Soto Zen Practice in Vancouver, BC
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MRZC Priest Kakuko Kaye Simard speaks on how our relationships with dogs, cats, dishes, and houseplants can cultivate our boddhisattva practices of lovingkindness, the paramitas (and their imposters/near enemies), and empathetic joy.
Weekly seminar on Zen poetry
Read MoreGuiding Teacher Myoshin Kate McCandless gives an Easter Sunday talk on the ancient origins of the "Easter" holiday, what Buddhism has to offer on the subject of rebirth and renewal, and how the bunny fits into the story.
Jikai Vicki Turay, longtime MRZC practitioner and resident of Mayne Island, BC, delivers a dharma talk on the tender balance between fear and love, and between doubt and faith—and how we can cultivate the confidence to step off the top of a 100-foot pole.
Sunday Dharma Talk with Daikan Green
Read MoreWomen ancestors from Mahapajapati Gotami to Shuko Edie Norton
Read MoreBased on visit to Vancouver Buddhist Temple
Read MoreAfter a month of studying Dogen’s fascicle on Continuous Practice—and just hours before a jukai ceremony in which five members of MRZC will formally receive the bodhisattva precepts—Shinmon Michael Newton discusses the bodhisattva precepts as a form of continuous practice.
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
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Banner: Blue Mountains Walking by Bruce Shotoku Nielsen (2013)
