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: A Place Where One Belongs
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A Place Where One Belongs
I take refuge in awakening
I take refuge in the way
I take refuge in my companions
—The Three Refuge Vows, from Pacific Zen’s Ceremony of Taking Refuge in the Bodhisattva Way
What does it mean to take refuge? The dictionary defines it as “a condition of being safe or sheltered from pursuit, danger, or trouble.” It is entering a safe place.
At the same time, while most commonly the Chinese characters (三 帰) are translated as “the three refuges,” their direct translation means “the three returns: returning home, going to a place where one belongs, return from whence one came.” Indeed.
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—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
