Soto Zen Practice in Vancouver, BC
Recent talks can be found below.
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Mysohin Kate McCandless introduces Zen master Musō Soseki and “Dialogues in a Dream" - a collection of ninety-three dialogues between the master and the shogun Ashikaga Tadayoshi.
Anusha Enryu Fernando, a dharma holder with Zen Community of Oregon, offers reflections on ancestors.
Daikan picks up the exploration of Norman Fischer’s book Training in Compassion. He notes that over time, we might notice that meditating changes our sense of life, and that we may be developing gentleness and patience towards self and others.
Shinmon Michael Newton talks about resiliency and Zen practice, offering this koan from the Book of Serenity: do people these days need enlightenment or not?
Kakuko Kaye Simard discusses the intersection of Zen practice and artistic expression. What does it mean to be creative? How do we cultivate the willingness, patience, and trust to complete a relationship with something outside of ourselves?
If we already have Buddha nature why do we have to practice? Myoshin Kate McCandless asks what do you see when you look in the mirror?
Shinmon Michael Newton brings the Wednesday evening Dharma seminar on Norman Fischer's Training in Compassion to a close.
Vicki Turay explores the origins of life from both a scientific and a dharmic perspective.
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.
Let's let our time in nature not be just another way of consumption, but a way of learning from the web of interconnection--
Mountain Rain Zen Community
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