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WELCOME! At PZI we’re creating a culture of transformation through meditation, koans, conversation, and the arts. Explore and connect in PZI Zen Online events, our extensive Koans and Liberation Project Archive (KALPA), and more.
OPEN TEMPLE: Meditation Temple Pass – Daily Practice & June Saturday Intensives
DAILY, JUNE 1-30
PZI Digital Temple
The Universe
Register: The Lion with Golden Hair – Sunday Meditation & Talk with John Tarrant
SUNDAY JUNE 13th
PZI Digital Temple: 10:30am
PDT The Universe
Register: The Three Pure Vows as Enduring Koans of Everyday Life – with Atwill, Beasley & Cardin: Part 2 of 3
MONDAY JUNE 14
PZI Digital Temple: 5:30pm
PDT The Universe
Register: PZI Talk LIVE! To the Rescue! Fixing the Fan – with Gaffney & Hitchcock
TUESDAY JUNE 15th
PZI Zen Online: 5pm PDT
The Universe
Noppera-Bo by Denise Fujiwara, William Yong: Fujiwara Dance Inventions, W Zento Production
PZI Member Denise Fujiwara has choreographed a haunting new dance piece: Noppera-bo (Faceless Ghost) in collaboration with filmmaker William Yong, presented by National Arts Center of Canada. All those hands and eyes! Facing the fears of our time.
Dragons of the Blue Cliff Retreat: Hands & Eyes Everywhere, Parts 1&2
How does the bodhisattva of compassion use all those hands and eyes? How do I express Guanyin? How is Guanyin showing up in my life? John Tarrant’s morning & afternoon sessions in our 2-part Dragons of the Blue Cliff 1-Day Retreat, June 6 2021.
Put Out the Fire! A Panel on Koan Practice & Pain
Roshi Jon Joseph in conversation with an assembled panel of 4 PZI meditators, who deal with various experiences of chronic and severe pain. Koan meditation helped all of them find a way to allow the pain – not to exclude it, and to see it as a profound teacher and ally. PZI Zen Online, as recorded May 31, 2021.
Free & Easy Wandering Series: Knock on Any Door – with Allison Atwill & Tess Beasley
Allison Atwill & Tess Beasley on being at a threshold—knocking on doors not knowing who will answer, and how the gifts of the universe appear. PZI Zen Online: recorded May 30, 2021.
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