PZI Events Calendar
W E L C O M E to the PZI Events Calendar! Here you will find all upcoming events and registration links for PZI Zen Online retreats, sesshins, and weekly meditations & talks. Search by individual event, day, or month. Save to your Google Calendar or iCal Calendar. No experience required to participate. All event times are Pacific Time. Questions? Contact Lucas at PZI Support.
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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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MONDAY ZEN with Jon Joseph: Returning Home – The Fifth of Dongshan’s Five Ranks
Not deciding it is or it isn’t; do you have the courage to be at peace with this?
Everyone wants to leave the endless changes,
but when we’ve finished bending and fitting our lives,
we come back to sit by the charcoal fire.
The last of Dongshan’s Five Ranks includes a theme older than humanity itself: return after a long and arduous journey, to settle down by the warmth and security of home. I recently finished one of the great modern translations of Homer’s The Odyssey by Emily Wilson.
For ten years Odysseus fought against and finally sacked the city of Troy, and for another ten years he struggled on his long and winding path back home. When he got there, Odysseus found his home to be both profoundly changed and essentially unchanged.
Thus is the inconceivable challenge and beauty of our lives.
—Jon Joseph
COME JOIN US on Mondays for koan meditation, dharma talk and conversation.
Register to participate. All are welcome.
Jon Joseph Roshi, Director of San Mateo Zen Community
