Zen Poetry through the Ages Part 2/6: Classical Japanese Zen Poetry

Classical Japanese Zen Poetry: Part 2 of a six-week Wednesday dharma seminar series with MRZC Guiding Teacher Myoshin Kate McCandless. 

Renewal, Rebirth, and Redemption

Guiding 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.

Zen Poetry through the Ages Part 1/6: Classical Chinese Chan Poetry

First part of a six-week Wednesday dharma seminar series with MRZC Guiding Teacher Myoshin Kate McCandless. 

The Leap of Faith

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.

Dogen Retreat 2024 Talk Three: The Precepts and Continuous Practice

After 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.