Dec
11
7:30 PM19:30
Events
Dec
14
10:00 AM10:00
Dec
21
10:00 AM10:00
Winter Solstice Celebration
Part of our regular Sunday morning practice schedule. Everyone welcome!
Dec
31
8:00 PM20:00
Jan
18
1:30 PM13:30
Dec
7
10:00 AM10:00
Nov
29
to Dec 6
Rohatsu Sesshin
A week-long intensive Zen retreat with Mountain Rain Zen’s guiding teachers and shuso Myosen River Shannon.
Nov
22
7:00 PM19:00
Tend to Your Spirit: Book launch and reading with Zenshin Florence Caplow
Reading and book launch with Zenshin Florence Caplow
Nov
22
2:00 PM14:00
Inner Practices for Living with Chronic Illness and Pain
A workshop with Zenshin Florence Caplow, in person and online.
Nov
16
1:30 PM13:30
Garden Work Party--Bright Stream Temple
Come help rake and spread leaves as garden mulch.
Nov
9
1:30 PM13:30
Nov
1
9:00 AM09:00
Day Retreat: Healing Practices for This Lifetime, This Body
A day retreat with Myoshin Kate McCandless and Shuso Myosen River Shannon
Oct
29
7:30 PM19:30
Hungry Ghosts Ceremony (Sejiki)
Our annual ceremony to offer the nourishment of the dharma to the hungry ghost realm. Part of our regular Wednesday evening practice.
Oct
19
6:30 PM18:30
DEIA and EBP Film Night - The Wall Between
A film offering solutions for fostering empathy and understanding through a justice-centered approach.
Oct
12
2:00 PM14:00
Oct
12
12:00 PM12:00
Oct
4
to Oct 5
In this Life, In This Body: Practice Period Opening Retreat--Wall St. Zendo
Practice period opening weekend retreat with Mountain Rain Zen’s guiding teachers and shuso Myosen River Shannon.
Oct
2
to Oct 5
In this Life, In This Body: Practice Period Opening Retreat--Bright Stream Temple
A four-day sesshin with Mountain' Rain’s guiding teachers to open our 2025 practice period.
Oct
1
7:00 PM19:00
Oct
1
to Dec 7
2025 Practice Period Guide and Registration
Detailed guide to our 25th annual practice period, with registration for practice period and peer group sign-up. See separate pages for specific retreat registrations.
Sep
28
4:00 PM16:00
Kamishibai
Traditional form of storytelling from Japan with Naomi Steinberg, Mountain Rain’s administrator. Families welcome!
Sep
25
7:30 PM19:30
Collective Liberation - Fall 2025
When things seem to fall apart, on multiple scales, and when no thing seems to work how can embodied practices be pathways to collective care, healing and transformation?
Sep
20
1:00 PM13:00
The Empty Page: A Zen Book Arts Practice
Zen and Creative Practice with Tosho Megan Adam
Sep
13
9:00 AM09:00
Zazenkai: a day retreat with Shinmon Michael Newton
A day retreat with Shinmon Michael Newton at Bright Stream Temple.
Sep
6
10:00 AM10:00
Introduction to Zen Practice
This class is for those who are new to Soto Zen practice and those who have some experience and want to learn more.
Aug
17
6:30 PM18:30
Jul
27
6:30 PM18:30
Jul
19
to Jul 26
Jul
12
1:00 PM13:00
Thread, Needle and Fabric: Making Stitches
Zen and Creative Practice: Slow Stitching with Kakuko Kaye
Jul
5
9:00 AM09:00
Jun
30
7:00 PM19:00
World Wisdom Traditions Study Group
A study group exploring dharma through the perspectives of world wisdom traditions. In-person and online.
Jun
26
7:30 PM19:30
Collective Liberation: A Sitting Group for Racialized Folks
We strive to provide an inclusive space that reflects intersectional experiences.
Jun
23
7:00 PM19:00
Heart of Compassion, Words of Gentleness
We would like to welcome a special guest, Rev. Gihan Unno, an international missionary for Soto Zen Japan.
Jun
14
10:00 AM10:00
Nature Walk – Bowen Island/Nex̱wlélex̱wm
Explore the lower Terminal Creek/Killarney Creek watershed within Crippen Regional Park
Jun
8
1:30 PM13:30
Potluck and Annual General Meeting 2025
Members and newcomers are welcome—come and get acquainted or re-acquainted, hear what has been accomplished in 2024/5 and what is being planned for next term.
