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Jesse Cardin Roshi Jordan McConnell…

77' 59"

Video May 16, 2022

VIDEO: Do You Abide in Clarity? with Jesse Cardin

Jesse Cardin

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April 24 2022, clarity, confusion, excerpt, Zhaozhou

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Jesse Cardin talks about confusion and clarity: Where do you abide, or want to abide, and how do you move in the world? Clarity isn’t going to save you. A…

6' 24"

Audio November 18, 2020

Audio Excerpt: Sugar – Jesse Cardin Sings His Original Song

Jesse Cardin

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Zhaozhou’s Greatest Way Isn't Difficult (BCR2)

PZI Zen Online: An audio excerpt from John Tarrant’s Sunday Meditation & Talk. Original song “Sugar” performed by Jesse Cardin Roshi. As recorded Nov 15 2020….

2' 47"

Video May 17, 2022

VIDEO: Hijacked by Confusion with Jesse Cardin

Jesse Cardin

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clarity, confusion

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Jiashan Gardening (BS68), Ready (MK57), Tile Polishing

Jesse Cardin gets a phone call about a warrant for his arrest and enters the realms of clarity and confusion. Who can wait quietly till the mud settles? It’s not…

11' 22"

Text November 9, 2022

A Great Current Carries Us

John Tarrant

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August 7 2022, becoming a buddha, Carl Jung, Jiashan, Mazu, Nanyue, path, poet Kay Ryan, poet Nanao Sakaki, practice, Shishuang, writer Gerald Murnane

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…the report from here. John: Very good. Jesse Cardin, do you have anything to say about these or any other matters? Jesse: Sure. I think I’m feeling the generosity of…

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Video May 18, 2022

VIDEO: Refuge vs Creating the Self with Jesse Cardin

Allison Atwill, Jesse Cardin, Tess Beasley

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refuge

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A Donkey Sees a Well (BS52), Peach Blossoms (MK37) (EV8)

Jess Cardin tells a story about making rock candy. Reflecting on the creation of the self vs the vast field that the precepts live in. April 27, 2021. 3 minutes….

4' 11"

Dharma Theme April 23, 2021

Dharma Theme: After the Dark and the Cold, Come the Blossoms – Spring Sesshin 2021

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2021 Spring Sesshin, Dharma Theme

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2022 Winter Sesshin, Dharma Theme, February 2022, PZI Online Temple, silence, Yongjia's Song of Enlightenment

…the peach blossoms. —John Tarrant & Friends: PZI Teachers Allison Atwill, Tess Beasley, Jesse Cardin, Jon Joseph, David Parks, Michelle Riddle, and David Weinstein Spring Sesshin talks, music, and meditations…

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Audio March 2, 2022

Dharma Theme: Winter & Silver, Moonlight & Snow – Winter Sesshin 2022

John Tarrant, PZI Cantor & Musicians, PZI Teachers

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An Australian Koan (MK41), Deshan Meets the Tea Lady (GG28), Hermit of Lotus Peak (BCR25), Jiashan Meets the Boat Monk, Say a Word of Zen (GG3)(BCR19)(BS84), The Woman at the Inn (MK32), Yu the Doughnut Maker (MK75), Zhaozhou and the Hermits (GG11)

…Bender, Jesse Cardin, Eduardo Fuentes, Jon Joseph, David Parks, Michelle Riddle, & David Weinstein Heads of Practice: Jan Brogan & Chris Gaffney Here are the Winter Sesshin dharma talks in…

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Dharma Theme March 29, 2023

Dharma Theme: Tea Ladies, Hermits, & Other Strange Teachers Along the Way

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awakening, Deshan, doughnuts, encounters, Hakuin, heart-mind, hermits, Jiashan, lay people, Maralung, meetings, pilgrimage, song man, sudden awakening, tea lady, traveling, Zhaozhou

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Bodhidharma and the Buddha-Heart Emperor and the Magical Duke (BCR1)(BS2), Bodhidharma's Vast Emptiness (BCR1)(BS2), Emperor Wu Questions Bodhidharma (BCR1)(BS2), Learning Speech & Silence (GG24), The Valley Spirit Never Dies (DDJ6), The Valley Streams Run Deepest Indigo

…with John Tarrant, Spring 2020 AUDIO: Deshan Re-Dreamed – with Jesse Cardin, Spring 2020 She tossed the pot aside The Woman at the Inn There was a woman who kept…

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Dharma Theme August 1, 2023

Dharma Theme: Great Silence

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carried in the dark, darkness, emptiness, great silence, mystery, silence, stillness, the absolute, The Dao, uncertainty, Valley Spirit

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Dogen’s Storehouse of Treasures (MK66), Sickness and Medicine (BCR87), Sixteen Bodhisattvas Take a Bath (BCR78), The Coin Lost in the River (MK64), The Sieve (MK58), Yunmen's Light (BCR86), Yunmen's Midnight

…Beasley, Part 1 VIDEO: It Is Everywhere, Blooming! – Jesse Cardin, Part 2 VIDEO CLIP: Resting in the Silence – Allison Atwill, Part 3 VIDEO CLIP: Buddha’s Immoveable Seat –…

