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F E A T U R E D
October 13: Sunday Zen at 10:30 AM PDT with John Tarrant & Friends
October 22–27 Fall Sesshin: The 1000-Armed Goddess of Mercy
November 16 Daylong: Zen and the Goddess Part II
GREAT FALL SESSHIN with John Tarrant & PZI Teachers: The Manifestations of the 1000-Armed Goddess of Mercy
October 22 @ 4:30 pm - October 27 @ 12:00 pm
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
CONTACT LORA FERGUSON ABOUT THE WAITLIST: [email protected]
Great Fall Sesshin
In Person with John Tarrant & PZI Teachers
The Manifestations of the1000-Armed Goddess of Mercy
Santa Sabina Retreat Center
in Northern California
October 22–27, 2024
When we are asleep we sink down into the dream world where we are not ourselves and we are all connected. When we wake, we might rise up forgetting to worry or be separate. First we just look at things without prejudice, without deciding what they are beforehand. The things of the world come to us.
Then you might notice the palm of your own hand, a leaf, a child turning her head slowly toward you, a lizard taking in the sun, the daylight moon above the roof, the sounds of crickets making music, traffic sounds, the bike with loud pipes. And when you let each thing be as it is, you might see in each thing the face of the thousand-armed goddess of mercy. That is the touch of the heart of the goddess.
Join us for our Great Fall Sesshin. This is a retreat about welcome and mercy and clarity, how we are still connected as if we were asleep and full of love whether or not we know it yet. There will be personal interviews and deep meditation, teaching talks and some conversations, old friends and new, brilliant teachers, music, great enlightenment, mistakes, and delight.
Friends, this will be our last sesshin at Santa Sabina—last time to sit in the arched, silent cloister, to see great trellises of roses and the hummingbirds dashing through the fountain. The sisters and the place have been good to us. We’d love to have you this final time.
—John Tarrant
This is a 6-day and 5-night in-person gathering beginning Tuesday, October 22nd at 7:30 pm,
and completing Sunday, October 27th at 12:00 pm.
With PZI Teachers: John Tarrant, Allison Atwill, Tess Beasley, Jon Joseph, David Weinstein
Head of Practice: Todd Geist
Timekeeper: Marion Power
Where: Santa Sabina Retreat Center in Northern California:
Santa Sabina Center
25 Magnolia Ave
San Rafael, CA 94901
Retreat registration includes room and board and free access to PZI Fall Open Temple morning meditations.
PZI Member Single, 1750
PZI Member Double, 1300
Non-member Single, 1800
Non-member Double, 1350
For retreat questions or request a PZI Member scholarship, contact our registrar,
Lora Ferguson at [email protected]
Dear PZI Friends — We come together across oceans and continents with our members, teachers, musicians, and those new to PZI. We discover things together which we could not discover alone. There’s a scholarship fund for PZI members who want to attend and need financial aid. If you’re not a member, we invite you to join us today!
Thank you for all you have offered PZI over these many months and decades.
It’s nice to have each other as we find our way.
—Board President Tess Beasley Roshi & All of Us at PZI