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Bio October 8, 2020

Full Bio: John Tarrant Roshi

John Tarrant, Pacific Zen Institute

…train the initial leadership group at Duke Integrative Medicine. Full Biography John Tarrant (born 1949) is a Western Zen teacher, poet, author, and director of the Pacific Zen Institute, which…

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Dharma Theme May 12, 2023

Dharma Theme: Animal Teachers

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John Tarrant, Summer Sesshin 2022 VIDEO: The First Dog and NO – John Tarrant, Fall Sesshin 2019 Listen AUDIO: Falling with NO – John Tarrant, Fall Sesshin 2022 AUDIO: Does…

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Dharma Theme May 1, 2023
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Dharma Theme May 4, 2023

Dharma Theme: What Is This, Anyway?

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…exchange on this question. VIDEO: What Is This? An Ancient Question – John Tarrant, Sunday Zen, Winter 2023 VIDEO: What Is This? – John Tarrant, Winter Sesshin 2013 MINI-COLLECTION from…

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Text September 17, 2019

The Nature of Practice

John Tarrant

…do you spell her last name? John: S W I R S: R? John: R Everyone: Rrrrr [laughter] John: India Raja, I R. Okay. The same poet: Whether in daytime…

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Text February 8, 2022

Podcast Interview: David Chadwick Interviews John Tarrant

John Tarrant

Audio: John Tarrant Roshi interviewed by host David Chadwick Recorded for Cuke Podcast in December 2021 About the host: David Chadwick came to San Francisco in 1966 to study Zen…

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Dharma Theme March 22, 2023
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Dharma Theme May 10, 2023

Dharma Theme: Haiku for You

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…us from before **** AUDIO: The Silence of Haiku – John Tarrant, Sesshin AUDIO: The East Mountain Walks on Water – John Tarrant John shares haiku for blossoms, birds, waves,…

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Text September 18, 2019

Goblins Q & A

John Tarrant

…ease with this, when I’m not. John: When in fact it’s fine to cross the street. S: Yeah! Exactly. John: Our particular Zen friend likes racing motorcycles so he probably…

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Text May 25, 2022

Featured: These are the times we are given —John Tarrant 

John Tarrant

These are the times we are given —John Tarrant The immense vulnerability of being alive comes to the mother dropping off her children in Texas and everyone else, including you…

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Dharma Theme April 12, 2023

Dharma Theme: Dragon Teachers & Magical Creatures

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…(John Tarrant) TEXT: Unicorns of Happiness – John Tarrant, transcript of a talk from Fall 2006 Related Materials & Koans KOAN STORY: Buddha’s Life – John Tarrant reads his version…

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Dharma Theme April 25, 2023

Dharma Theme: Descent! Darken Further

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…the Stone – John Tarrant, Sunday Zen, Spring 2020 AUDIO: 10,000 Feet Down, the Stone – John Tarrant, Sunday Zen, Spring 2020 AUDIO: Mysterious Tasks & Impossible Problems: The Stone…

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Text August 13, 2021

Enter Here, Step Through

John Tarrant

…you think? Student: You make it sound so simple. John: Nooooo… Try it. Student: Nooooo… John: Thank you. It’s nice to jump in, isn’t it? Student: I actually thought I…

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Audio May 8, 2022

John Tarrant Reads His Poem, Healing Paths

John Tarrant

John Tarrant reads his poem, Healing Paths, composed spontaneously in response to a training exercise with a group of Integrative Medicine doctors. Each practitioner was asked to describe healing, and…

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Text November 13, 2019

Dongshan’s Five Ranks: Poem 5

John Tarrant

John: Hi. So we’ve been talking about old poems that are also a map of the path, but they’re a map of the kind where you have to see what…

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Dharma Theme March 29, 2023
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Dharma Theme March 29, 2023
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Dharma Theme June 11, 2022

Dharma Theme: John Tarrant’s Zenosaurus Koans 1–19

John Tarrant

ZENOSAURUS 1–19 19 Koans with introductions and commentaries from John Tarrant, as first published on his website, tarrantworks. 00 – Introduction: What Zen 2.0 Means 01 – The Whole World…

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Text November 13, 2019

Dongshan’s Five Ranks: Poem 4

John Tarrant

…the fire is just facing whatever troubles… John: No, it’s just the lotus in the fire. S: Yeah. [laughter] John: Well you see we can’t say, we can’t swap out…

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Text August 23, 2020

Predicament Koans – John Tarrant 2013

John Tarrant

John: A retreat is a journey—you embark waving hankies, but then you might get a storm at sea. Or you’re going through the dark forest, then you get a view,…

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Dharma Theme October 24, 2022
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Text November 26, 2022
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Video September 20, 2021

The Zen Ears Connection: A Talk with John Tarrant

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Excerpt November 15, 2017

Meeting the Inconceivable – from John Tarrant’s ‘Bring Me the Rhinoceros’

John Tarrant

Excerpt from Bring Me the Rhinoceros and other Zen Koans to Bring You Joy, by John Tarrant You might think of consciousness as a lamp, making a cone of light…

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Article July 22, 2021

Surprises on the Way: Article by John Tarrant

John Tarrant

…And even at the beginning of the meditation path, on a good day it’s exciting. It actually makes you happy. Surprises on the Way, John Tarrant, Shambhala Sun, May 2008….

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Dharma Theme October 12, 2020

Dharma Theme: Fall Sesshin 2020 – Gathering in the Valley of Our Time

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…– John Tarrant & Michelle Riddle, October 4 (coming soon) AUDIO EXCERPT: Closing Ceremony – Sarah Bender, John Tarrant, Tess Beasley, Amaryllis Fletcher, Jordan McConnell & PZI teachers, October 4…

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Text September 17, 2019

Hosting the Life You Have – Koans for Hard Times

John Tarrant

…Then everyone will hear what everyone says. S: John, could you repeat that last quote? John: If you just take the position of host, is that the one? It’s kind…

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Text February 11, 2021
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Dharma Theme September 11, 2020
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