Become What You Are
/Myosen River asks: What does it mean to be a grownup?
Dharma Podcast and Teachings
The Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
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Ordinary Wonder
/Dai-i Flo Rublee explores the writing of Joko Beck and asks: what were you expected to be when you were growing up? What do you require of yourself as an adult?
To Be Free and Fearless
/Myoshin Kate McCandless offers a talk on the Buddha as wounded healer. How might we be with an unexpected visitor?
Here I Become Earth
/Telling the story of a very old ginko tree and an old couple, Mysohin Kate McCandless wonders in what ways we bond with place. Can we adopt an expansive view of what it means to belong to the one Earth we all depend upon?
Time in the Garden
/Shinmon Miichael Newton suggests Summer’s growth is a good time for connecting to the heart of trees, and to know the dharma of plants.
A Field Guide to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas 11/11
/Offering the last talk in the series, Myoshin Kate McCandless explore the significance of Jizo the bodhisattva of great vow.
A Field Guide to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas 10/11
/Maitreya Buddha is the buddha of the future, and Shinmon Michael Newton suggests we may all be that.
A Field Guide to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas 9/11
/On the Pilgrims’ Path we might meet the Medicine Buddha. Myoshin Kate McCandless explores ways in which healing occurs.
