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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


June 30, 2021

One Native Life Reading→

June 30, 2021/ Dai'i Flo Rublee
June 30, 2021/ Dai'i Flo Rublee/ /Source
Reading and discussion

Dai'i Flo Rublee

June 20, 2021

Zen Idea of Work→

June 20, 2021/ Nin'en Susan Elbe
June 20, 2021/ Nin'en Susan Elbe/ /Source
Dharma Talks 2021

Nin'en Susan Elbe

June 18, 2021

This Time of Loneliness→

June 18, 2021/ Shinmon Michael Newton
June 18, 2021/ Shinmon Michael Newton/ /Source
Dharma Talks 2021

Shinmon Michael Newton

June 16, 2021

Pledging Allegiance →

June 16, 2021/ Myoshin Kate McCandless
June 16, 2021/ Myoshin Kate McCandless/ /Source
Reading and discussion

Myoshin Kate McCandless

June 09, 2021

Zen Seeds Reading→

June 09, 2021/ Sangha Members

Wednesday evening reading and talking circle

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June 09, 2021/ Sangha Members/ /Source
June 06, 2021

No Species is Alien→

June 06, 2021/ Myoshin Kate McCandless
June 06, 2021/ Myoshin Kate McCandless/ /Source
Dharma Talks 2021

Myoshin Kate McCandless

June 02, 2021

Reaching for the Pillow: Zazen and Compassion→

June 02, 2021/ Kakuko Kaye Simard

Yunyan asked Daowu, “‘How does the Bodhisattva Guanyin use those many hands and eyes?”’

Daowu answered, “‘It is like someone in the middle of the night reaching behind her head for the pillow.”’

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June 02, 2021/ Kakuko Kaye Simard/ /Source
Dharma Talks 2021
May 30, 2021

Life Koans Final Talk→

May 30, 2021/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

LIfe Koans: spring practice intensive with Mountain Rain Zen and Calgary Soto Zen, led by Shinmon Michael Newton and Myoshin Kate McCandless with Baizan Tim Sampson.

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May 30, 2021/ Myoshin Kate McCandless/ /Source
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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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Events
Ten Thousand Things: Zen Encounters with the Creative Unknown
June 7
Collective Liberation: A Sitting Group for Racialized Folks
June 26

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