Soto Zen Practice in Vancouver, BC
Recent talks can be found below.
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Jikai Vicki Turay, longtime MRZC practitioner and resident of Mayne Island, BC, delivers a dharma talk on the tender balance between fear and love, and between doubt and faith—and how we can cultivate the confidence to step off the top of a 100-foot pole.
Sunday Dharma Talk with Daikan Green
Read MoreWomen ancestors from Mahapajapati Gotami to Shuko Edie Norton
Read MoreBased on visit to Vancouver Buddhist Temple
Read MoreAfter 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—Shinmon Michael Newton discusses the bodhisattva precepts as a form of continuous practice.
Weekend retreat on Continuous Practice fascicle by Dogen
Read MoreWeekend retreat based on Continuous Practice fascicle byDogen
Read MoreMonth-long series on Dogen’s Continuous Practice fascicle.
Read MoreMRZC's Soto Zen practice emphasizes being fully awake to our own moment-to-moment experience, from our meditation cushion to every aspect of our everyday life. Join us!
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Young Urban Zen (ZenYU) is an informal drop-in practice group for people curious about meditation, and how it relates to daily life.
Mountain Rain Zen Community
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Banner: Blue Mountains Walking by Bruce Shotoku Nielsen (2013)
