Soto Zen Practice in Vancouver, BC
Zen has a long history of association with arts such as calligraphy, poetry, ikebana (flower arrangement), pottery, garden design, sumie, and tea ceremony. When we engage in art-making from the deep source of contemplative practice, what emerges is beyond personal expression.
Mountain Rain has hosted calligraphy workshops and haiku-writing retreats, and Dharma Film Nights. We also host Zen Poetry events.
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.
As I write these words it's March 28, day 10 of our pilgrimage. We are staying at temple 19, the first one we've stayed at so far.
Mountain Rain Zen Community
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Banner: Blue Mountains Walking by Bruce Shotoku Nielsen (2013)
