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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THURSDAY ZEN with David Parks: In the Dark? Darken Further.
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At times of vulnerability, when tough times visit, this koan takes me to the place I would rather not go—straight into the dilemma, into the vulnerability itself. Where I might want to take what I know, an explanation or a solution, off the shelf, the koan counsels, “Darken further,” inviting me into the vastness of what I don’t know.
This is to let go of the barriers that I use to define myself, these walls that I use to define the borderlines between myself and the places I dare not go. Unencumbered, out beyond knowing, the dark is a place of discovery and acceptance. Herein is the shift. Mystery opens into life, the luminous dark moves through all.
—David Parks
COME JOIN US on Thursdays for koan meditation, dharma talk and conversation. All are welcome. Register to participate.
David Parks Roshi, Director of Bluegrass Zen
