Welcome! We practice in-person as well as online.

Cultivating wisdom and compassion in community

Mountain Rain Zen Community invites you to join us in Zen meditation practice. Zen practice emphasizes being fully awake to our own moment-to-moment experience, from our meditation cushion to every aspect of our everyday life. Everyone is welcome, whether completely new to meditation or experienced in Zen or another tradition. We welcome and value diversity in our community.

We practice the forms of Soto Zen with a spirit of warmth and inclusion, in the tradition of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, founder of San Francisco Zen Center. We also draw on teachings and practices from other Buddhist traditions.

Our guiding teachers are Myoshin Kate McCandless and Shinmon Michael Newton, and our founding teacher is Zoketsu Norman Fischer of the Everyday Zen Foundation.

Read the MRZC Mission Statement PDF

Featured Events

Please see our EVENT page for a complete list of MRZC offerings

Featured

Oct 3

Oct 3, 2024 – Dec 8, 2024

Practice Period Guide

Oct 3, 2024 – Dec 8, 2024

Guide to MRZC’s annual practice period with registration form and suggested reading list.

Oct 3, 2024 – Dec 8, 2024

Nov 28

Nov 28, 2024

Collective Liberation

Nov 28, 2024

This peer-led sitting group is created by and for racialized folks to foster mutual support and understanding for those who identify as a racialized person and find inspiration in the Buddha dharma. We strive to provide an inclusive space that reflects intersectional experiences. November 28th, we will explore selections from Lama Rod Owens’ The New Saints: From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors.

Nov 28, 2024

Nov 30

Nov 30, 2024 – Dec 7, 2024

Rohatsu sesshin

Nov 30, 2024 – Dec 7, 2024

TAKING WAITLIST

Please join the Mountain Rain sangha for this seven-day residential retreat, led by Myoshin Kate McCandless and Shinmon Michael Newton, in the beautiful natural surroundings of Brew Creek Centre.

Nov 30, 2024 – Dec 7, 2024