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Dharma Theme August 11, 2022

Dharma Theme: Taking Part in the Gathering – Summer Sesshin 2022

John Tarrant, PZI Cantor & Musicians, PZI Teachers

…taking part in the summer gathering, the round smile of summer —with John Tarrant and the remarkable PZI Teachers: Allison Atwill, Tess Beasley, Jon Joseph, David Parks, Michelle Riddle &…

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Text February 17, 2021

Freely I Watch the Tracks of the Flying Birds

John Tarrant

…be teaching this Friday, time will be announced. Look out for it—it’s a new gig. Tess—Tess is going to be teaching on Tuesday, I believe. [PZI Sensei] Tess Beasley? Tess:…

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Dharma Theme September 13, 2020

Dharma Theme: Guanyin In the Pavilion Under the August Moon

Allison Atwill, Michelle Riddle, Sarah Bender, Tess Beasley

…Moment of Life with Michelle Riddle Sensei Water: AUDIO: Guanyin’s Watery Nature with Tess Beasley Sensei AUDIO EXCERPT: Water Moon Guanyin with Tess Beasley Sensei Air: AUDIO: Guanyin’s Breath –…

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Audio January 9, 2023

Great Silence at the Beginning: Always Home

Tess Beasley

Tess Beasley leads the first of four January Sundays in the PZI Online Temple. (Part 1) Beginnings and endings are linked to uncertainty. If we can allow it, we learn…

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Dharma Theme October 12, 2020
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Dharma Theme July 19, 2021
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Dharma Theme October 24, 2022
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Dharma Theme February 9, 2023

Dharma Theme: A Solitary Boat Making Its Way – Winter Sesshin 2023

PZI Teachers

…PZI Teachers: Allison Atwill, Tess Beasley, Eduardo Fuentes, Jon Joseph, David Parks, & David Weinstein, and Heads of Practice: Chris Gaffney & Jan Brogan Yunmen said: You come and go…

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Dharma Theme October 30, 2023
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Audio July 16, 2020

Discovering Sangha, Closing Our Sesshin – Tess Beasley

Tess Beasley

Audio: Sesshin Sunday – Tess Beasley on her maiden teaching voyage. Hoping to do the beautiful practice justice. What terrified her and excited her were the same thing. Discovering sangha…

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Audio August 8, 2020

Audio Excerpt: Guanyin In the Pavilion – Opening Words with Tess Beasley & Sarah Bender

Sarah Bender, Tess Beasley

PZI Zen Online: Audio excerpt from Guanyin in the Pavilion Under the August Moon. An introduction to the many faces of the Goddess Guanyin, with Tess Beasley Sensei & Sarah…

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Audio August 16, 2020

Guanyin’s Watery Nature in the Pavilion Under the August Moon with Tess Beasley

Tess Beasley

Audio: Guanyin in the Pavilion with Tess Beasley. Guanyin’s watery nature. Water: ‘the softest compound that can overwhelm the hardest’. Compassion dissolves and connects us. The ‘call and response’ of…

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Audio September 10, 2020

Audio Excerpt: Water Moon Guanyin with Tess Beasley

Tess Beasley

Audio excerpt from Guanyin in the Pavilion Under the August Moon. Tess Beasley Sensei and the winged pavilion of summer. The various ways compassion can manifest. Water offers compassion at…

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Audio October 12, 2020

Fall Sesshin 2020: Opening Remarks with Tess Beasley

Tess Beasley

PZI Zen Online: Audio excerpt from Tess Beasley Sensei’s opening talk at Fall Sesshin. Harvest Moon, and leaning into the images that hold us for sesshin, the ancient vessel. Moon…

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Audio October 19, 2020

Zen Tuesdays: When Will You Meet Today with Tess Beasley Sensei

Tess Beasley

Tess Beasley leads off the Zen Tuesdays Series with thoughts about encountering immensity, examining creative process, and koan practice as inclusionary. As recorded October 6, 2020….

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Audio April 23, 2021

Spring Sesshin 2021: Evening Words with Tess Beasley

Tess Beasley

Tess Beasley sends sesshin participants off to dream on April 8, 2021. As recorded x minutes….

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Video May 18, 2022

VIDEO: Refuge vs Creating the Self with Tess Beasley

Allison Atwill, Jesse Cardin, Tess Beasley

Tess Beasley tells a story reflecting on the creation of the self vs the vast field that the precepts live in. April 27, 2021. 3 minutes….

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Video June 1, 2022

What Is Most Urgent for Me? with Tess Beasley

Tess Beasley

Tess Beasley talks about what it means to turn toward pain and loss by embracing uncertainty. Memorial Day 2022. 5 minutes….

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Audio June 4, 2021

Free & Easy Wandering Series: Knock On Any Door with Tess Beasley

Tess Beasley

Excerpt from a longer session co-hosted with Allison Atwill. Tess tells a story of a transformative moment. As recorded May 31, 2021….

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Audio August 5, 2021

Special Program: 4 Teachers & 4 Boundless Vows: 2nd Vow – with Tess Beasley

Tess Beasley

Part 2: I vow to set endless heartache to rest. Tess talks about the 2nd of the 4 Vows, the richness of heartache, and how we are drenched in tenderness…

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Dharma Theme November 5, 2020

Dharma Theme: Zen Tuesdays – Immensity is Tapping

Allison Atwill, Michelle Riddle, Sarah Bender, Tess Beasley

…of various types of files: transcript, audio, art, music, and video. ________________________________________ Featuring four women teachers of Pacific Zen Institute and Open Source Teachers: Allison Atwill Roshi, Tess Beasley Sensei,…

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Audio September 27, 2023

Unmoving Mind Means Freely Moving

Allison Atwill, Tess Beasley

Allison Atwill & Tess Beasley sat in for John Tarrant this Sunday. Takuan Soho, whose death poem was one character: Dream, taught the dangers of a distracted mind. Son of…

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Video September 27, 2023

Unmoving Mind Means Freely Moving

Allison Atwill, Tess Beasley

Allison Atwill and Tess Beasley were guest hosts at Sunday Zen. Recorded September 24, 2023. Takuan Soho, whose death poem was one character: Dream, taught the dangers of a distracted…

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Dharma Theme April 23, 2021

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

PZI Teachers

…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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Dharma Theme November 1, 2021

Dharma Theme: Metamorphosis – Fall Sesshin 2021

PZI Teachers

…the Miscellaneous Koans—the collection that opens the marvelous nature of the world and awakening. Enter here. PZI Teachers: John Tarrant, Allison Atwill, Tess Beasley, Jon Joseph, David Parks, Michelle Riddle,…

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Audio March 2, 2022

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

John Tarrant, PZI Cantor & Musicians, PZI Teachers

…light. We sit quietly together, the temple bells are inside and outside, and already we are in the new life. —John Tarrant & the Remarkable PZI Teachers: Tess Beasley, Sarah…

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Dharma Theme August 1, 2023

Dharma Theme: Dealing with Demons

PZI Teachers

…Danger & Demons – John Tarrant, Sunday Zen, Fall 2021 AUDIO: Fortunate Encounters with Demons, Delusions, & Unexpected Guests – Tess Beasley, Sunday Zen, Spring 2020 Land of Demons KOAN:…

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Dharma Theme June 9, 2023
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Dharma Theme June 9, 2023

Dharma Theme: Meeting the Inconceivable

PZI Teachers

…& Easy Wandering: Mysterious Meetings in Mysterious Times —John Tarrant, Sunday Zen, Spring 2021 VIDEO: Dreaming & Meeting What Appears – Tess Beasley, Summer Sesshin 2022 AUDIO: Before There Is…

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