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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


July 10, 2022

The Whole World is Medicine: Indigenous Plant Wisdom

July 10, 2022/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

Sunday morning Dharma talk celebrating the opening of the Indigenous Food Forest in Oxford Park

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Dharma Talks 2022
July 03, 2022

Not Knowing in the Anthropocene

July 03, 2022/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

Sunday morning Dharma talk for Canada Day by Myoshin Kate McCandless

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Dharma Talks 2022
June 29, 2022

ZED talk: My Journey with Breast Cancer by Jikai Vicki Turay

June 29, 2022/ Jikai Vicki Turay

ZED talks (Zen Engaged Dharma) are talks by sangha members about how they take their practice into the world and how practice supports doing so.

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June 29, 2022

Zed Talk: My Journey with Breast Cancer

June 29, 2022/ Jikai Vicki Turay

ZED talks are informal talks by sangha members on how they take their practice into the world, and how their practice supports doing so.

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June 12, 2022

Stories of Our Women Ancestors: Part 3 Old Age

June 12, 2022/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

Sunday morning Dharma talk following May 28 Women’s Retreat

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Dharma Seminars 2022
June 08, 2022

Xin Xin Ming Talk Three

June 08, 2022/ Shinmon Michael Newton

A dharma seminar series on the teaching poem Xin Xin Ming, Trust in Mind by Sengcan

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Trust in mind
June 06, 2022

Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi 4

June 06, 2022/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

Guest dharma seminar for Calgary Soto Zen

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Dharma Seminars 2022
Jewel Mirror Samadhi 2022
June 05, 2022

Stories of Our Women Ancestors: Part 2 Middle Age

June 05, 2022/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

Sunday morning Dharma talk following May 28 Women’s Retreat

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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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Dogen's Dharma Blossoms: 2026 Genzo-e
January 31
Opening Day Retreat for Genzo-e Intensive
January 31

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Wednesday Evening Dharma Seminar
Jan 7, 2026
Wednesday Evening Dharma Seminar
Jan 7, 2026

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Jan 7, 2026
Annual Fundraising Appeal
Dec 19, 2025
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Dec 19, 2025

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Dec 19, 2025
Practice Period - Sangha Reflections
Dec 3, 2025
Practice Period - Sangha Reflections
Dec 3, 2025

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Dec 3, 2025
Transgender Awareness Week 2025 
Nov 15, 2025
Transgender Awareness Week 2025 
Nov 15, 2025

Post offered by the Engaged Buddhist Practice Group, in support of transgender individuals and communities.

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Nov 15, 2025

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