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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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Teachings Archive

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


September 25, 2019

Karma

September 25, 2019/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

Back to Basics: fundamental Buddhist teachings dharma seminar with Myoshin and Shinmon

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September 25, 2019/ Myoshin Kate McCandless/ /Source
Dharma Seminars 2019
September 22, 2019

Healing Ecology: a Buddhist perspective

September 22, 2019/ Visiting Teachers

Sunday morning dharma talk by David Loy

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September 22, 2019/ Visiting Teachers/ /Source
Dharma Talks 2014-2019
September 15, 2019

On Apology

September 15, 2019/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

Sunday half-day retreat talk

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September 15, 2019/ Myoshin Kate McCandless/ /Source
Retreat Talks 2015-2019
September 04, 2019

The Eightfold Path

September 04, 2019/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

Back to Basics: fundamental Buddhist teachings--a four-week dharma seminar with Shinmon Michael Newton and Myoshin Kate McCandless

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September 04, 2019/ Myoshin Kate McCandless/ /Source
Dharma Seminars 2019
September 01, 2019

Labour Day Talk

September 01, 2019/ Shinmon Michael Newton

Sunday morning dharma talk

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September 01, 2019/ Shinmon Michael Newton/ /Source
Dharma Talks 2014-2019
August 28, 2019

The Four Noble Truths

August 28, 2019/ Shinmon Michael Newton

Back to Basics: fundamental Buddhist teachings--a four-week dharma seminar with Shinmon Michael Newton and Myoshin Kate McCandless

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August 28, 2019/ Shinmon Michael Newton/ /Source
Dharma Seminars 2019
August 25, 2019

The Sound of Raindrops

August 25, 2019/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

Sunday morning dharma talk

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Dharma Talks 2014-2019
August 18, 2019

The Story of Angulimala: the serial killer who became a follower of the Buddha

August 18, 2019/ Nin'en Susan Elbe

Part of our regular Sunday morning practice schedule.

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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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May 12

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May 4, 2026
Zendo and Temple Closed
May 4, 2026

Sunday May 10

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May 4, 2026
  Long flights of stone steps strengthen the pilgrims' legs and spirit. Konomineji # 27
Apr 15, 2026
A Pilgrimage is Not Easy to Describe
Apr 15, 2026

Like sesshin, pilgrimage works its way in deeply in ways that are not easy to describe.

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Apr 15, 2026
Words from the Pilgrims Path
Apr 2, 2026
Words from the Pilgrims Path
Apr 2, 2026

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.

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Apr 2, 2026
International Day for Trans Visibility
Mar 31, 2026
International Day for Trans Visibility
Mar 31, 2026

From the Engaged Buddhist Practice Group

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Mar 31, 2026

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