Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast

Myoshin Kate McCandless weaves us deeper into the theme of Living in Indra’s Net: the Avatamsaka Sutra and Beyond.  This is a profound evocation of the boundless interbeing of all existence, and has …

Shinmon Michael Newton begins the 2024 Practice Period with a talk exploring the vast vision of reality offered by the Avatamsaka Sutra, and an invitation to be inspired by its lush imagery. 

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Dai-i Flo Rublee gives the final  talk in our dharma seminar on Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Sue Moon’s book : What is Zen?

How do the teachings of Buddhism help us understand that connection, compassio…

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 pe…

Jikai Vicki Turay explores how, though much of practice appears to be solitary, zen is primarily based in relationships.

"Formal Zen practice: that of meditation, teachings, rituals serve as a trainin…

Shinmon Michael Newton suggests that continuous practice is not a burden - it is simply the ever deepening expression of ones life.

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Jakushin Todd Slobogean continues our dharma seminar on What is Zen? by sharing personal reflections on the question of how a person changes after many years of practice. 

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Myoshin Kate McCandless offers a meditation on fire and explores how the elements give and destroy life even though they have no separate self nature. 

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Unmon Jacob Butula's talk offers a clear perspective on chapter 9 of Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Sue Moon's book What is Zen?

If our tradition is primarily about integrating the dharma into everyday li…

In this talk, Mysohin Kate McCandless suggests that the more we attend to our relationships with the elements, the better we can care for the beings and ecosystems with which our lives interdepend.

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Nin-En Susan Elbe continues our dharma seminar on Sue Moon and Zoketsu Norman Fischer's book, What is Zen?, offering the insight that zen art can open us to an ineffable truth that goes beyond words.…

Shinmon Michael Newton explores how we might wholeheartedly engage the Way when cooking, cleaning, tending the sick and elderly, caring for a pet - asking if we can bring a joyful sense of service to…

Kakuko Kaye Simard explores Sue Moon and Zoketsu Norman Fischer's understanding of the promises and fruits of awakening. 

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Myoshin Kate McCandless offers various practices which can help us maintain and care for our sangha relationships.

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What do ritual and tradition evoke? How do the precepts help us commit to compassionate action? Can we understand religion as daily life?

Myosen River  offers the third talk in our dharma seminar on t…

In this ZED Talk (Zen Engaged Dharma), Roshin Carmen Mills illuminates how volunteer work – "selfless service" – serves the self, while also serving the greater whole and cultivating a deeply held se…

Myoshin Kate McCandless offers insight into how forms and rituals such as bowing and chanting bring us into our bodies and nurture community.

Week two of our dharma seminar on the book What Is Zen: Pl…

Shinmon Michael Newton offers insights into why Dogen venerated Avalokiteshvara, and how an act of true compassion, karuna, is an act of wisdom.

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Shinmon Michael Newton presents the first in a series of seminars based on the lively Q&A book What Is Zen: Plain Talk for a Beginner's Mind by Norman Fischer and Susan Moon.

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Myoshin Kate McCandless describes how the eight-fold path and the eight awakenings support us in knowing how much is enough, even as we are steeped in a culture of hyper-materialism.

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