PZI Teacher Archives

Heart Sutra

KOAN:

“Form is emptiness, emptiness is form,” says the Heart Sutra.

—Prajnaparamita, the Great Heart Sutra

Audio August 29, 2022

Summer Sesshin: Closing Ceremony

John Tarrant, Michelle Riddle

John Tarrant and HOP Michelle Riddle close the sesshin, together with the sangha, letting it go into the gone beyond. Timekeeper Todd Geist gives closing thanks. Musician Amanda Boughton sings a celtic ballad and plays mandolin, Cantor Amaryllis Fletcher chants and plays violin for the closing sutras and four boundless vows. Final day of Summer Sesshin, at Santa Sabina, June 19th, 2022.

44' 7"
Audio December 23, 2021

Zen Luminaries: The Heart Sutra with Bill Red Pine Porter

Jon Joseph

Zen Luminaries: Bill Porter (aka Red Pine) joins Jon Joseph Roshi in meditation and conversation on the topics of Heart Sutra, his translation work, and life in Zen. Jordan McConnell sings the Heart Sutra. As recorded December 20, 2021.

74' 49"
Audio November 1, 2021

Fall Sesshin 2021: Ikkyu’s Well & The Miscellaneous Koans

John Tarrant

John Tarrant talks about Ikkyu’s “no shadow or form” in his evening dharma talk in Day 2 of Fall Sesshin. Amanda Boughton sings the 4 Boundless vows. As recorded Wednesday, October 20, 2021.

49' 9"
Audio February 26, 2021

The Heart Sutra Koan

John Tarrant

Evening dharma talk by John Tarrant in Summer Sesshin. As recorded June 14, 2018.

49' 20"
Audio September 10, 2020

Audio Excerpt: Guanyin Air & Breath Arising with Sarah Bender

Sarah Bender

PZI Zen Online: Audio excerpt from Guanyin in the Pavilion Under the August Moon. Sarah Bender Roshi contemplates the call and response of compassionate exchanges. Air as breath of life. Anchored in the Heart Sutra. Dream of a room, barely there, full of gifts for all times and places. As recorded August 23 2020.

6' 19"