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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.

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


October 07, 2015

Lotus Sutra Study Series 3 Teachers of the Dharma (LS chapter 10)

October 07, 2015/ Shinmon Michael Newton

2015 practice period dharma study series

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October 04, 2015

Lotus Sutra Study Series 2 Historical and Cultural Context of the Lotus Sutra (LS chapter 3)

October 04, 2015/ Shinmon Michael Newton

2015 practice period dharma study series

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September 30, 2015

Lotus Sutra Study Series 1 Japanese Poets and the Lotus Sutra

September 30, 2015/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

2015 practice period dharma study series

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September 27, 2015

Opening the Lotus Sutra--talk 2 Skillful Means/The Burning House Parable (LS chapters 2-3)

September 27, 2015/ Shinmon Michael Newton

2015 practice period opening retreat with Myoshin Kate McCandless and Shinmon Michael Newton

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November 19, 2014

Zen Poetry Class 6: Women Poets of China and Japan

November 19, 2014/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

Women Poets of China and Japan

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Zen Poetry Through the Ages Class 2014
November 06, 2014

Zen Poetry Class 5

November 06, 2014/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

Contemporary poetry 

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Zen Poetry Through the Ages Class 2014
November 03, 2014

Practice, Realization, Expression Class 5→

November 03, 2014/ Kanshin Ruth Ozeki

Shuso's class on Dogen's Fukanzazengi,Recommending Zazen for All People

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Shuso class 2014
October 30, 2014

Zen Poetry Class 4

October 30, 2014/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

The Beat Poets

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Zen Poetry Through the Ages Class 2014
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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 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.

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

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2025 Practice Period Guide and Registration
October 1

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Tea With Shuso
Oct 1, 2025
Tea With Shuso
Oct 1, 2025

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Oct 1, 2025
Honouring Orange Shirt Day; National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30
Sep 23, 2025
Honouring Orange Shirt Day; National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30
Sep 23, 2025

Excerpt from the BC Museum’s Association

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Sep 23, 2025
Collective Liberation Reconvenes
Sep 1, 2025
Collective Liberation Reconvenes
Sep 1, 2025

How can embodied practices be pathways to collective care, healing and transformation?

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Sep 1, 2025
Upcoming Way-seeking Mind Talks
Aug 28, 2025
Upcoming Way-seeking Mind Talks
Aug 28, 2025

Part of regular Sunday practice!

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Aug 28, 2025

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