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Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast — 265 episodes

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Title
1

I Am Because We Are

2

Addiction

3

Influencing and Being Influenced

4

Mountains and Waters - The Elements - Consciousness

5

Mountains and Waters - The Elements - Space/Time

6

Mountains and Waters - The Elements - Air

7

Mountains and Waters - The Elements - Fire

8

Mountains and Waters - The Elements - Water

9

Mountains and Waters - The Elements - Earth

10

Wildfire Dharma

11

Become What You Are

12

Ordinary Wonder

13

To Be Free and Fearless

14

Here I Become Earth

15

Time in the Garden

16

A Field Guide to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas 11/11

17

A Field Guide to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas 10/11

18

A Field Guide to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas 9/11

19

A Field Guide to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas 8/11

20

A Field Guide to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas 7/11

21

Way Seeking Mind Talk - Kushi Matthew Ramsay

22

A Field Guide to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas 6/11

23

A Field Guide to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas 5/11

24

A Field Guide to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas 4/11

25

A Field Guide to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas 3/11

26

A Field Guide to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas 2/11

27

Weekend Retreat with Zoketsu Norman Fischer 2/2

28

Weekend Retreat with Zoketsu Norman Fischer 1/2

29

A Field Guide to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas 1/11

30

Reflections on the Pilgrims' Path 3/3

31

Reflections on the Pilgrims' Path 2/3

32

Reflections on the Pilgrims' Path 1/3

33

In the Mango Grove

34

The Old Way 5/5

35

April Zazenkai with Dai-i Flo-Rublee 2/2

36

April Zazenkai with Dai-i Flo-Rublee 1/2

37

The Old Way 4/5

38

Way Seeking Mind Talk

39

The Old Way 3/5

40

Admirable Friendship - Begin Again

41

The Old Way 2/5

42

The Ocean - Mother Of Us All

43

The Old Way 1/5

44

On Crooked Cucumbers

45

Natural Healing

46

Genzo-e Closing Retreat 2/2

47

Genzo-e Closing Retreat 1/2

48

The Poetry of Flowers

49

The Problem is the Problem

50

Putting Into Motion Our Awakened Nature

51

All is Luminous

52

The Point of Turning Dharma Blossoms

53

Parinirvana and the Blue Lotus Blossoming in the Fire

54

Think Beyond Thinking

55

Dogen Writes for You

56

Dharma Blossoms Turn Dharma Blossoms

57

Way Seeking Mind Talk - With Hotei Lee Lourdeaux

58

Genzo-e Opening Retreat - 2/2

59

Genzo-e Opening Retreat - 1/2

60

The Glory of Our Essence - Becoming Yourself - 4/4

61

Way Seeking Mind Talk - With Shiryū

62

Contradictory Experiences - Becoming Yourself 3/4

63

The Gift Economy

64

Pure Mind and True Nature- Becoming Yourself 2/4

65

Way Seeking Mind Talk - With Gensei Susu Schnee

66

Ethics as Exploration - Becoming Yourself - 1/4

67

Being Intimate With the Half-Known Life

68

The Granting Way vs. The Grasping Way

69

Joy as Gift to Give and Receive

70

All I Want to Give For Xmas Is...

71

Ancestors To Be - Rohatsu Sesshin 7/7

72

Grandmother Zen - Rohatsu Sesshin 6/7

73

Learning to be Supported - Rohatsu Sesshin 5/7

74

Anger's Entanglement - Rohatsu Sesshin 4/7

75

Endurance and Humility- Rohatsu Sesshin 3/7

76

The Awakened Sage - Rohatsu 2/7

77

Letting Go - Rohatsu 1/7

78

Foundational Women - Practice Period Week Nine - Wednesday

79

Inner Practices for Living with Illness - Practice Period Week Eight - Sunday

80

Skillful Means - Practice Period Week Seven - Sunday

81

The Dharma of Chores - Practice Period Week Seven - Wednesday

82

Earth Womb - Practice Period Week Six - Sunday

83

Zazen is Embodied Curiosity - Practice Period Week Six - Wednesday

84

Hail to the Never-Despising Bodhisattva - Practice Period Week Five - Sunday

85

For the Hungry Ghosts - Practice Period Week Five - Wednesday

86

The Use and Power of the Erotic - Practice Period Week Four - Sunday

87

The Dharma Gate of Grief - Practice Period Week Four - Wednesday

88

Enlightened Women - Practice Period Week Three - Sunday

89

When the Buddha was Wrong - Practice Period Week Three - Wednesday

90

Who was the Buddha's Mother? - Practice Period Week Two - Sunday

91

Bringing Zen Home - Practice Period Week Two - Wednesday

92

Practice Period Opening Weekend (5/5)

93

Practice Period Opening Weekend (4/5)

94

Practice Period Opening Weekend (3/5)

