/ Shinmon Michael Newton

Month-long series on Dongen’s Continuous Practice chapter

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February 14, 2024

Continuous Practice: Relationships→

February 14, 2024/ Joko Claire Talbot

Month long series on Dogen’s Continuous Practice essay

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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 Koryuji temple 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.

We are deeply grateful for their stewardship of this land since time immemorial. 

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The Work that Reconnects
May 24
Collective Liberation: A Sitting Group for Racialized Folks
May 29
Annual General Meeting 2025
June 8

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Apr 10, 2025
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Apr 10, 2025

…of cherry blossoms and values

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Apr 10, 2025
Legacy Giving Workshop
Apr 9, 2025
Legacy Giving Workshop
Apr 9, 2025
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Trans Day of Visibility - March 31
Mar 26, 2025
Trans Day of Visibility - March 31
Mar 26, 2025
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Mar 26, 2025
Resources from Genzo-e
Mar 20, 2025
Resources from Genzo-e
Mar 20, 2025

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Mar 20, 2025

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