Date Title & Details Speaker Listen Download
01/05/2022
Wednesday Precepts Class

Categories: Wednesday Classes

Kakumyo Lowe-Charde
01/02/2022
Breaking Bad and Good

This talk is not about the television series “Breaking Bad,” though the title is intriguing, and the show rates some discussion. In Fukanzazengi (“Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen”), Dogen says “Do not think good or bad, do not judge true or false.” How does this work on a daily basis? Genko takes another look at being an ordinary person, as Jiko put it a few weeks ago, and explores some ways to accomplish this.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Genko Rainwater
12/19/2021
Be an Ordinary Person

Categories: Dharma Talks

Sallie Jiko Tisdale
12/05/2021
Fudo Myo-on: The Immovable One

Sosetsu gives a student talk on Fudo. Fudo Myo-o is the center object on one of our zendo altars and an icon of importance in our lineage as well as in other sects, particularly Shingon Buddhism. Fudo (or in Sanskrit, Acala) means “immovable” and relates to qualities inherent in us for removing obstacles and finding stillness. 

Categories: Dharma Talks

Mark Sosetsu Stauffer
11/28/2021
Gratitude

Categories: Dharma Talks

Kakumyo Lowe-Charde
11/23/2021
History Through Texts (10)

Categories: Seminary Class

Jyoshin Clay
11/21/2021
Hand in Hand

Spiritual companion. What does that phrase mean to you? Friendship? Listening? Closeness? A group of members of Dharma Rain have recently come together to focus on spiritual companionship and being good friends to others at the end of life. Jyoshin speaks about spiritual companionship within sangha connections as well as what this new program is orienting towards and how it hopes to benefit our sangha.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Jyoshin Clay
11/17/2021
Foundational Teachings (10)

Categories: Wednesday Classes

Linda Hoka Bebernes, Kakumyo Lowe-Charde
11/16/2021
History Through Texts (9)

Categories: Seminary Class

Jyoshin Clay
11/14/2021
Standing in the Fire of the Lotus

Each moment is a rare opportunity for us to wake up, to drop our idea of what is happening and to stay present to what is directly under our feet. Standing in the fire of the lotus, we open our life to a vast universe and the lotus blooms. Every moment is like this

Categories: Dharma Talks

Flying Fish Murphy
11/10/2021
Foundational Teachings (9)

Categories: Wednesday Classes

Linda Hoka Bebernes, Kakumyo Lowe-Charde
11/09/2021
History through Texts (08)

Categories: Seminary Class

Jyoshin Clay
11/03/2021
Foundational Teachings (8)

Categories: Wednesday Classes

Linda Hoka Bebernes, Kakumyo Lowe-Charde
11/02/2021
History Through Texts (7)

Categories: Seminary Class

Jyoshin Clay
10/26/2021
History Through Texts (6)

Categories: Seminary Class

Jyoshin Clay
10/24/2021
The Body of Doubt

One of the three pillars of Zen is Great Doubt, when we come to question everything we have heard. Another pillar is Great Faith. How can faith and doubt work together? What does it mean to question everything? What do we do when the structures we rely on begin to fail?

Categories: Dharma Talks

Sallie Jiko Tisdale
10/19/2021
History Through Texts (5)

Categories: Seminary Class

Jyoshin Clay
10/17/2021
Fall Sangha Forum

The fall Sangha Forum takes the place of a dharma talk this Sunday. At the fall Sangha forum, the sangha has an opportunity to hear from our governing bodies and to ask questions and give feedback. The Board of Directors sponsors the fall forum, and presents an update on the grounds, a financial overview, Semble loan refinancing, Siskiyou Cohousing, and a request for sangha input regarding the trajectory of Dharma Rain’s food garden. The Dharma Council also gives a short presentation.

Categories: Sangha Forum

J Kakuon Christian
10/13/2021
Foundational Teachings (6)

Categories: Wednesday Classes

Linda Hoka Bebernes, Kakumyo Lowe-Charde
10/12/2021
History Through Texts (4)

Categories: Seminary Class

Jyoshin Clay
10/10/2021
Obstacles

Sometimes transformation flows and we feel we’re making headway; other times nothing seems to change regardless of all our effort in practice. Kakumyo explores some of the persistent beliefs and patterns that prevent us from making progress along this path.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Kakumyo Lowe-Charde
10/06/2021
Foundational Teachings (5)

Categories: Wednesday Classes

Linda Hoka Bebernes, Kakumyo Lowe-Charde
10/05/2021
History Through Texts (3)

Categories: Seminary Class

Jyoshin Clay
10/03/2021
Just Return

There’s a line in the Song of the Grass Hut that says, “Turn around the light to shine within, then just return.” Return to what? It could be talking about coming back to here and now, but Genko finds that many aspects of life and practice cycle around and become new again, deepening with each turn of the wheel. Join us for an exploration of returning.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Genko Rainwater
09/29/2021
Foundational Teachings (4)

Categories: Wednesday Classes

Linda Hoka Bebernes, Kakumyo Lowe-Charde
09/28/2021
History Through Texts (2)

Categories: Seminary Class

Jyoshin Clay
09/26/2021
Critical Care

Jyoshin explores the Buddhist teachings on compassion and suffering through the lens of her work as a hospital chaplain. How does her practice sustain her in the work, and what struggles does she face as she cares for the dying and their families, as well as overwhelmed hospital staff, during this ongoing pandemic? Learn how Jyoshin’s work in the hospital has challenged and affirmed her practice, and what we can learn from her experience.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Jyoshin Clay
09/22/2021
Foundational Teachings

Categories: Wednesday Classes

Linda Hoka Bebernes, Kakumyo Lowe-Charde
09/21/2021
History Through Texts-01

Categories: Seminary Class

Jyoshin Clay
09/19/2021
A Buddha is an Idle Person

What is the meaning of right effort? Following several days of retreat practice focused on finding the balance between effort and ease, we will talk about being busy, being lazy, and how we know when we’re getting it right.

Categories: Dharma Talks

Sallie Jiko Tisdale
09/12/2021
Caring for Our Past and Future Selves

What is this “self” that seems to move forward through time and how might our Zen practice influence our relationship with it? And why does it carry so much baggage?

Categories: Dharma Talks

Scott Teijin Grim
09/08/2021
Foundational Teachings

This annual class looks at Buddhism’s foundational teachings, covering things like the Buddha’s life, the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path, Karma and Rebirth, and on into Dependent Origination, Emptiness, Thusness, and Suchness. 

Categories: Wednesday Classes

Linda Hoka Bebernes, Kakumyo Lowe-Charde
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