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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.

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October 26, 2025

The Use and Power of the Erotic - Practice Period Week Five - Sunday

October 26, 2025/ Myosen River Shannon

Shuso Myosen River asks: as followers of 'The Way', are we supposed to transcend desire?

October 26, 2025/ Myosen River Shannon/
Practice Period 2025

Myosen River Shannon

October 22, 2025

The Dharma Gate of Grief - Practice Period Week Four - Wednesday

October 22, 2025/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

Myoshin Kate McCandless examines how different women have coped with intense grief, and how buddhist perspectives and practices have supported their process.

October 22, 2025/ Myoshin Kate McCandless/
Practice Period 2025

Myoshin Kate McCandless

October 19, 2025

Enlightened Women - Practice Period Week Three - Sunday

October 19, 2025/ Shinmon Michael Newton

Shinmon Michael Newton takes a backstep into the context of India at the time of Shakyamuni Buddha, and surfaces through the story of bhikkhuni Bhadda Kapilani, foremost in recollecting past lives. 

October 19, 2025/ Shinmon Michael Newton/
Practice Period 2025, Dharma Talks 2025

Shinmon Michael Newton

October 15, 2025

When the Buddha was Wrong - Practice Period Week Three - Wednesday

October 15, 2025/ Myosen River Shannon

Myosen River Shannon asks: When people we love and trust harm us, how can we hold that contradiction in our bodies and transform what is possible in our relationships and communities?

The Buddha was imperfect - does this understanding makes it easier to confront the paradoxes in our own lives?

October 15, 2025/ Myosen River Shannon/
Practice Period 2025

Myosen River Shannon

October 12, 2025

Who was the Buddha's Mother? - Practice Period Week Two - Sunday

October 12, 2025/ Myoshin Kate McCandless

A body from which another body is born - what a marvel!

Myoshin Kate McCandless shares teachings about Buddha’s mother Maya and her younger sister Prajāpatī (Buddha’s step-mother) as well as Yaśodharā, Buddha’s wife and mother of his son.

October 12, 2025/ Myoshin Kate McCandless/
Practice Period 2025

Myoshin Kate McCandless

October 08, 2025

Bringing Zen Home- Practice Period Week Two - Wednesday

October 08, 2025/ Shinmon Michael Newton

Shinmon focuses on home altars as a part of embodied practice.

October 08, 2025/ Shinmon Michael Newton/
Practice Period 2025

Shinmon Michael Newton

October 05, 2025

Practice Period Opening Weekend (5/5)

October 05, 2025/ Shinmon Michael Newton

Shinmon Michael Newton parses apart the title for this year’s practice period In this Lifetime, In this Body: Cultivating Embodied Wisdom and Compassion with our Women Ancestors, and asks himself how he understands his malenesss as it shapes and colours his practice.

October 05, 2025/ Shinmon Michael Newton/
Practice Period 2025

Shinmon Michael Newton

October 04, 2025

Practice Period Opening Weekend (4/5)

October 04, 2025/ River Shannon

In part of her role as shuso, Myosen River gives a Way-Seeking Mind Talk.

“Emptiness is not erasure, it’s a promise and a warning.”

October 04, 2025/ River Shannon/
Practice Period 2025, Way-Seeking Mind talk

River Shannon

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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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October 1

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Tea With Shuso
Oct 1, 2025
Tea With Shuso
Oct 1, 2025

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Oct 1, 2025
Honouring Orange Shirt Day; National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30
Sep 23, 2025
Honouring Orange Shirt Day; National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30
Sep 23, 2025

Excerpt from the BC Museum’s Association

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Sep 23, 2025
Collective Liberation Reconvenes
Sep 1, 2025
Collective Liberation Reconvenes
Sep 1, 2025

How can embodied practices be pathways to collective care, healing and transformation?

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Sep 1, 2025
Upcoming Way-seeking Mind Talks
Aug 28, 2025
Upcoming Way-seeking Mind Talks
Aug 28, 2025

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Aug 28, 2025

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