Teachings Archive
Mountain Rain Zen Community has hosted many retreats over the years. We have a large library of dharma talks given by our guiding teachers, resident teachers, practice leaders, and others. This archive offers a selection of those teachings in both audio and text.
Click on a link below to browse the archive, then click on a title to open a talk. Some include recordings which can be listened to immediately or downloaded for later; others include the text of the talk.
Private Talks
Some of our speakers choose to keep more sensitive material private. If you have been given the password, please click HERE to access.
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- Baizan Tim Sampson
- Carmen Mills
- Dai'i Flo Rublee
- Daikan John Green
- Jakushin Todd Slobogean
- Jikai Vicki Turay
- Joko Claire Talbot
- Kakuko Kaye Simard
- Kanshin Ruth Ozeki
- Myosen River Shannon
- Myoshin Kate McCandless
- Nin'en Susan Elbe
- Sangha Members
- Shinmon Michael Newton
- Visiting Teachers
- Zoketsu Norman Fischer
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- Dharma Seminars 2014-2017
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- Dharma Talks 2014
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- Dharma Talks 2025
- Loon Lake Sesshin
- Mountains and Waters
- Practice Period
- Practice Period 2013-2016
- Practice Period 2017
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- Practice Period 2019
- Practice Period 2020
- Practice Period 2021
- Practice Period 2022
- Practice Period 2023
- Practice Period 2024
- Retreat Talks 2015
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- Retreat Talks 2024
- Rohatsu 2014-2019
- Rohatsu 2023
- Rohatsu 2024
- Way Seeking Mind Talks
- Weekend Retreat
- ZED talks
- ZenYU talks
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- 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva
- An Undivided Life 2014
- Bieke Vandekerckhove
- Charlotte Joko Beck
- Continuous Practice
- Dharma Seminar on Kodo Sawaki
- Dogen
- Dotoku: Expressing the Way
- Field Guide to the Bodhisattvas
- Four Foundations of Mindfulness
- Genjo Koan dharma seminar
- Genjo Koan retreat 2016
- Harmony of Difference and Equalilty Class 2014
- Heart Sutra Class 2014
- Heart Sutra talks 2022
- How to be a Bodhisattva in the 21st Century
- Insentient Beings Speak the Dharma-Dogen Study Retreat 2014
- Jewel Mirror Samadhi 2022
- Koans for Everyday Life
- Koans of Sickness
- Life Koans
- Living by Vow seminar
- Loneliness and Belonging
- Mountains and Rivers Without End
- Mumonkan talks
- Paramitas for the Pandemic
- Practices for Nurturing Connection
- Practicing on the Edge
- Practicing with Anger in Angry Times
- Practicing with the Emotions class 2015
- Practicing with the World
- Reading and discussion
- Shuso class 2014
- Silence
- Song of Zazen
- Song of the Grass-roof Hermitage Class 2015
- Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi
- The Diamond Sutra
- The Gateless Barrier
- The Taoist Roots of Zen
- Trust in mind
- Unknowing our Life
- Vimalakirti Sutra
- Voices of Liberation: Dharma teachers of colour
- We Were Made For These Times
- What Does Love Have to do With Zen?
- What is Zen?
- What is the sound?
- Women Living Zen
- Zen Poetry Through the Ages Class 2014
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