95

Practice Period Opening Weekend (2/5)

96

Practice Period Opening Weekend (1/5)

97

Way Seeking Mind Talk - Unmon Jacob Butula

98

How to Cook Your Life (7/7)

99

Zazenkai

100

How to Cook Your Life (6/7)

101

Making Choices

102

How to Cook Your Life (5/7)

103

Special Talk for Labour Day

104

How to Cook Your Life (4/7)

105

Camping Dharma

106

How to Cook Your Life (3/7)

107

Practicing with Anxiety

108

How to Cook Your Life (2/7)

109

Listening to the Wild - Speaking as a Tree

110

How to Cook Your Life (1/7)

111

Special Talk for Pride

112

Practice of the Wild (M&W 2025 sesshin day 6)

113

Practice of the Wild (M&W 2025 sesshin day 5)

114

Practice of the Wild (M&W 2025 sesshin day 4)

115

Practice of the Wild (M&W 2025 sesshin day 3)

116

Practice of the Wild (M&W sesshin day 2)

117

Practice of the Wild (M&W sesshin day 1)

118

Dialogues in a Dream - To Be in the Garden

119

To Acknowledge and Renew - Fusatsu

120

Dialogues in a Dream - What is Your Relationship to the World?

121

Zen Mind, Baby Mind

122

Dialogues in a Dream - To Read or Not to Read

123

Seeing our Demons

124

Dialogues in a Dream - What is Compassion?

125

The Karma of Words

126

Dialogues in a Dream - What Would You Ask a Time-travelling Zen Master?

127

What is this Light that Everyone Has?

128

Living with Ease in a Crazy World (Training in Compassion - 8/)

129

Practice Zen, Cultivate Resilience

130

Zen and Creativity

131

Seeing Double

132

The Discipline of Relationships (Training in Compassion - 7/)

133

Seeds of Life, Seeds of Dharma

134

When Everything is the Path, Nothing is Left Out (Training in Compassion 6/)

135

The Great Matter of Birth and Death

136

Make Practice Your Whole Life (Training in Compassion - 5/)

137

In the Spirit of Mothers' Day

138

Transform Bad Circumstances into the Path (Training in Compassion - 4/)

139

The Way is Easy - Just Avoid Preferences

140

Inanimate Objects Speak the Dharma

141

Relative Compassion (Training in Compassion - 3/)

142

Different Ways of Expressing What it is to be Human

143

Absolute Compassion (Training in Compassion - 2/)

144

A ZED talk for Earth Day

145

Resolve to Begin (Training in Compassion - 1/)

146

Following the Precepts

147

Everyday Zen (9/9): Service

148

Religion's Relevance to Contemporary Society

149

Everyday Zen (8/9): Boundaries

150

Everyday Zen (7/9): Choices

151

Not One Not Two: Art and Practice – a ZED talk by Onsen Kerr

152

Dogen Intensive: Moon (3/3)

153

Dogen Intensive: Moon (2/3 - Closing Retreat)

154

Dogen Intensive: Moon (1/3 - Closing Retreat)

155

Dogen Intensive: Dreams (4/4)

156

Dogen Intensive: Going Beyond Buddha (3/3)

157

Dogen Intensive: Dreams (3/4)

158

Dogen Intensive: Going Beyond Buddha (2/3)

159

Dogen Intensive: Dreams (2/4)

160

Dogen Intensive: Going Beyond Buddha (1/3)

161

Dogen Intensive: Dreams (1/4)

162

Dogen Intensive: Miracles (3/3)

163

Dogen Intensive: Miracles (2/3 - Opening Retreat)

164

Dogen Intensive: Miracles (1/3 - Opening Retreat)

165

Everyday Zen (6/9): Suffering

166

Anger and Forgiveness

167

Everyday Zen (5/9): Ideals

168

What is Death with Dignity?

169

Everyday Zen (4/9): Relationships

170

Truth and Beauty in Hard Times

171

Everyday Zen (3/9): Feelings

172

Working With Anger: Practising Patience (2/2)

173

Working With Anger: Avoiding the Hook (1/2)

174

Everyday Zen (2/9): What is Practice?

