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Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast

Mountain Rain Zen Community

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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33:00

Admirable Friendship - Begin Again

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast ·

2026/03/29

Myosen River Shannon asks in what way we can encourage each other in our practice. If spiritual friendship is an antidote to isolation and fragmentation, how do we achieve these wise relationships? _____________________________________________________________ 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 ...

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28:10

The Old Way 2/

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast ·

2026/03/26

Nin-en Susan Elbe explores the story of Angulimala, a serial murderer from the time of the Buddha. Even those with the darkest hearts share a common humanity that just needs to be seen and accepted. _____________________________________________________________ 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 teaching...

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30:37

The Ocean - Mother Of Us All

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast ·

2026/03/22

Jikai Vicki Turay offers a talk in honour of World Water day and the first day of Spring. "Can we walk the fine line of the eight fold path between the urgency of present relative reality and the universal truth of 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 fu...

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26:46

The Old Way 1/

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast ·

2026/03/19

Dai-i Flo Rublee gives the first dharma seminar on The Old Way, talks on texts from the Pali Canon. Can you see the importance of recognizing wholesome and unwholesome thoughts and their effect on others? _____________________________________________________________ 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...

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28:42

On Crooked Cucumbers

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast ·

2026/03/15

Shinmon Michael Newton offers a talk about David Chadwick, a Soto Zen priest, author, archivist, and one of the earliest disciples of Shunryu Suzuki (February 9, 1945 - February 23, 2026). “I don't know anything about consciousness. I just try to teach my students how to hear the birds sing.” _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please c...

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24:35

Natural Healing

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast ·

2026/03/12

Myoshin Kate McCandless acknowledges that our deeper wounds need to be given protection and healing care. The darts and arrows of a human life can be sharp and painful - the body and mind are supported by practicing the dharma. _____________________________________________________________ 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 ar...

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41:32

Genzo-e Closing Retreat 2/2

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast ·

2026/03/08

Shinmon Michael Newton affirms that our practice is complete in each moment -- each moment of thought transcends all time. As Dogen would say: there is nothing to add or take away. _____________________________________________________________ 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...

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47:41

Genzo-e Closing Retreat 1/2

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast ·

2026/03/07

Myoshin Kate McCandless encourages the perspective that even though we are very far away in time from Dogen, we are part of the movement and transmission of dharma. _____________________________________________________________ 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 access...

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29:44

The Poetry of Flowers

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast ·

2026/03/05

Myoshin Kate McCandless looks at how poets before and after Dogen have used blossoms in their writing. From a smile, to dynamic interrelationship, to a burning house - all is real, all is unreal. _____________________________________________________________ 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 ov...

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17:20

The Problem is the Problem

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast ·

2026/03/01

Shuso Heito Lee Lourdeaux explores how anger can transmute into compassion. "Understanding is love's other name." _____________________________________________________________ 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 questions and comments, c...

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31:00

Putting Into Motion Our Awakened Nature

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast ·

2026/02/26

Shinmon Michael Newton reinforces that for us, reality is continuously expressing itself as this moment - and your life and practice is not separate from that expression. _____________________________________________________________ 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 ...

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37:06

All is Luminous

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast ·

2026/02/22

The continuous and subtle movement of our senses as they function naturally means that delusion is part of the human experience. Shinmon Michael Newton offers the last talk on the fascicle: Flowers in the Sky. _____________________________________________________________ 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...

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30:48

The Point of Turning Dharma Blossoms

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast ·

2026/02/19

Myoshin Kate McCandless continues the Genzo-e with an exploration of our capacity for agency. “Even those who attempt to create or measure do so in accordance to dharma blossoms.” (Dogen) _____________________________________________________________ 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 y...

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39:37

Parinirvana and the Blue Lotus Blossoming in the Fire

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast ·

2026/02/15

Myoshin Kate McCandless celebrates the historic buddha’s final enlightenment by sharing images and teachings from Dogen’s Flowers in the Sky. _____________________________________________________________ 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...

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28:32

Think Beyond Thinking

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast ·

2026/02/12

Shinmon Michael Newton affirms that beyond recitation and intellectual understanding of the sutras, our practice is full of heart. All is mutually interdependent and dynamic, and all activities are expressions of dharma blossoms. “If thinking and beyond thinking do not divide the mind you can steer the white ox cart endlessly.” (Zen master Hui-neng) _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide commun...

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39:39

Dogen Writes for You

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast ·

2026/02/08

Shinmon Michael Newton continues the Genzo-e by reflecting on Dogen’s “Buddhas and ancestors of old were as we - we in the future shall be buddhas and ancestors.” _____________________________________________________________ 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 accessib...

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36:07

Dharma Blossoms Turn Dharma Blossoms

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast ·

2026/02/05

Myoshin Kate McCandless emphasizes that co-awakening is the nature of our experience- it is only in relationship with the world around us that enlightenment happens. “When your mind is deluded, you are turned by the dharma blossoms. When your mind is enlightened, you turn the dharma blossoms” (Dogen) _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consid...

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30:42

Way Seeking Mind Talk - with Hotei Lee Lourdeaux

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast ·

2026/02/02

Heito talks about the importance of having a supportive religious community or sangha. _________________________ A way-seeking mind talk tells how the speaker came to Zen practice and how it has guided their 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...

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45:42

Genzo-e Opening Retreat - 2/2

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast ·

2026/02/01

Myoshin Kate McCandless offers that through entrusting and upholding, each is an extraordinary expression of the blossoming of the Udumbara flower. _____________________________________________________________ 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 ou...

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50:28

Genzo-e Opening Retreat - 1/2

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast ·

2026/01/31

Shinmon Michael Newton opens our annual Dogen study intensive by exploring the Udumbara Blossom text and introducing this year’s theme. “Holding up a flower means a flower is holding up a flower.” _____________________________________________________________ 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 ...

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