Soto Zen Practice in Vancouver, BC
Recent talks can be found below.
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Michael Hare describes how his different communities of practice weave together like the threads of a martial arts belt.
ZED (Zen Engaged Dharma) talks are short talks by sangha members about how they take their practice into the world, through work, art, activism, service, family life, etc. and how their practice supports them in doing so.
Kakuko Kaye Simard begins a new dharma seminar on Charlotte Joko Beck's book Everyday Zen: Love and Work.
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Tales from the San Deigo Zen Center
Dale S Wright - Humanizing the Image of a Zen Master: Maezumi Roshi
"All sentient beings have their existence and live within my life" -Uchiyama Roshi
Shinmon Michael Newton asks us what our deep vows are, particularly in light of the many complex and difficult issues facing contemporary society. How can we open our hearts and see we are not separate from the ones we want to shun?
Hozan Alan Senauke was an American Sōtō priest, folk musician and poet residing at the Berkeley Zen Center. Myoshin Kate McCandless reads from Hozan’s memorial and shares some of his writing, and singing!
Myoshin Kate McCandless offers insight into how, even with all the challenges the holiday season might bring, we can experience joy as one of the noble abodes.
Shinmon Michael Newton asks how we might best respond to the uncertainty that is always present in our lives. In what way does living in sangha provide an opportunity to meet the unexpected and experience what enables the heart to be at peace?
Mysohin Kate McCandless gives the last talk of sesshin and concludes the story of Sudhana’s pilgrimage.
We only exist within the vast matrix of Indra’s Net, therefore the work of a Bodhisattva is never solitary. The greatest gift we can bring to the world is to give up our self-clinging.
Continuing the exploration of Samantabhadra's Ten Vows, Shinmon Michael Newton reminds us to never give up on ourselves, and to dedicate the merit we accrue towards the good of all beings.
MRZC'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!
Mountain Rain Zen Community's Wall street Zendo and Koryuji temple are situated on the unceded, traditional and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Hari-Kuyō is a traditional Japanese ceremony to express gratitude for old and broken sewing needles by giving them a proper send-off.
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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