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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


February 26, 2023

Dotoku: Expressing the Way--Talk Three

February 26, 2023/ Shinmon Michael Newton

MRZC’s yearly Genzo-e weekend retreat, studying Dogen’s Dotoku, Expressing the Way, with Shinmon Michael Newton.

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Dotoku: Expressing the Way
February 25, 2023

Dotoku: Expressing the Way--Talk Two

February 25, 2023/ Shinmon Michael Newton

MRZC’s yearly Genzo-e weekend retreat, studying Dogen’s Dotoku, Expressing the Way, with Shinmon Michael Newton.

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Dotoku: Expressing the Way
February 25, 2023

Dotoku: Expressing the Way--Talk One

February 25, 2023/ Shinmon Michael Newton

MRZC’s yearly Genzo-e weekend retreat, studying Dogen’s Dotoku, Expressing the Way, with Shinmon Michael Newton.

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Dotoku: Expressing the Way
February 22, 2023

Gyokei Yokoyama Guest Talk

February 22, 2023/ Visiting Teachers

A Wednesday evening guest talk by Rev. Gyokei Yokoyama of Sozenji Buddhist Temple, Montebello, California.

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February 19, 2023

Bodhisattvas without Borders

February 19, 2023/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

On the occasion of the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and featuring poems by Ukrainian poets, Myoshin Kate McCandless examines how a bodhisattva might move in the world.

February 19, 2023/ Myoshin Kate McCandless/
Dharma Talks 2023

Myoshin Kate McCandless

February 15, 2023

37 Practices of a Bodhisattva Week 6→

February 15, 2023/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

A six-week Wednesday evening dharma seminar with Shinmon Michael Newton and Myoshin Kate McCandless on The Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva by the fourteenth century by Tibetan Buddhist teacher, Tokme Zongpo.

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February 12, 2023

Parinivana: The Buddha's Final Enlightment →

February 12, 2023/ Shinmon Michael Newton

Sunday morning dharma talk by Shinmon Michael Newton

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February 08, 2023

37 Practices of a Bodhisattva Week 5

February 08, 2023/ Shinmon Michael Newton

A six-week Wednesday evening dharma seminar with Shinmon Michael Newton and Myoshin Kate McCandless on The Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva by the fourteenth century by Tibetan Buddhist teacher, Tokme Zongpo.

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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 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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Ten Thousand Things: Zen Encounters with the Creative Unknown
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Collective Liberation: A Sitting Group for Racialized Folks
June 26

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