Register: PZI Zen Online – It is good to be aware of that susceptibility. Since recently bumping into my own susceptibility to the false information that I supplied to myself about an event, I have noticed that I seem to be holding what I think I know to be true a bit more lightly, opening my eyes and heart to infinite other possibilities of what is true.

Save the dates! Summer retreat coming. We can still gather, sit together in silence, work individually with our teachers and hear great dharma talks. Specifics are coming on how the days will be arranged as we launch this new vessel for community and koan practice.

Register – Meditation is a place where you are welcome, and this is a way to do it together.

PZI Zen Online – Meditation, the vessel in difficult times. Our in upheaval from Covid quarantine and riots over racism. Vow first to: ‘Set endless heartache to rest!’ Koans & stories as ‘ancient vials of life’ to help us now. , Zen’s encounter with Daoism, ‘The Chuang Tzu’. As recorded May 31 2020 (Butoh)

Audio: PZI Zen Online – ‘Purification’ Sutra set to music by Ritchie Domingue, musician, cajun band leader & zen practitioner. A soulful version of this powerful Sutra with sesshin sangha singing and Ritchie on piano. As recorded.

Current Zoom Registration Links for All PZI Talks – Meditation & Talks daily with our teachers. We will be well connected during this time. Stay tuned as we adapt to the new now. Wishing you well.

Audio PZI Zen Online- Deshan’s story of Mirror Bright Mountain, a Diamond Sutra scholar – his journey to awakening. His meeting with the ‘Tea Shack Lady’ & Dragon Pool. How his journey transforms everything including the destination. Suffering from our views and expertness. As recorded May 17 2020. Music Jordan McConnell, Michelle Riddle, Sarah Bender, Amy Fletcher.

Each issue has material about what’s new on zoom talks, bits of dharma, and pieces by teachers and students. The newsletter is somewhere to go to find the spirit of companionship in our interesting times. The archive is here.

John Tarrant tells a beautiful story koan from Australia, ‘Maralung & the Song Master’, about a song man and his magical allies who help him find and remember his own song. As recorded

Another look at the enormous, unbridled forces at work in the world – John’s lead article in the May issue of Lion’s Roar addresses the recent disastrous wildfires, which swept through Australia’s ancient forests on the heels of drought and heat in a changing climate.

Current Zoom Registration Links for All PZI Talks – Meditation & Talks daily with our teachers. We will be well connected during this time. Stay tuned as we adapt to the new now. Wishing you well.