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 Emlyn Guiney
F E A T U R E D
September 21 Daylong: Zen and the Goddess Part I
September 22 Sunday Zen with John Tarrant & Friends
October 22–27 Fall Sesshin: The 1000-Armed Goddess of Mercy
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THURSDAY ZEN: Your Original Light with David Parks
December 15, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Free – $10
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There is a solitary brightness without fixed shape or form.
It knows how to express the teachings and listen to the teachings.
That solitary brightness is you.
—Linji
That solitary brightness is you, right here before my eyes
Before there is belief, before any self-image or identification, there is the vast reality of Here, the eternity of Now. Linji calls this solitary brightness. This is your light, you are that light, no fixed shape or form. This is the light before you even gave a thought to yourself. This is the light that shines in all things—even your beliefs about things.
In our practice, we are present to this light as things arise in life—as we are confronted with thoughts, perceptions, etc., all of which shine with this light. Perceiving this, the bottom drops out of our identifications and there is just the light.
As so, it is not a stretch when Linji says, “That solitary brightness is you.”
Come join us Thursdays, for koan meditation, a dharma talk, and conversation. Register to participate. All are welcome.
I hope you will join us.
—David Parks Roshi, Director of Bluegrass Zen
