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: When Useless Things Don’t Stick in the Mind
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Spring comes with its flowers, autumn with the moon.
Summer with breezes, winter with the snow,
when useless things don’t cloud the mind
that is the good season.
(Wumen’s Verse)
This raises the question about what should stick in the mind?
The Blue Cliff Record starts with, “Knock on any door; someone will answer.”
The irises dying, the dahlias not yet arrived—is this our moment of beauty?
The idea is that you can enter from anywhere—a child’s eyes, a single leaf falling, a feeling in your own heart.
Whatever appears is a door.
Departing spring,
birds cry out
tears in the eyes of fish
(Basho)
—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
