Mountain Rain Zen Community
2016 Wall Street BC V5L 1B1 Canada V5L 1B1 Vancouver, BC, Canada

Our annual ceremony to offer the nourishment of the dharma to the hungry ghost realm. Everyone welcomelive or Zoom! For more information: http://www.mountainrainzen.org//hungry-ghosts-ceremony-sej

The tradition of the intensive practice period goes back to the time of the Buddha when, during the rainy season, the Buddha and his disciples gathered in one place to meditate and study together. As our own rainy season approaches here in the Pacific Northwest, we will hold our 18th annual Mountain Rain practice period. For more information, registration, and a comprehensive guide to the 2020 (September 19 - November 15) practice period, please follow this link: http://www.mountainrainzen.org//2020-practice-period-guide

Join us July 21 to 26 for an online (zoom) retreat "Mountain and Waters: The Person in the Hut" This retreat is designed to strengthen and support practice, in a way that is manageable for participants in the midst of their daily lives as pandemic restrictions begin to lift, without an overload of screen-time. Participation is flexible, and registration is on a sliding scale.... Find out more details below: http://www.mountainrainzen.org//mountains-and-waters-an-on

Please join the Mountain Rain Zen Community for our June half-day retreat and Annual General Meeting. We’re still online, so this year for the first time, we’ll miss sharing delicious potluck fare in good company. But this is still an opportunity to take stock, and co-create a vision that will take us through the pandemic and beyond. What have you appreciated about Mountain Rain Zen Community this past year? What should our priorities be going forward? How can this community best support your practice? For more information: http://www.mountainrainzen.org//half-day-retreat-and-annua

Please join the Mountain Rain sangha for this light-hearted eventno talent required! For more information: http://www.mountainrainzen.org//may-soiree-an-evening-of-m

Please join us online this Saturday for an afternoon of poetry! For more information: http://www.mountainrainzen.org//zen-poetry-circle-gtyba-pj

Please join us online this Saturday for an afternoon of poetry! For more information: http://www.mountainrainzen.org//zen-poetry-circle-gtyba-pj

Please join us, In these challenging times, as we practice with the ever-changing circumstances of the Covid-19 pandemic, in exploring the Lojong practices of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. We will drawn on the warm and wise guidance of Mountain Rain’s Founding Teacher, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, in his 2012 book, Training in Compassion: Zen teachings on the practice of Lojong. For more information: http://www.mountainrainzen.org//training-in-compassion-pra

Our weekend retreat on Equanimity will go ahead - via Zoom! This online retreat is offered on a sliding scale $20-$40-$60-$80 depending on your means and how much you attend. It is open to everyone regardless of ability to pay. If you are financially challenged and feel you cannot contribute at this time, please just email the registrar and let her know you will be participating: [email protected]. http://www.mountainrainzen.org//weekend-retreat-with-jukai

Our weekend retreat on Equanimity will go ahead - via Zoom! This online retreat is offered on a sliding scale $20-$40-$60-$80 depending on your means and how much you attend. It is open to everyone regardless of ability to pay. If you are financially challenged and feel you cannot contribute at this time, please just email the registrar and let her know you will be participating: [email protected]. http://www.mountainrainzen.org//weekend-retreat-with-jukai

Mountain Rain Zen, along with so many other community organizations has suspended our regular practice and other events at the zendo, in order to minimize the spread of the Covid-19 virus. However we remain committed to supporting your practice and sangha connections. Please join us for our regular practice sessionsonline using Zoom. You can sign up on the Zoom website for free to use your laptop, and/or download the Zoom app on your phone. Please do this before the session you plan on attending. For more information: http://www.mountainrainzen.org/online-practice

After teaching for over forty years Shakyamuni Buddha died at the age of eighty, achieving parinirvana, or final enlightenment. We will commemorate that day with a dharma talk by and a ceremony of gratitude. All are welcome! http://www.mountainrainzen.org/events/2019-02-19-parinirvana

Join us this Sunday for a Way Seeking Mind Talk by longtime Sangha member Shomon Dave Chang. A Way-Seeking Mind talk tells how one person came to dharma practice and how their practice has influenced their life. Each talk is unique and also strikes common chords among listeners. Dave is a long-time member of Mountain Rain Zen Community, and did jukai in 2017. He is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University.... Part of our regular Sunday morning practice schedule. Everyone welcome!

Morning! Zazen! Join us on Wednesdays and Fridays for 30 minutes of morning zazen, followed by the pali refuges. Doors at 6:45 am, sit at 7:00 am.... By donation, all welcome.

Morning! Zazen! Join us on Wednesdays and Fridays for 30 minutes of morning zazen, followed by the pali refuges. Doors at 6:45 am, sit at 7:00 am.... By donation, all welcome.

Please join us in February for a weekend retreat where we will explore the teachings of Dogen! This retreat will focus intensively on Dogen Zenji's text Uji or "Being Time". In this text Dogen discusses the nature of time and impermanence. He reveals that time and being are not what we suppose them to be. We will explore the text in community, and apply Dogen's teachings to our zazen practice and everyday lives. Please see the link below for more information. Everyone welcom...e, whether you are new to Zen practice or experienced. http://www.mountainrainzen.org///dogen-retreat-3z95a-7pfdm

Please join us this Sunday for a half-day retreat! A light lunch will be served and there will be Dharma talk by Myoshin Kate McCandless: On Gentleness http://www.mountainrainzen.org//sundayretreat-ssxym-faycn-

Starting this Wednesday, join us for a six week dharma seminar with Myoshin Kate McCandless and Shinmon Michael Newton. In this dharma seminar we will explore ways our Zen practice of mindful awareness supports healthy relationships. We will draw on teachings and exercises from Diane Musho Hamilton’s Everything is Workable: A Zen Approach to Conflict Resolution and The Zen of You and Me: A Guide to Getting along with Just About Anyone, as well as other sources. ... Everyone welcome! By donation. http://www.mountainrainzen.org//8/the-dharma-of-relationsh