175

Zen, Karate, and Kiai - ZED Talk with Michael Hare

176

Everyday Zen (1/9): Love and Work

177

Taking Vows in a Troubled World

178

Tribute to Hozan Alan Senauke

179

Joy

180

Impermanence and Uncertainty

181

Rohatsu sesshin - Living in Indra's Net: the Avatamsaka Sutra and Beyond (7)

182

Rohatsu sesshin - Living in Indra's Net: the Avatamsaka Sutra and Beyond (6)

183

Rohatsu sesshin - Living in Indra's Net: the Avatamsaka Sutra and Beyond (5)

184

Rohatsu sesshin - Living in Indra's Net: the Avatamsaka Sutra and Beyond (4)

185

Rohatsu sesshin - Living in Indra's Net: the Avatamsaka Sutra and Beyond (3)

186

Rohatsu sesshin - Living in Indra's Net: the Avatamsaka Sutra and Beyond (2)

187

Rohatsu sesshin - Living in Indra's Net: the Avatamsaka Sutra and Beyond (1)

188

Living in Indra's Net - Practice Period 2024 (14)

189

Living in Indra's Net - Practice Period 2024 (13)

190

Living in Indra's Net - Practice Period 2024 (12)

191

Living in Indra's Net - Practice Period 2024 (11)

192

Living in Indra's Net - Practice Period 2024 (10)

193

Living in Indra's Net - Practice Period 2024 (9)

194

Living in Indra's Net - Practice Period 2024 (8)

195

Living in Indra's Net - Practice Period 2024 (7)

196

Living in Indra's Net - Practice Period 2024 (6)

197

Living in Indra's Net - Practice Period 2024 (5)

198

Living in Indra's Net - Practice Period 2024 (4)

199

Living in Indra's Net - Practice Period 2024 (3)

200

Living in Indra's Net - Practice Period 2024 (2)

201

Living in Indra's Net - Practice Period 2024 (1)

202

Living in Indra's Net - Practice Period 2024 Opening Weekend (Saturday)

203

Living in Indra's Net - Practice Period 2024 Opening Weekend (Friday)

204

Teachings (What is Zen? Chapter 7)

205

Way Seeking Mind Talk with Hofu Louise Day

206

Everyday Life and Relationships (What is Zen? Chapter 12)

207

Continuous Practice

208

Over the Long Haul (What is Zen? Chapter 10)

209

The Dharma of Fire

210

Stages of Practice (What is Zen? Chapter 9)

211

The Dharma of Water

212

Zen and Art (What is Zen? Chapter 13)

213

Who do you Work For? A Talk for Labour Day

214

Awakening (What is Zen? Chapter 4)

215

Sangha Practice

216

Beliefs and Ethics (What is Zen? Chapter 6)

217

Right Livelihood and the Subversive Power of Volunteering

218

Forms and Rituals (What is Zen? - Chapter 3)

219

True Compassion

220

What's the Point of Zazen? (What is Zen? - Chapters 1-2)

221

How Much is Enough?

222

Opening the Hand of Thought (Chapter 7)

223

Living the Heart Sutra (M&W sesshin day 6)

224

Living the Heart Sutra (M&W sesshin day 5)

225

Living the Heart Sutra (M&W sesshin day 4 - evening)

226

Living the Heart Sutra (M&W sesshin day 4 - morning)

227

Living the Heart Sutra (M&W sesshin day 3)

228

Living the Heart Sutra (M&W sesshin day 2 - evening)

229

Living the Heart Sutra (M&W sesshin day 2 - morning)

230

Living the Heart Sutra (M&W sesshin day 1)

231

Opening the Hand of Thought (Chapter 8)

232

Opening the Hand of Thought (Chapter 6)

233

Contemplating Ruins: Ireland and Impermanence

234

Opening the Hand of Thought (Chapter 5)

235

A Look at Dongshan's Five Ranks

236

Perspectives on Zen in North America from Rev. Gyokei Yokoyama

237

Celebrating Being an Elder

238

Way Seeking Mind Talk - Hotei Denis Fafard

239

Opening the Hand of Thought (Chapter 4)

240

The Journey to Lay Entrustment and Beyond

241

Opening the Hand of Thought (Chapter 3)

242

Zoketsu Norman Fischer 2024 weekend retreat (2/2)

243

Zoketsu Norman Fischer 2024 weekend retreat (1/2)

244

Opening the Hand of Thought (Chapter 2)

245

“Meandering to the Centre of Every Place”

246

Opening the Hand of Thought (Chapter 1)

247

Finding Our True Home

248

Opening the Hand of Thought (Intro)

249

Mothers' Day and the Prajnaparamita

250

Zen Poetry through the Ages (6/6): Contemporary Poets

251

Practicing Restraint to Make Room for the World

252

The Zen Heart of My Creative Practice

253

The Taste of Silence

254

Zen Poetry through the Ages (5/6): The Beat Poets

255

Finding Our Roots in the Soil

256

Zen Poetry through the Ages (4/6:) Chinese and Japanese Women Poets

257

Zen Poetry through the Ages (3/6): Haiku

258

Lovingkindness and Doggie Dharma

259

Zen Poetry through the Ages (2/6): Classical Japanese Zen Poetry

260

Renewal, Rebirth, and Redemption

261

Zen Poetry through the Ages (1/6): Classical Chinese Chan Poetry

262

The Leap of Faith

263

The Precepts and Continuous Practice

264

Way Seeking Mind Talk with Hofu Louise Day

265

Bodhisattvas Without Borders