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
May 7–10: Say A True Word & I Will Stay The Night – Open Mind Retreat with John Tarrant, Tess Beasley, & Allison Atwill
May 17: Sunday Zen with John Tarrant, Allison Atwill & Tess Beasley
June 8–14: Dragons & Tigers, Oh My! – Our Great Summer Sesshin with John Tarrant & PZI Teachers
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SUNDAY ZEN with John Tarrant & Friends: Summertime
The Dharma is a long and ancient conversation
Emperor Wenzong wrote,
People suffer from the burning heat, but I always love the summer days.
The poet Liu Gongquan replied,
A fragrant breeze blows from the south,
giving rise in the palace to a refreshing coolness.
At these words Dahui was enlightened.
And this became a koan.
This summer I was looking forward to that cool breeze and to the thoughts falling out of my mind. Other things happened instead, sometimes mad and sometimes hard to welcome.
They included great fires, a friend with a brain tumor, the Olympics, an intense and vivid covid in which I had conversations with Avalokitesvara. Also, not going to Provence to friends and lavender fields was part of the yearning of it.
In the end it was beautiful.
Join us on Sunday when we are all at the center of the universe
Meditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you, for doors to open by themselves, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead.
Waking up is something we do together, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.
—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI
Dana and donations are gratefully accepted.
Once you register, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:
Sunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
