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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…
Summer Sesshin: Closing Ceremony
…Zen names and rakusus (short symbolic ‘robes’). And so ends Summer Sesshin 2022. More on the the vows, Zen names, and Rinzai rakusus in our Summer Dragon of Requirement Newsletter….
Dharma Theme: Summer Sesshin 2021 – In the Palace at the Blue Cliff
…Parks, Michelle Riddle & David Weinstein Heads of Practice: Jan Brogan & Chris Gaffney _______________________________________________ Here are the Summer Sesshin Dharma Talks, along with musical excerpts from Cantor Amaryllis Fletcher…
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
…Tarrant, Summer Sesshin 2020 VIDEO: Linji’s Was I at Fault or Not? – Jon Joseph, Winter Sesshin 2020 AUDIO: Setting the Mind to Rest – John Tarrant, Sunday Zen, Winter…
Dharma Theme: In the Wild – Mountain Koans & Poems
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…David Weinstein, Summer Sesshin 2012 VIDEO: Stepping Through a Door – John Tarrant, Summer Sesshin 2012 VIDEO: Where Have You Been? – John Tarrant, Summer Sesshin 2012 You go to…
The Story of the Well Painting
…to summer sesshin and I gave the talk about the fox koan, and in some way I couldn’t really start this one until I had given the talk; in some…
Dharma Theme: What Is This, Anyway?
…PZI Inquiry Koan VIDEO CLIP: What Is It To Be YOU? – John Tarrant, Summer Sesshin 2022 AUDIO: The Beauty of Insignificant Things – John Tarrant, Sunday Zen, Summer 2022…
Yuanwu & the Great Masters of the Blue Cliff
…maybe ‘04—it was my first summer sesshin, it was my first sesshin ever. And that sesshin, it started at five o’clock in the morning, I believe, and went all the…
Dharma Theme: Dragon Teachers & Magical Creatures
…We’re Going to Talk About Dragons – Jon Joseph, Sesshin 2015 DRAGON CAVE of TREASURES MINI-COLLECTION from Summer Sesshin 2020: Into the Blue Dragon’s Cave AUDIO CLIP: Discoveries, Pearls, &…
Dharma Theme: Meeting the Inconceivable
…& 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…
Dharma Theme: Home and Not Home
…A True Place VIDEO: The Self Longs for the Inclusion It Already Has – Allison Atwill, Summer Sesshin 2022 VIDEO: Homecoming Zen – Allison Atwill, Sesshin 2015 The Journey Itself…
Goblins Q & A
…do open. I suppose that’s the bottom line. And I’m thinking of closing it up now. Is that a problem? Thank you very much. 2011 Summer Sesshin 062311 John Tarrant…
Dreams Q & A
…thoughts do not belong to me. Here, you can have mine. You short of delusions? Have one of mine. Thank you very much. Summer Sesshin 2011 062011 John T …
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
…with and bearing with usual responses,” while carried by the koans into new territory. How garage music and weed-whackers welcomed her to Summer Sesshin. Recording of the complete dharma talk…
Dharma Theme: The Teachings of Great 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…
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…
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: Journey of Refuge
…at Summer Sesshin. Refuge entails committing to the vows as koans, a ceremony with teachers and community, and receiving the rakusu. Complete talk in Summer Sesshin on June 18, 2022….
Dharma Theme: Adrift
…Summer Sesshin 2022 Drifting without Oars DHARMA THEME: A Solitary Boat Making Its Way A solitary boat is making its way without oars in the dim moonlight. When I turn…
Dharma Theme: Not Getting It – Doing It Wrong
…Weinstein, Winter Sesshin 2020 TEXT: The Moon Sets at Midnight (Shoushan’s 3 Shots at Getting It) – John Tarrant, Fall Sesshin 2017 ARTICLE: It Was Me, Too – David Weinstein,…
Dharma Theme: Tea Ladies, Hermits, & Other Strange Teachers Along the Way
…Sesshin 2018 VIDEO: The World Is Here for You – with John Tarrant, Spring Sesshin 2011 She threw the doughnut pan to the ground Yu, the Donut Maker A woman…
Summer Sesshin: Opening Dharma Talk
Great Summer Sesshin, opening eve: Our first in-person sesshin in over 2 years, due to Covid. John Tarrant introduces Shitou’s song, Taking Part in the Gathering, his translation together with…
Opening Eve of Summer Sesshin
John Tarrant and Tess Beasley welcome everyone to Summer Sesshin. Participants add their voices, forming the vessel of sesshin. Music from Jordan McConnell, Cantor Amaryllis Fletcher, and closing words from…
The Journey, the Reaching, & Luopu’s Last Words
…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 just like to be able…
Summer Sesshin: Front Foot & Back Foot Walking
John Tarrant’s dharma talk on June 17, 2022, in Summer Sesshin. Complete session. 45 minutes….
Summer Sesshin: Our Part in It All
Tess Beasley gives a dharma talk in Summer Sesshin on June 15, 2022. Complete session. 49 minutes….
Summer Sesshin: The Realm of the Self
A dharma talk by Allison Atwill in Summer Sesshin on June 16, 2022. Complete session. 46 minutes….
Summer Sesshin: Journey of Refuge
Tess Beasley gives a talk on refuge at Summer Sesshin, on June 18, 2022. Complete session. 52 minutes….