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With the help of volunteers, Dharma Rain grows fruit, vegetables, and herbs for the temple’s kitchen as well as for donation to a local food pantry. We also tend ornamental… Read more »
If you are searching for stillness through the practice of meditation, please join us for a day of silent, contemplative practice. This retreat will be in the style of Soto… Read more »
If you are searching for stillness through the practice of meditation, please join us for a day of silent, contemplative practice. This retreat will be in the style of Soto… Read more »
The Introduction to Zen Meditation workshop is designed for complete beginners, but it is also recommended for anyone who has not received instruction in the Soto Zen style of zazen.… Read more »
The Introduction to Zen Meditation workshop is designed for complete beginners, but it is also recommended for anyone who has not received instruction in the Soto Zen style of zazen.… Read more »
Early morning zazen and service are available to all interested, both in person and on Zoom. The schedule is as follows: 5:00 Zazen (in-person sanzen optional) 5:50 Kinhin 6:00 Zazen… Read more »
Taking Your Seat is a program designed to help newer members of Dharma Rain establish their meditation practice, create cohort-like warm relationships with other members, and delve deeper as part… Read more »
A full day of all our favorite Dharma Camp activities crammed into one day, on the Dharma Rain campus!
During this Sunday morning service the new Shuso will be installed in a short ceremony.
Moonrise, and I long for home. In a breath, I realize – beloved sangha, breathing with me. – Annen In the past year, despite incredible challenges, our practice as a… Read more »
Dharma Rain Zen Center facilitates a monthly support group primarily for prison grads making the transition into life “outside.” This group meets the first Sunday of each month. The group… Read more »
During the summer, Wednesday evenings alternate between two formats. This evening we will be following Format B (Discussion). 7-7:10pm Evening Service (Fukanzazengi) 7:10-7:40pm Zazen 7:40-7:50pm Break 7:50 ~ 8:30-9pm Discussion… Read more »
During summer term and winter term, we offer open morning zazen from 6:30 to 7:30, followed by a chanting service. 6:30-7:30 Zazen (posture adjustment at 7:00) 7:30 Short Morning Service… Read more »
Required Orientation meeting for those registered for the Mountains and Waters Backpacking Retreat.
Think of this as a sesshin with different forms to suit wilderness practice. Recommended pre-reading for this trip is Shohaku Okumura’s The Mountain and Waters Sutra: A Practitioner’s Guide to… Read more »
The Starting a Practice workshop offers a way to cultivate insight by looking at our own actions in the light of the Buddhist Precepts. We also look at the forms used at Dharma… Read more »