Sunday Zen with John Tarrant & Friends: The Zen Master and the Ruler of the Land

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The Zen Master and the Ruler of the Land
with John Tarrant & Friends

In the PZI Online Temple
10:30 am–Noon Pacific Time

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

Waking up is something we do together, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.

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.

—John Tarrant & All of Us at PZI

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