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Dharma Theme October 25, 2023

Dharma Theme: The Storehouse of Treasures Opens by Itself – 2023 Online Fall Retreat

John Tarrant, PZI Cantor & Musicians, PZI HOPs, PZI Teachers

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2023 Fall Retreat, being lost, bodhisattva, Bodhisattva Path, Dharma Theme, in the bath, lost and found, September 27–30 2023, The Storehouse of Treasures Opens by Itself, vessel of sesshin

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Tortoise Mountain Wakes Up

The Storehouse of Treasures Opens by Itself Online Fall Retreat PZI Digital Temple September 27–30, 2023 With PZI Teachers John Tarrant, Tess Beasley, Jesse Cardin, Eduardo Fuentes, Jon Joseph, David…

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Audio March 2, 2022

Winter Sesshin: My Heart Is Not at Rest

Jesse Cardin

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2022 Winter Sesshin, February 5 2022, my heart is not at rest, PZI Online Temple, Tortoise Mountain, Xuefeng, Yantou

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Deep in Winter Sesshin dedicated to silence, it is difficult to find words. Jesse Cardin tells the story of Zen’s favorite odd couple Yantou and Xuefeng, holed up snowbound on…

49' 57"

Audio March 28, 2023

Gifts from the Far Ocean

Jesse Cardin

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journey, Ku'ling legend, March 18 2023, metaphor, navigating change, navigator Tupaia, not knowing, ocean, Polynesia, Sunday Talks, trust, turbulence

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…whatever navigational equipment you need for the journeys you are on. Trust your life—locate with love. ****** A Sunday Zen session with Guest Host Jesse Cardin, recorded March 18, 2023….

71' 27"

Video April 1, 2023

Gifts from the Far Ocean

Jesse Cardin

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Gifts of the Far Ocean, journey, March 18 2023, metaphor, navigating change, navigator Tupaia, not knowing, ocean, Polynesia, Sunday Talks, trust, turbulence

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Not Knowing Is Most Intimate (MK62)(BS20), What Is This? (BCR51)

…whatever navigational equipment you need for the journeys you are on. Trust your life—locate with love. ****** A Sunday Zen session with Guest Host Jesse Cardin, recorded March 18, 2023….

71' 26"

Audio May 8, 2023

Things I Thought I Knew

Jesse Cardin

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frustration, Hawai'i, intimacy, May 7 2023, moving, not knowing, pilgrimage, Sunday Talks

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Not Knowing Is Most Intimate (MK62)(BS20), What Is This? (BCR51)

Jesse Cardin responds to the intimacy of intensely difficult moments, including frustration and delight with his son, while moving house from the mainland to Hawai’i. The pilgrimage of life, like…

63' 5"

Video May 10, 2023

Things I Thought I Knew

Jesse Cardin

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frustration, Hawai'i, including, intimacy, May 7 2023, moving, pilgrimage, Sunday Talks

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Hakuin's Praise Song for Meditation

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Text February 15, 2022

Dharma Theme: Hakuin’s Praise Song for Meditation

Allison Atwill, Jesse Cardin, Michelle Riddle, Tess Beasley

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Hakuin, Hakuin's Praise Song for Meditation, January 2022, PZI Zen Online

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…resting into our inexhaustible true nature and of glimpsing vast forces always revealing our path home. With PZI Teachers: Allison Atwill Roshi, Tess Beasley Sensei, Michelle Riddle Sensei, & Jesse…

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Audio January 19, 2022

Hakuin’s Praise Song for Meditation: 4 Teachers, Part 2 of Four

Allison Atwill, Jesse Cardin, Michelle Riddle, Tess Beasley

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Hakuin's Praise Song for Meditation

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Hakuin, Hakuin's Praise Song Series, January 16 2022, PZI Zen Online, winter

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Why Can't a Clear-eyed Person Cut the Red Thread? (MK30c)

…light inwards. When nothing is happening, then reality starts to reveal itself. Jesse Cardin adds, ” I don’t know what to talk about, I *should* always have something to say,…

78' 57"

Video April 1, 2023

The Red Thread

Tess Beasley

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connection, control, family, great forces, heart-mind, heartache, intimacy, love, March 26 2023, red thread, relationships, Sunday Talks

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Guanyin's Hands and Eyes (BCR89)

…Complete Sunday Zen session with Guest Host Tess Beasley, recorded March 26, 2023. Michael Wilding plays sax for meditation. Amaryllis on violin intro with Jesse Cardin singing a cappella vows….

74' 35"

Audio June 21, 2023

Throughout the Six Realms, All Beings Are Free

Jesse Cardin

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Bodhisattva Path, compassion, freedom, Guanyin, June 19 2023, suffering, Sunday Talks

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Bodhidharma and the Buddha-Heart Emperor and the Magical Duke (BCR1)(BS2), Bodhidharma Comes and Goes (MK43), Dongshan's Three Paths, Dongshan’s Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Emperor Wu Questions Bodhidharma (BCR1)(BS2), Longya's Why Bodhidharma Came from the West (BCR20), Mahasattva Fu Explains Things to Emperor Wu (BCR67), Xianglin's Why Bodhidharma Came from the West (BCR17)

…hell realm, the animal realm, and the human realm. Talk about job security. So what’s a bodhisattva to do? Sunday Zen with Guest Host Jesse Cardin, June 18, 2023. …

63' 14"

Audio November 14, 2023

Why Did Bodhidharma … ?

