Continuous Practice
/Shinmon Michael Newton suggests that continuous practice is not a burden - it is simply the ever deepening expression of ones life.
Dharma Podcast and Teachings
The Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
features talks by our guiding teachers, Myoshin Kate
McCandless and Shinmon Michael Newton, as well as a
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Teachings Archive
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Over the Long Haul (What is Zen? Chapter 10)
/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.
Dharma of Fire
/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.
Stages of Practice (What is Zen? Chapter 9)
/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 life, with no steps and stages, why is zen so full of complicated rituals and hierarchies?
The Dharma of Water
/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.
Zen and Art (What is Zen? Chapter 13)
/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. Can art be an expression of spirit?
Who do you Work For? A Talk for Labour Day
/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 our labour.
Awakening (What is Zen? Chapter 4)
/Kakuko Kaye Simard explores Sue Moon and Zoketsu Norman Fischer's understanding of the promises and fruits of awakening.
