PZI Events Calendar
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F E A T U R E D
April 26: What Is This Light That Everybody Has? – Deep Sit Sunday Zen with John Tarrant & Tess Beasley
May 7–10: Say A True Word & I Will Stay The Night – Open Mind Retreat with John Tarrant, Tess Beasley, & Allison Atwill
June 8–14: Dragons & Tigers, Oh My! – Our Great Summer Sesshin with John Tarrant & PZI Teachers
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ANCESTRAL STORIES: Daylong with John Tarrant Roshi & Tess Beasley Sensei

REGISTER
Are These Leaves or My Father’s Hands That Are Falling?
Ancestral Stories
with John Tarrant Roshi & Tess Beasley Sensei
PZI Online Temple
Sunday, October 30th, 2022
9:30 am–4:00 pm Pacific Time
Conversations and koans and meditations and explorations,
The living presence of our Zen ancestors with their eccentric
and strangely liberating behavior,
The wisdom gates of their stories,
Our personal ancestors murmuring across the vast spaces.
—John Tarrant & Tess Beasley
Retreat Day Details
Morning Session: 9:30 am–12:30 pm
Welcome, koan meditation & morning dharma talk
—Lunch Break: one hour
Afternoon Session: 1:30–4:00 pm
Koan meditation, dharma conversations & closing ceremony
Members, $100. Non-Members, $125.
PZI Members: If you want to attend and are in need, please don’t hesitate to request financial aid through a PZI Member Scholarship for a reduced fee that you can comfortably pay. Not a Member? Become one.
Contact our registrar, Corey Hitchcock [email protected]
This event is in lieu of John Tarrant’s usual Sunday Zen program. Sunday Zen with John Tarrant returns to the Online Temple November 6th. Come join us then!

