Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast

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. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these...

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

Jikai Vicki Turay ,  Mayne Island, BC dweller and longtime MRZC practitioner, delivers a dharma talk on the tender balance between doubt and faith and how we can cultivate the confidence to step off the top of a 100-foot pole. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teac...

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— Guiding Teacher Shinmon Michael Newton discusses the bodhisattva precepts as a form of continuous practice. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donatio...

How does zen practice lead to the whole body smiling with all it is? Hofu Louise Day shares some of her life experiences - from sitting with Suzuki Roshi when still in highschool, to finding inner peace again after intense loss and grief.  _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value...

On the occasion of the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and featuring poems by Ukrainian poets, Myoshin Kate McCandless examines how a bodhisattva might move in the world. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting...