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Full Bio: John Tarrant Roshi
…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…
Dharma Theme: Animal Teachers
…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…
Dharma Theme: Great Ancestor Linji
…only this. (John Tarrant) There is nothing I dislike. —Linji MINI-COLLECTION from SUMMER SESSHIN 2016: AUDIO: There’s Nothing I Dislike! – John Tarrant AUDIO: Who Are You Anyway? – John…
Dharma Theme: What Is This, Anyway?
…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…
The Nature of Practice
…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…
Podcast Interview: David Chadwick Interviews 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…
Dharma Theme: In the Wild – Mountain Koans & Poems
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…Tarrant, Sunday Zen, Summer 2021 AUDIO: Dancing Teachers, Dancing Mountains – John Tarrant, Sunday Zen, Summer 2021 KOAN: Tortoise Mountain Wakes Up AUDIO: Tortoise Mountain Wakes Up – John Tarrant,…
Dharma Theme: Haiku for You
…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,…
Goblins Q & A
…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…
Featured: These are the times we are given —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…
Dharma Theme: Dragon Teachers & Magical Creatures
…(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…
Dharma Theme: Descent! Darken Further
…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…
Enter Here, Step Through
…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…
John Tarrant Reads His Poem, Healing Paths
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…
Dongshan’s Five Ranks: Poem 5
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…
Dharma Theme: Tea Ladies, Hermits, & Other Strange Teachers Along the Way
…2020 VIDEO: You Know Nothing of Zen: The Woman at the Inn – with John Tarrant, Fall Sesshin 2018 TEXT: You Know Nothing of Zen – with John Tarrant, Fall…
Dharma Theme: Not Getting It – Doing It Wrong
…: The Taste of Old Wrongs Can Disappear – John Tarrant, Sunday Zen, Fall 2022 VIDEO : Harmonizing with the Dao: Nothing Has To Be Wrong – John Tarrant, Summer…
Dharma Theme: John Tarrant’s Zenosaurus Koans 1–19
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…
Dongshan’s Five Ranks: Poem 4
…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…
Predicament Koans – John Tarrant 2013
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,…
Dharma Theme: Fall Sesshin 2022 – Door After Door Opening Inside
…– dharma talk with John Tarrant, closing words with Allison Atwill DAY THREE, THURSDAY OCTOBER 6 Complete Audio: Falling with the Koan NO – dharma talk with John Tarrant (includes…
Yuanwu & the Great Masters of the Blue Cliff
…Cliff. Isn’t that cheating? David W: I don’t know. John: You don’t know. I don’t know. Roddy, what’s it like to be you? Roddy: Surprised and grateful. John: Very good,…
The Zen Ears Connection: A Talk with John Tarrant
Link to original audio: The Zen Ears Connection: A Talk with John Tarrant…
Meeting the Inconceivable – from John Tarrant’s ‘Bring Me the Rhinoceros’
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…
Surprises on the Way: Article by 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….
Dharma Theme: Fall Sesshin 2020 – Gathering in the Valley of Our Time
…– 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…
Hosting the Life You Have – Koans for Hard Times
…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…
A True Person of No Rank, No Color, No Gender: Seeing Through All Distinctions
…questions, we actually read them. And thank you. It’s lovely to be here. Blessings for the road. Bye bye. —John Tarrant Roshi A True Person of No Rank, No Color,…
Dharma Theme: Your Light
…with John Tarrant Roshi. Sunday, Sept. 6 2020 AUDIO: What is Your Light? with John Tarrant Roshi. Sept. 13 2020 AUDIO: The Smallest Things – What is Your Light? with…