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Dharma Theme: Summer Sesshin 2022 – Taking Part in the Gathering
Here is our curation of full-length Summer Sesshin dharma talk audios on a single page, for easy finding and listening. A sesshin is more than the sum of its parts…
Dharma Theme: Winter & Silver, Moonlight & Snow – Collected Audio from Winter Sesshin 2022
A curation of Winter Sesshin dharma talks on a single page, for easy finding and listening. A sesshin is always more than the sum of its parts or its recorded…
Summer Sesshin: Closing Ceremony
John Tarrant asks the assembled sesshin sangha, Where does the celebration from last night (the night of our refuge-taking ceremony) go? It’s gone, gone, into the gone beyond. (from the…
Dharma Theme: Spring Sesshin 2021 – After the Dark and the Cold, Come the Blossoms
Our Spring Sesshin, Four Days & Five Nights in the Digital Temple April 7-11, 2021 After the long cold and the dark night, the blossoms open one by one, then…
Dharma Theme: Summer Sesshin 2021 in the Palace at the Blue Cliff
Here is a curation of sesshin dharma talks on a single page, for easy finding and listening. A sesshin is always more than the sum of its parts or its…
Dharma Theme – Metamorphosis: Collected Audio from Fall Sesshin 2021
Here is a curation of our Fall Sesshin dharma talks on a single page, for easy finding and listening. A sesshin is always more than the sum of its parts…
End of Sesshin Dedication
PZI Sesshin Dedication, generally read (or sung) at the end of sesshin to send participants on their way, in joy….
The Story of the Well Painting
…interference, and when that drops away, and in sesshin it drops away for everyone at some point, and often for a lot of sesshin. Especially as you fall deeper and…
The Journey, the Reaching, & Luopu’s Last Words
…ever settle. I’d think, “Here I am in sesshin and I’m not even meditating. I just can’t settle, because my mind has decided that this is ‘Attention Deficit Sesshin.’ I’d…
Winter Sesshin: What Does It Mean to Get It?
In the belly of Winter Sesshin: We are in the time of the pagan festival Imbolc which celebrates the forming of new life before spring—a time in the womb of…
Winter Sesshin: Winter Silence Opening Night
Tending the mystery together. Sesshin is a community ferryboat. Have confidence: just go into the silence. The absolute is always there. Inside it all, there’s freedom. There’s no situation where…
Fall Sesshin 2021: The Stone Drenched With Rain – Your Own Awakening
…drenched in rain? In sesshin, letting yourself be drenched with your experience, both inner and outer—letting it pour through you. Stop trying to get out of the rain. What are…
Winter Sesshin: My Heart Is Not at Rest
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…
Spring Sesshin: Whatever Appears Is Part of Your Awakening
…in all her forms—attacking, seducing. And we are Buddha in our meditations during sesshin—besieged by our demons, attacked by thoughts, by separation. That is what was appearing. He was feeling…
Ceremonies: Dedication for the End of Sesshin
Dedication for the End of Sesshin Cantor: (chanted or sung, palms together) Friends, the world comes to meet us now, an immense palace full of dreams. Fountains and wild…
Ceremonies: Dedication: For the End of Sesshin (Arizona)
Dedication for the End of Sesshin (Arizona) Cantor: (chanted or sung, palms together) Friends, the world comes to meet us now, an immense palace full of dreams. Fountains and wild…
Dreams Q & A
…S: When I’m not at sesshin it’s really hard for me to wake up in the morning. My wife will come in and wake me up, but when I come…
Goblins Q & A
…even it yet? S: I’m curious because as you call out to us and we share what’s in our minds, you know it’s two thirds of the way through sesshin,…
KALPA FAQs – How to find what you are looking for in the PZI Library
…tag Summer Sesshin, Fall Sesshin, or Winter Sesshin—plus the year—to get a sesshin-only result. • I want to read transcripts of talks, how do I find those? Select ‘text’ from…
Every Day Is a Good Day
Listen to Audio of this Talk Dharma Talk in Winter Sesshin, February 12, 2020 John: All the beings of the universe are here. In sesshin it’s always there, but it…
Dharma Theme: The Teachings of Zen Master Ma
…Gone There for You? with John Tarrant, Summer Sesshin 2020 Audio link: There you Are! with David Weinstein, Fall Sesshin 2020 Audio link: The Koan Raft with Jon Joseph, Fall…
Summer Sesshin: We Are Interwoven – Welcome to Sesshin
John Tarrant welcomes Summer Sesshin participants and introduces a stanza of Shitou’s long poem: Taking Part in the Gathering, as an opening koan. The poem comes from the inception of…
Summer Sesshin: The Porous Vessel of Sesshin
Michelle Riddle opens the sesshin vessel with instructions to help participants understand what it is to work with koans, especially within the unique container of group practice. She encourages “being…
Dongshan’s Five Ranks: Poem 5
…hearing what you said Alanna and what you just said Jennie, because I found during the sesshin I’m calling people and responding to emails and it’s kind of interesting especially…
Into the Blue Dragon’s Cave: The Grand Beast of Sesshin
Summer Sesshin: Into the Blue Dragon’s Cave – evening talk & closing of sesshin, the grand beast of sesshin! Old Dragon & Tygher teachers meeting new teachers. A text on…
Fall Sesshin 2020: HOPs Jan Brogan & Chris Gaffney Open the Fall Sesshin Vessel
PZI Fall Sesshin: Audio Excerpt – Opening the evening with Heads of Practice Jan Brogan & Chris Gaffney welcoming the group. As recorded October 1, 2020….
Summer Sesshin: We Are Interwoven – Welcome to Sesshin
John Tarrant welcomes Summer Sesshin participants and introduces a stanza of Shitou’s long poem: Taking Part in the Gathering, as an opening koan. The poem comes from the inception of…
Spring Sesshin: The Interwoven Journey of Sesshin and Life
Tess Beasley invites our voices into the room, acknowledging the interwoven yet not-interwoven vessel of sesshin. We are each a unique presence, yet it is when personal identity and ambition…
Spirit of Love, Joy & Play in Koans
John: Hi. [laughter] Here we are. So tonight, I’d like to talk a little about the mind of sesshin, a little about koans, a little bit about the “Medicine” koan….
Fall Sesshin 2020: Sutra Service with Amaryllis Fletcher & Jordan McConnell
PZI Fall Sesshin: Sutra service in the afternoon during sesshin. Featuring Amaryllis Fletcher – cantor & violin. Jordan McConnell – vocals & guitar. As recorded October 4 2020….