Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast

Jikai Vicki Turay offers a talk in honour of World Water day and the first day of Spring. 
"Can we walk the fine line of the eight fold path between the urgency of present relative reality and the universal truth of impermanence?" 
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Dai-i Flo Rublee gives the first dharma seminar on The Old Way, talks on texts from the Pali Canon.
Can you see the importance of recognizing wholesome and unwholesome thoughts and their effect on others?
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Shinmon Michael Newton offers a talk about David Chadwick, a Soto Zen priest, author, archivist, and one of the earliest disciples of Shunryu Suzuki (February 9, 1945 - February 23, 2026).  
 “I don't know anything about consciousness. I just try to teach my students how to hear the birds sing.”
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Myoshin Kate McCandless acknowledges that our deeper wounds need to be given protection and healing care. The darts and arrows of a human life can be sharp and painful - the body and mind are supported by practicing the dharma. 

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Shinmon Michael Newton affirms that our practice is complete in each moment -- each moment of thought transcends all time. As Dogen would say: there is nothing to add or take away.
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