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Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
Mountain Rain Zen Community
199 episodes
3 days ago
In a world that simmers in a state of answerlessness there is so much we cannot know. Vows help the mystery become our field of practice. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate. A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten years is free and accessible on our website. For q...
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In a world that simmers in a state of answerlessness there is so much we cannot know. Vows help the mystery become our field of practice. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate. A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten years is free and accessible on our website. For q...
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Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
The Granting Way vs. The Grasping Way
Myosen River Shannon offers insight into koans - what they are and how they are used: as objects of meditation, as sprinkles of pepper and spice on practice, as nourishment for the spiritual embryo, and as a way to point to something of deep importance. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/do...
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1 week ago
31 minutes

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
Joy as Gift to Give and Receive
Myoshin Kate McCandless offers that as we cultivate moment-to-moment awareness, joy can become a practice of survival, solidarity and connection. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate. A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten years is free and accessible on our w...
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2 weeks ago
29 minutes

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
All I Want to Give For Xmas Is...
Myoshin Kate McCandless offers the teaching that letting go of self-clinging leads to clear-seeing and non-reactivity, which in turn enables giving generously from our one true heart. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate. A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten...
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3 weeks ago
33 minutes

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
Ancestors To Be - Rohatsu Sesshin 6/
For the last talk of sesshin Myoshin Kate McCandless asks: how do we want our lives to flow outwards and onwards, beyond this body and this lifetime? _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate. A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten years is free and accessible on our web...
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1 month ago
50 minutes

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
Grandmother Zen - Rohatsu Sesshin 5/
Shinmon Michael Newton asks: what conceptual things are you holding on to so tightly? Can you call forth the old tea-woman within you? _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate. A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten years is free and accessible on our website. F...
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1 month ago
45 minutes

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
Learning to be Supported - Rohatsu Sesshin 4.1/
Shuso Myosen River Shannon suggests that affording those around us dignity is bodhisattva action. “Beings are me. I will take them in hand. […] Mind goes elsewhere, I steadily walk it home […] I willingly enter each threshold. […] The way of wholeness is true, May I belong to it completely.” - Caroline Meister _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teaching...
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1 month ago
43 minutes

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
Anger's Entanglement - Rohatsu Sesshin 4/
Myoshin Kate McCandless explores anger as response to threat, asking how we might bring subtlety to the discussion. Can anger, fully experienced, lead to envisioning possibility? _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate. A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten years is f...
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1 month ago
39 minutes

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
Endurance and Humility- Rohatsu Sesshin 3/
Shinmon Michael Newton encourages the sangha to not turn away from the opportunity afforded by being on retreat. “Our practice, whatever it is, is our true teacher. our life is our practice. Our life is our koan. Each one of us learns from our own life. If we listen deeply, if we are involved to the bottom of it, this is our true teacher, this is our most venerable teacher.” Maurine Myoon Stuart _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made ...
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1 month ago
41 minutes

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
The Awakened Sage - Rohatsu 2/
Myoshin Kate McCandless offers stories, writings and poetry describing our women ancestors' moments of kenshō (awakening experiences). _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate. A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten years is free and accessible on our website. Fo...
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1 month ago
45 minutes

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
Letting Go - Rohatsu 1/
Shinmon Michael Newton offers the first dharma talk from Rohatsu at Brew Creek. “When we can be totally honest with what is happening right now, then we can completely see it. Buddhas come whole.” _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate. A full archive of recorded teachings going ...
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1 month ago
34 minutes

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
Foundational Women - Practice Period Week Nine - Wednesday
Both Myoshin Kate McCandless and Shinmon Michael Newton share stories about, and teachings from, the women ancestors of Mountain Rain Zen. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate. A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten years is free and accessible on our website. For ...
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1 month ago
38 minutes

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
Inner Practices for Living with Illness - Practice Period Week Eight - Sunday
Zenshin Florence Caplow offers a dharma talk on the dance between chronic illness and Buddhist practice. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate. A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten years is free and accessible on our website. For questions and comments, cont...
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1 month ago
28 minutes

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
Skillful Means - Practice Period Week Seven - Sunday
Shuso Myosen River Shannon asks: what is it to believe in karma or not? _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate. A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten years is free and accessible on our website. For questions and comments, contact podcast@mountainrainzen.org.
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1 month ago
32 minutes

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
The Dharma of Chores - Practice Period Week Seven - Wednesday
Shinmon Michael Newton offers insight into the calm readiness of cleaning and of being present to doing exactly what we are doing. What does it mean to do something with total concentration? _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate. A full archive of recorded teachings going back over te...
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1 month ago
27 minutes

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
Earth Womb - Practice Period Week Six - Sunday
Dharma talk by Myoshin Kate McCandless on Jizo Bodhisattva, protector of women, children and travellers. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate. A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten years is free and accessible on our website. For questions and comments, contact po...
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1 month ago
40 minutes

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
Zazen is Embodied Curiosity - Practice Period Week Six - Wednesday
Shuso Myosen River suggests that using zazen to avoid our bodies or demons is kind-of funny because it’s like hiding from the monster in our closet by going in with it. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate. A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten years is free and ac...
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2 months ago
29 minutes

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
Hail to the Never-Despising Bodhisattva - Practice Period Week Five - Sunday
Shinmon Michael Newton offers a talk on Dogen and Keizan, and on their support for women disciples. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate. A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten years is free and accessible on our website. For questions and comments, contact podcast...
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2 months ago
37 minutes

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
For the Hungry Ghosts - Practice Period Week Five - Wednesday
Talk by Myoshin Kate McCandless on Yurei and Hannya: Japanese women ghosts and demons. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate. A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten years is free and accessible on our website. For questions and comments, contact podcast@mountainrain...
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2 months ago
22 minutes

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
The Use and Power of the Erotic - Practice Period Week Four - Sunday
Shuso Myosen River asks: as followers of 'The Way', are we supposed to transcend desire? _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate. A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten years is free and accessible on our website. For questions and comments, contact podcast@mountainra...
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2 months ago
33 minutes

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
The Dharma Gate of Grief - Practice Period Week Four - Wednesday
Myoshin Kate McCandless examines how different women have coped with intense grief, and how buddhist perspectives and practices have supported their process. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate. A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten years is free and accessible on...
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2 months ago
28 minutes

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast
In a world that simmers in a state of answerlessness there is so much we cannot know. Vows help the mystery become our field of practice. _____________________________________________________________ These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate. A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten years is free and accessible on our website. For q...