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.
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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Silence: Winter Sesshin with John Tarrant & PZI Teachers
Silence: Winter Sesshin
With John Tarrant & PZI Teachers
January 28th–February 1st, 2026
In the PZI Online Temple
Winter retreat is a chance to make tea in your own kitchen and turn your home into a temple. You might discover that your whole house is sacred. The house is happy to have you doing meditation and actually loves you.
Join us online in the silence of retreat.
Silence has secret powers. To meet silence is to enter the deepest questions and the deepest kindness. It befriends our dreams. Just to step into the quiet of retreat is to find healing for troubles. We feel how much we are held by our friends who know about silence.
At winter retreat, even one sitting wipes away regrets and fears. When we awaken, the universe is our friend.
Join us online. Turn your home into a temple.
—John Tarrant
This 5-day & 4-night gathering begins Wednesday, January 28th at 4:30 PM,
and completes on Sunday, February 1st at 11:30 AM Pacific Time.
Detailed Schedule: may be seen here.
With: John Tarrant & PZI Teachers: Tess Beasley,
Jon Joseph, Michelle Riddle, & David Weinstein
Heads of Practice: Marion Power and Jan Brogan
Registrar: Lora Ferguson [email protected]
Where: Live in the PZI Online Temple
Fees: $495 for PZI Members, $550 for Non-Members
Dokusan: (1-on-1 interviews with PZI Teachers) will be offered throughout sesshin and you will be guided to choose your preferred teachers upon checkout. *Time slots are limited, but we will do our best to accommodate your preferences.
Scholarship for PZI Members: If you want to attend and are in need, please don’t hesitate to request financial aid through a PZI Scholarship by contacting our registrar: Lora Ferguson at [email protected]
Not a member? Now’s your chance! Join us here.
Note: Your registration includes free access to weekday morning meditations in our Winter Open Temple,
which meets January 12th–March 6th, 2026!
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’ve 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 & Director John Tarrant Roshi, & All of Us at PZI
