PZI Teacher Archives

Going to Wild Places (MK73)

KOAN:

People go to wild places to search for their true nature. When you do this, where is your true nature?

—PZI Miscellaneous Koans, Case 73a (1st of Doushuai’s 3 Barriers)

Audio September 3, 2024

New Directions at Year’s End: The Quest for the Grail

John Tarrant

People go to abandoned places to search for their true nature. At such a moment, honored one, where is your true nature?

48' 13"
Audio December 3, 2020

Audio Excerpt: Going to Wild Places – Jon Joseph Comments

Jon Joseph

PZI Zen Online: Teacher comments during John Tarrant’s Sunday Journey Into Awakening. A response to Going to Wild Places, from Jon Joseph. Jon asks for a Mountain Lion experiential standard: “How many Mountain Lions was that dinner?” As recorded Nov 29 2020. 10 minutes.

9' 56"
Audio November 29, 2020

Excerpt: In Your Wild Temple – Journey Into Awakening

John Tarrant

PZI Zen Online: Excerpt from Journey Into Awakening. Where is your true nature? Right there in your wild temple.

9' 56"
Audio November 29, 2020

The Journey Into Awakening: Kindnesses in Your Wild Temple

John Tarrant

People go to wild places to find their true nature. The wild is here, right now, in your own wild temple. Anything can happen in the wildness of now. Small kindnesses open into the silence. The universe is so rich in destinations and you are already in one! The beauty of gathering for meditation in difficult times. Music from Jordan McConnell, Amaryllis Fletcher. PZI Zen Online. Complete session as recorded Nov. 29, 2020. 60 minutes.

65' 3"
Audio November 24, 2020

Excerpt: An Impossible Task – Journey Into Awakening

John Tarrant

PZI Zen Online: Excerpt from The Journey Into Awakening. A story especially for this Covid lockdown Thanksgiving. A woman gets a task that seems impossible and which she must practice without fail for a year. As recorded Nov. 22, 2020. 17 minutes.

17' 2"