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 Karin Pfluger
F E A T U R E D
October 6: 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
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SUNDAY ZEN with John Tarrant & Friends: The Zen Master and the Ruler of the Land
September 15 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Free – $10
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The Zen Master and the Ruler of the Land
Our lives are the universe talking to itself—the wind bending the grass, the goldfinches pouring through the garden like honey, the feeling that life all makes sense and the feeling that life doesn’t make sense—all of this is ours. In late spring, birds are singing on their nests at night. Our thoughts and feelings are simple too. There is something beautiful about being alive, just the simplest part of being alive is everything.
Meditation is not very complicated. It just means noticing that everything is alright, even when things are difficult, there is something alright in us. Our lives have a grace and a kindness in them before we started looking for grace or kindness. We are not living the wrong life.
Here’s a little story: Zhaozhou and the Ruler of the Land.
The Governor asked, “Master, do you practice?”
Zhaozhou said, “It would be a disaster if I did.”
Ma said, “If you yourself do not practice, to whom can you teach the practice?”
Zhaozhou said, “You.”
Ma said, “How can you call someone like me a practitioner?”
Zhao said, “If you did not practice, how could you have overcome hunger and cold, and attained the status of a Governor?”
With tears in his eyes the Governor bowed in gratitude.
Join us Sunday.
—John Tarrant
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
