Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast

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Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast

Presented by the Mountain Rain Zen Community based in Vancouver, BC. Featuring talks by our guiding teachers Myoshin Kate McCandless and Shinmon Michael Newton, and other guest speakers.  To learn more about our community,  explore our extensive teaching archive, and offer your support, visit http://mountainrainzen.org.

  1. MAR 16

    Dogen Intensive: Moon (3/3)

    To end our month long Genzo-e, Shinmon Michael Newton underlines that the moon is a symbol for awakening to non-dual reality and to impermanence. _____________________________________________________________ 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 website...

    39 min

  2. MAR 16

    Dogen Intensive: Moon (2/3 - Closing Retreat)

    In this talk, Shinmon Michael Newton encourages us to not reject the incomplete and to not hang on to what is complete, but rather just to practice; to actualize the complete moon that is not yet full. _____________________________________________________________ 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 g...

    38 min

  3. MAR 15

    Dogen Intensive: Moon (1/3 - Closing Retreat)

    Shinmon Michael Newton offers insights into the moon as symbol for the formless dharma body. What preconceived notions do you have about zen practice and your life? Can you let go of that mode of thinking? _____________________________________________________________ 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 goi...

    39 min

  4. MAR 13

    Dogen Intensive: Dreams (4/4)

    In the last dharma talk on Dogen's Dream within a Dream, Myoshin Kate McCandless shares a dialogue between Ziyong, a 17th century Chinese nun at the end of her life, and her disciple Jingxuan. How do we express the dream within the dream in times of great loss? _____________________________________________________________ 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...

    29 min

  5. MAR 9

    Dogen Intensive: Going Beyond Buddha (3/3)

    In this dharma talk, Shinmon Michael Newton encourages us to “hold up the sun and moon on the top of a staff” and asks what we offer to this troubled and confused 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 recorded teachings going back over ten years is free and a...

    42 min

  6. MAR 5

    Dogen Intensive: Dreams (3/4)

    Myoshin Kate McCandless asks: how can Dogen, and seven wise princesses, help us be fully alive and express the "dream within a dream"? _____________________________________________________________ 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 website. For ques...

    32 min

  7. MAR 2

    Dogen Intensive: Going Beyond Buddha (2/3)

    Shinmon Michael Newton asks that we get past "zero sum thinking" the better to cultivate and encourage buddha nature, wherever and whenever we can. _____________________________________________________________ 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...

    39 min

  8. FEB 27

    Dogen Intensive: Dreams (2/4)

    "How can I express the dream of this life?" Myoshin Kate McCandless offers an exploration of what Dogen calls "twining vines" - the entanglement of our karmic lives and the intertwined nature of 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 archive of recorded teachings go...

    37 min
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Presented by the Mountain Rain Zen Community based in Vancouver, BC. Featuring talks by our guiding teachers Myoshin Kate McCandless and Shinmon Michael Newton, and other guest speakers.  To learn more about our community,  explore our extensive teaching archive, and offer your support, visit http://mountainrainzen.org.

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  • Creator
    Mountain Rain Zen Community
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    115
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    © 2025 Mountain Rain Zen Community
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