Soto Zen Practice in Vancouver, BC
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A 4-week class on "The Song of the Grass-roof Hermitage," a poem by the eighth century Zen Master Shi Tou, who also wrote the better know poem, "Harmony of Difference and Equality," often chanted in Zen temples.
Read MoreTo listen through the web, click the arrow in the player (above). To download the audio file, find the link labelled "Source," below. On a PC, right-click the link and select "Save Target As." On a Mac, control-click the link and select "Save Link As."
To listen through the web, click the arrow in the player (above). To download the audio file, find the link labelled "Source," below. On a PC, right-click the link and select "Save Target As." On a Mac, control-click the link and select "Save Link As."
To listen through the web, click the arrow in the player (above). To download the audio file, find the link labelled "Source," below. On a PC, right-click the link and select "Save Target As." On a Mac, control-click the link and select "Save Link As."
To listen through the web, click the arrow in the player (above). To download the audio file, find the link labelled "Source," below. On a PC, right-click the link and select "Save Target As." On a Mac, control-click the link and select "Save Link As."
Women Poets of China and Japan
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Read MoreMRZC'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.
As I write these words it's March 28, day 10 of our pilgrimage. We are staying at temple 19, the first one we've stayed at so far.
Mountain Rain Zen Community
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