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.
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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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SUNDAY ZEN with Tess Beasley & Friends: Eternity Draws Near – With A Special Extended Meditation Series
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Whether through billowing clouds, rushing rivers, or softly falling snow, eternity uncloaks itself as the mind grows still. We come to recognize each and every bit of things as alive and unfolding, and discover that we, too, are inextricable from the great magic trick of existence.
Shitou Xiquan, one of Zen’s great founding ancestors, tells us in Taking Part in the Gathering:
Each thing by nature has worth,
but we notice it is shaped by its circumstances.
Things fit together like boxes and lids,
while the absolute is like arrows meeting in mid-air.
When you let these words in, you encounter the ancestors;
Don’t limit yourself to your own small story.
In these last days of the year, all that’s been and all that’s to come find each other in the dark for a cuddle and a dance. Nothing is certain, and with any luck, we just might have a dream.
Join us this Sunday for a special extended meditation series by candlelight, and then at 10:30 PT we’ll gather for stories, music, and whatever the Tao may have in store.
—Tess Beasley, Roshi
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