Jesse Cardin

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Big questions, Bodhidharma, October 29 2023, Sunday Talks, Sunday Zen, why?

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Bodhidharma and the Buddha-Heart Emperor and the Magical Duke (BCR1)(BS2), Bodhidharma Comes and Goes (MK43), Dongshan’s Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Dongshan’s Three Paths, Emperor Wu Questions Bodhidharma (BCR1)(BS2), Longya's Why Bodhidharma Came from the West (BCR20), Mahasattva Fu Explains Things to Emperor Wu (BCR67), Xianglin's Why Bodhidharma Came from the West (BCR17)

…might be doing something through me. One true thing is all it takes to open the body of reality. Sunday Zen with Guest Host Jesse Cardin on October 29, 2023….

60' 5"

Video November 14, 2023

Why Did Bodhidharma …?

Jesse Cardin

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Big questions, Bodhidharma, October 29 2023, Sunday Talks, Sunday Zen, why?

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What Is This? (BCR51), Who Am I?

…might be doing something through me. One true thing is all it takes to open the body of reality. Sunday Zen with Guest Host Jesse Cardin on October 29, 2023….

60' 4"

Audio January 9, 2023

Great Silence at the Beginning: Always Home

Tess Beasley

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beginnings and endings, January 8 2023, January Sunday Zen, new year, paradox, PZI Online Temple, uncertainty

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Hakuin's Sound of One Hand, What Is This? (BCR51)

…vastness that is always moving through. Schedule of 4 Sundays January 8: Tess Beasley & Co January 15: Jesse Cardin & Co January 22: Allison Atwill & Co January 29:…

66' 45"

Video March 3, 2023

What Is This? An Ancient Question

John Tarrant

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February 19 2023, Sunday Talks

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Hakuin's Sound of One Hand, What Is This? (BCR51)

…will change. Vows from Amaryllis Fletcher on violin, and Jesse Cardin on bongos and vocals. Music for meditation from Michael Wilding on flute and didgeridoo. Sunday Zen session with John…

65' 30"

Audio February 24, 2023

What Is This? An Ancient Question

John Tarrant

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February 19 2023, Sunday Talks, Yunmen

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Emperor Wu Questions Bodhidharma (BCR1)(BS2), The Dao Is in the Ant, What Is Buddha?, What Is This? (BCR51), Xuefeng's What's This? (BCR51)

…will change. Vows from Amaryllis Fletcher on violin, and Jesse Cardin on bongos and vocals. Music for meditation from Michael Wilding on flute and didgeridoo. Sunday Zen session with John…

69' 3"

Audio March 13, 2023

Everywhere – It’s Everywhere You Look

John Tarrant

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Bodhidharma, even in the piss and shit, everywhere, February 26 2023, great knowledge, here, poet Du Fu, poet W. H. Auden, Sunday Talks, The Dao, unaccountable happinesses, Zhuangzi

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Dongshan Sick (BS94), Yunmen’s Medicine and Sickness Cure Each Other (BCR87)

…we are, you turn the light backward. Objections are full of knowing! Music for meditation from Michael Wilding, vows from Amaryllis Fletcher and Jesse Cardin. Sunday Zen session recorded February…

63' 5"

Dharma Theme August 2, 2023

Dharma Theme: Sickness and Medicine

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body, chronic pain, Dongshan, sickness and medicine, surprises, transformation, unexpected help, Yunmen

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A Stone Drenched with Rain (MK19), Lingzhao's Blades of Grass, Sickness and Medicine (BCR87)

…Help Along the Way – John Tarrant BOOK OF SERENITY 11: Yunmen’s Two Kinds of Sicknesses – John Tarrant BOOK OF SERENITY 11: Beyond Clarity and Confusion – Jesse Cardin…

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Audio March 23, 2023

Sickness & Medicine – Deep Listening

John Tarrant

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death, healing, Healing Is Like Kissing, illness, Issan Dorsey, March 5 2023, medicine, panic, poet Su Dungpo, sickness and medicine, Sunday Talks, The Dao, Yunmen

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A Stone Drenched with Rain (MK19), Lingzhao's Blades of Grass, Sickness and Medicine (BCR87)

…we die. Complete Sunday Zen session with John Tarrant & Friends, recorded March 5, 2023. Includes comments from Tess Beasley, Jesse Cardin, Allison Atwill, Jon Joseph, Michelle Riddle, and Angela…

71' 45"

Video April 1, 2023

Sickness & Medicine – Deep Listening

John Tarrant

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healing, Healing Is Like Kissing, Issan Dorsey, March 5 2023, poet Su Dungpo, sickness and medicine, Sunday Talks, Yunmen

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