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Pacific Zen Luminaries Archive: Index of All Interviews Hosted by Jon Joseph
August 19, 2025 Dharma Themes

Pacific Zen Luminaries Archive: Index of All Interviews Hosted by Jon Joseph

WELCOME! This list contains all Zen Luminaries interviews to date, alphabetized by the guest’s last name. Series host Jon Joseph…
conversations encounters
Pacific Zen Luminaries Archive: Index of All Interviews Hosted by Jon Joseph
August 19, 2025 Dharma Themes
conversations encounters

Pacific Zen Luminaries Archive: Index of All Interviews Hosted by Jon Joseph

WELCOME! This list contains all Zen Luminaries interviews to date, alphabetized by the guest’s last name. Series host Jon Joseph Roshi created this series to support the hardworking innovators and…
Dharma Theme: Mountain Flowers Bloom Like Brocade, Valley Streams Are Deepest Indigo – Great Summer Sesshin 2025
June 22, 2025 Dharma Themes

Dharma Theme: Mountain Flowers Bloom Like Brocade, Valley Streams Are Deepest Indigo – Great Summer Sesshin 2025

Here you will find links to dharma talk audios from PZI’s Great Summer Sesshin: Mountain Flowers Bloom Like Brocade, Valley…
Dharma Theme: Mountain Flowers Bloom Like Brocade, Valley Streams Are Deepest Indigo – Great Summer Sesshin 2025
June 22, 2025 Dharma Themes

Dharma Theme: Mountain Flowers Bloom Like Brocade, Valley Streams Are Deepest Indigo – Great Summer Sesshin 2025

Here you will find links to dharma talk audios from PZI’s Great Summer Sesshin: Mountain Flowers Bloom Like Brocade, Valley Streams Run Deepest Indigo, in person with Tess Beasley &…
Dharma Theme: 2024 Winter Sesshin – Where Do You Go When You Die?
May 9, 2025 Dharma Themes

Dharma Theme: 2024 Winter Sesshin – Where Do You Go When You Die?

Here you will find links to dharma talk audios from PZI’s Online Winter Sesshin: Where Do You Go When You…
death and dying descent
Dharma Theme: 2024 Winter Sesshin – Where Do You Go When You Die?
May 9, 2025 Dharma Themes
death and dying descent

Dharma Theme: 2024 Winter Sesshin – Where Do You Go When You Die?

Here you will find links to dharma talk audios from PZI’s Online Winter Sesshin: Where Do You Go When You Die? & Other Miscellaneous Koans, with John Tarrant & PZI…
Dharma Theme: Great Fall Sesshin 2024
March 25, 2025 Dharma Themes 379 Words

Dharma Theme: Great Fall Sesshin 2024

When you let each thing be as it is, you might see in each thing the face of the thousand-armed…
goddesses Guanyin
Dharma Theme: Great Fall Sesshin 2024
March 25, 2025 Dharma Themes 379 Words
goddesses Guanyin

Dharma Theme: Great Fall Sesshin 2024

When you let each thing be as it is, you might see in each thing the face of the thousand-armed goddess of mercy. That is the touch of the heart…
Dharma Theme: Hearing the Voice of Raindrops – Late Winter Sesshin 2025
February 20, 2025 Dharma Themes 0 Words

Dharma Theme: Hearing the Voice of Raindrops – Late Winter Sesshin 2025

Silence has secret powers. To meet silence is to enter the deepest questions and the deepest kindness. It befriends our…
drenched enter here
Dharma Theme: Hearing the Voice of Raindrops – Late Winter Sesshin 2025
February 20, 2025 Dharma Themes 0 Words
drenched enter here

Dharma Theme: Hearing the Voice of Raindrops – Late Winter Sesshin 2025

Silence has secret powers. To meet silence is to enter the deepest questions and the deepest kindness. It befriends our dreams. Just to step into the quiet of retreat is…
Dharma Theme: Stop Suffering!
October 30, 2023 Dharma Themes 36 Words

Dharma Theme: Stop Suffering!

We’re always looking for a recipe or data points to get a handle on happiness. The most profoundly simple but…
awakening being restless
Dharma Theme: Stop Suffering!
October 30, 2023 Dharma Themes 36 Words
awakening being restless

Dharma Theme: Stop Suffering!

We’re always looking for a recipe or data points to get a handle on happiness. The most profoundly simple but difficult challenge is to let ourselves transform into ourselves. We…
Dharma Theme: The Storehouse of Treasures Opens by Itself – 2023 Online Fall Retreat
October 25, 2023 Dharma Themes 31 Words

Dharma Theme: The Storehouse of Treasures Opens by Itself – 2023 Online Fall Retreat

Here you will find links to dharma talk audios from PZI’s Online Fall Retreat: The Storehouse of Treasures Opens by…
being lost being on the path
Dharma Theme: The Storehouse of Treasures Opens by Itself – 2023 Online Fall Retreat
October 25, 2023 Dharma Themes 31 Words
being lost being on the path

Dharma Theme: The Storehouse of Treasures Opens by Itself – 2023 Online Fall Retreat

Here you will find links to dharma talk audios from PZI’s Online Fall Retreat: The Storehouse of Treasures Opens by Itself with John Tarrant & PZI Teachers. Includes music from…