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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 04, 2023

ZED Talk: Hope is a Discipline by Angela Kayira and Seishin Harkamal Sangha→

June 04, 2023/ Sangha Members

ZED (Zen Engaged Dharma) talks are short talks by sangha members about how they take their practice into the world, through work, art, activism, service, family life, etc. and how their practice supports them in doing so.

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May 31, 2023

Song of the Jewel Mirror--Talk Four→

May 31, 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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Dharma Seminars 2023
May 28, 2023

Thoughts on the Platform Sutra→

May 28, 2023/ Visiting Teachers

Sunday morning by guest teacher and longtime friend of MRZC, Anka Rick Spencer.

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Dharma Talks 2023
May 24, 2023

Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi--Talk Three→

May 24, 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 17, 2023

Song of Jewel Mirror Samadhi--Talk Two→

May 17, 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 14, 2023

Mother's Day Talk 2023→

May 14, 2023/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

Sunday morning dharma talk.

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Dharma Talks 2023
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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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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Featured Events

Please see EVENT page for a complete list of MRZC offerings

Events
Ten Thousand Things: Zen Encounters with the Creative Unknown
June 7
Potluck and Annual General Meeting 2025
June 8
Collective Liberation: A Sitting Group for Racialized Folks
June 26

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Apr 10, 2025

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Legacy Giving Workshop
Apr 9, 2025
Legacy Giving Workshop
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Trans Day of Visibility - March 31
Mar 26, 2025
Trans Day of Visibility - March 31
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Resources from Genzo-e
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Mar 20, 2025

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