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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 13, 2023

Mountains and Waters 2023 Sesshin Talk Five→

July 13, 2023/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

MRZC’s annual Mountains and Waters sesshin at the Brew Creek Centre.

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July 12, 2023

Mountains and Waters 2023 Sesshin Talk 4→

July 12, 2023/ Shinmon Michael Newton

MRZC’s 2023 Mountains and Waters Sesshin at the Brew Creek Centre.

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July 11, 2023

Mountains and Waters 2023 Sesshin Talk 3→

July 11, 2023/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

Mountains and Waters 2023 Sesshin

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July 10, 2023

Mountains and Waters 2023 Sesshin Monday evening talk→

July 10, 2023/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

MRZC’s 2023 Mountains and Waters Sesshin at the Brew Creek Centre.

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Mountains and Waters
July 10, 2023

Mountains and Waters 2023 Sesshin Talk 2→

July 10, 2023/ Shinmon Michael Newton

MRZC’s 2023 Mountains and Waters Sesshin at the Brew Creek Centre.

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Mountains and Waters
July 09, 2023

Mountains and Waters 2023 Sesshin Talk 1→

July 09, 2023/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

MRZC’s 2023 Mountains and Waters Sesshin at the Brew Creek Centre. Talks on Dogen’s Mountains and Waters Sutra.

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July 05, 2023

We Were Made For These Times--Talk Five→

July 05, 2023/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

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June 21, 2023

We Were Made For These Times Talk Three→

June 21, 2023/ Shinmon Michael Newton

A ten-week Wednesday evening dharma seminar on We Were Made for These Times by Kaira Jewel Lingo, with MRZC’s guiding teachers and practice leaders.

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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 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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2025 Practice Period Guide and Registration
October 1
In this Life, In This Body: Practice Period Opening Retreat--Wall St. Zendo
October 4

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Collective Liberation Reconvenes
Sep 1, 2025
Collective Liberation Reconvenes
Sep 1, 2025

How can embodied practices be pathways to collective care, healing and transformation?

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Sep 1, 2025
Upcoming Way-seeking Mind Talks
Aug 28, 2025
Upcoming Way-seeking Mind Talks
Aug 28, 2025

Part of regular Sunday practice!

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Aug 28, 2025
Composing Mountains and Waters
Aug 14, 2025
Composing Mountains and Waters
Aug 14, 2025

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Aug 14, 2025
Bright Stream Temple Closed for August/September
Aug 2, 2025
Bright Stream Temple Closed for August/September
Aug 2, 2025

Bright Stream temple closed for month of August

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Aug 2, 2025

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