Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast

Liz Toohey-Wiese shares insight into how it’s possible that the medicine and the sickness mutually heal.  _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate . A full archive of recorded teachings going bac...

Myosen River asks: What does it mean to be a grownup? _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate . A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten years is free and accessible on our websi...

Dai-i Flo Rublee explores the writing of Charlotte Joko Beck and asks: what were you expected to be when you were growing up? What do you require of yourself as an adult? _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainra...

Myoshin Kate McCandless offers a talk on the Buddha as wounded healer. How might we be with an unexpected visitor?  _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate . A full archive of recorded teachings...

Telling the story of a very old ginko tree and an old couple, Mysohin Kate McCandless  wonders in what ways we bond with place. Can we adopt an expansive view of what it means to belong to the one Earth we all depend upon? _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teaching...

Shinmon Michael Newton suggests Summer’s growth is a good time for connecting to the heart of trees, and to know the dharma of plants.  _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate . A full archive o...

Offering the last talk in the series, Myoshin Kate McCandless explores the significance of Jizo the bodhisattva of great vow . _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate . A full archive of recorde...

If Maitreya Buddha is the buddha of the future, Shinmon Michael Newton suggests we may all be that. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate . A full archive of recorded teachings going back over...

On the Pilgrims’ Path we might meet the Medicine Buddha. Myoshin Kate McCandless explores ways in which healing occurs. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate . A full archive of recorded teach...

Shinmon Michael Newton asks: do you recognize  the qualities of Manjushri in your daily life?  _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate . A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten...

Myoshin Kate McCandless asks: who have you met along the pilgrimage of your life that has been a teacher to you?  Who has helped you in just the right way and what did you learn? _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mo...

A Way-seeking mind talk is a traditional Dharma address where a practitioner shares their personal journey, reflecting on the life experiences and questions that led them to their spiritual practice. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supp...

Beyond existence and non-existence, Shinmon Michael Newton shares how Vairocana brings the light of wisdom- impartially, omnipresent, impossible to block, and eternal. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainz...

Continuing the deep exploration of Kannon Bodhisattva, Myoshin Kate McCandless offers insights into the bodhisattva’s various manifestations and names. "Listen to the deeds of Avalokiteshvara, who aptly responds in every quarter. With vast pledge as deep as oceans, throughout kalpas beyond reckoning, served many thousands of millions of buddhas, bringing forth this great pure vow." _____...

Myoshin Kate McCandless focuses on Kannon Bodhisattva whose name means the one who perceives the sounds or cries of the world. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate . A full archive of recorde...

Shinmon Michael Newton focuses on Amitaba Buddha and how we might recognize zazen as an illumination of emptiness and fully realized awakening. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate . A full a...

Shinmon Michael Newton continues exploring the variety of beings found on the pilgrim’s path, focusing on the most widely known of all -  Buddha. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate . A full...

Good news!! The Buddha is the cause and the result of awakening! Through practice our lives do transform. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate . A full archive of recorded teachings going bac...

Everything is always vanishing so what is the use of pretence?  _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate . A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten years is free and accessible on...

A series on the beings depicted in images along the Shikoku pilgrimage path, exploring how they can inspire and support our practice. Myoshin Kate McCandless begins with Fudo Myo-o, Unmoving Bright Wisdom King, fierce protector of the dharma. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find val...

Myoshin Kate McCandless brings us to the recent journey in Japan, through  anecdotes and images. You can watch the slideshow HERE . "Through 10,000 joys and sorrows the journey goes on - through this lifetime and beyond someone else will follow in your footsteps." _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worl...

Shinmon Michael Newton begins his talk with an exploration of what the word pilgrimage means, then takes the listener on a meandering path of depth and discovery.  _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.o...

Myoshin Kate McCandless offers a sense of how the recent five week pilgrimage in Japan was like an intensive zen retreat. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate . A full archive of recorded tea...

Enryu Anusha Fernando gives a talk on the Meghiya Sutta and its focus on the importance of friendship.  We don’t live in a neutral experience and our practice is to pay attention to the offerings of community, of sangha. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings,...

Daikan Green continues our dharma seminar, offering comments on the finger snap. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate . A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten years is free...