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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


May 10, 2023

Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi Talk One→

May 10, 2023/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

A four-week Wednesday evening dharma seminar on the Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi by Dongshan. Talks by Myoshin Kate McCandless.

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Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi
May 07, 2023

Guishan's Admonitions 2 of 2→

May 07, 2023/ Zoketsu Norman Fischer

Sunday talk of the May weekend retreat

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May 06, 2023

Guishan's Admonitions 1of 2→

May 06, 2023/ Zoketsu Norman Fischer

May weekend retreat at UBC

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May 03, 2023

Sickness and Dharma →

May 03, 2023/ Shinmon Michael Newton

Sunday morning dharma talk by Shinmon Michael Newton.

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Dharma Talks 2023
April 30, 2023

Leaping →

April 30, 2023/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

Sunday morning dharma talk by Myoshin Kate McCandless

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April 26, 2023

Gifts Part Two→

April 26, 2023/ Shinmon Michael Newton

Sunday morning dharma talk by Shinmon Michael Newton—Part Two

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April 26, 2023

Gifts, Part One→

April 26, 2023/ Shinmon Michael Newton

Sunday morning dharma talk by Shinmon Michael Newton. Part One of the talk on gifts, part two is necessary as the recorder filled up

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April 19, 2023

Four Foundations of Mindfulness--week four→

April 19, 2023/ Joko Claire Talbot

Teachings from the Satipatthana Sutta—a four-week Wednesday evening dharma seminar with Joko Claire Talbot.

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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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January 31
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January 31

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Jan 7, 2026
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Jan 7, 2026

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Dec 19, 2025
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Dec 3, 2025
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Nov 15, 2025
Transgender Awareness Week 2025 
Nov 15, 2025

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Nov 15, 2025

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