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The Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast features talks by our guiding teachers, Myoshin Kate McCandless and Shinmon Michael Newton, as well as a variety of MRZC practice leaders and other guest speakers. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere else you get your podcasts.

Recent talks can be found below.

These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work with a donation. Thank you!

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Teachings Archive

You can browse all past talks by speaker, date, category, and program in our archive found HERE


May 11, 2022

Life Without Error

May 11, 2022/ Shinmon Michael Newton

Koans for Everyday Life dharma seminar—

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Koans for Everyday Life
May 08, 2022

Bowing to Attain the Marrow

May 08, 2022/ Zoketsu Norman Fischer

Dharma talk from May weekend retreat.

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Retreat Talks 2022
May 07, 2022

Three Minds of Dogen

May 07, 2022/ Zoketsu Norman Fischer

May weekend retreat dharma talk.

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Retreat Talks 2022
April 20, 2022

Stop the War

April 20, 2022/ Shinmon Michael Newton

Dharma seminar Koans for Everyday Life

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Koans for Everyday Life
April 20, 2022

Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi 3

April 20, 2022/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

Guest dharma seminar for Calgary Soto Zen

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Dharma Seminars 2022
Jewel Mirror Samadhi 2022
April 17, 2022

The Underworld: Descent and Emergence

April 17, 2022/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

Sunday morning dharma talk.

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April 13, 2022

What is Broken

April 13, 2022/ Shinmon Michael Newton

Dharma seminar: Koans for Everyday Life—Case

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April 13, 2022

ZED talk by Kuen Marja Butterworth: Life during the Pandemic

April 13, 2022/ Sangha Members

ZED (Zen Engaged Dharma) talks by sangha members tell how they take their practice into the world and how their practice supports doing that.

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Mountain Rain Zen Community

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.

We are deeply grateful for their stewardship of this land since time immemorial. 

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Jukai 2026
Mar 9, 2026
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Mar 9, 2026
International Women's Day
Feb 26, 2026
International Women's Day
Feb 26, 2026

From the Engaged Buddhist Practice Group

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Feb 26, 2026
A Good Year for the Mountain Rain Endowment Fund
Feb 23, 2026
A Good Year for the Mountain Rain Endowment Fund
Feb 23, 2026

Since its inception over 100 people have contributed to the fund demonstrating broad based sangha support.

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Feb 23, 2026
The Garden at Bright Stream Temple
Feb 10, 2026
The Garden at Bright Stream Temple
Feb 10, 2026

Our first work party in the Bright Stream garden will be at the end of March! Join us!

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Feb 10, 2026

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