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KALPA—Koans And Liberation Project Archive—the online Zen koan library of Pacific Zen Institute, was conceived as a way of providing a wider circle for today’s far-flung seekers to sit together, to enter the same timeless questions, and to receive the teachings. 

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2026 Winter Sesshin: When Saying Is Not a Doing
January 30, 2026 Videos

2026 Winter Sesshin: When Saying Is Not a Doing

In the speech and silence koan the teacher responds like lightening; there is a seamlessness between call and response.
call and response not doing
2026 Winter Sesshin: When Saying Is Not a Doing
January 30, 2026 Videos
call and response not doing

2026 Winter Sesshin: When Saying Is Not a Doing

In the speech and silence koan the teacher responds like lightening; there is a seamlessness between call and response.
2025 Summer Sesshin: It Just Keeps Changing
June 18, 2025 Videos 66′ 48″

2025 Summer Sesshin: It Just Keeps Changing

Roshi David Weinstein gives the evening talk on day three of PZI’s 2025 Summer Sesshin: Mountain Flowers Bloom Like Brocade,…
always changing death and dying
2025 Summer Sesshin: It Just Keeps Changing
June 18, 2025 Videos 66′ 48″
always changing death and dying

2025 Summer Sesshin: It Just Keeps Changing

Roshi David Weinstein gives the evening talk on day three of PZI’s 2025 Summer Sesshin: Mountain Flowers Bloom Like Brocade, Valley Streams Are Deepest Indigo. Recorded on June 18, 2025,…
2025 Summer Sesshin: It Just Keeps Changing
June 18, 2025 Audio Files

2025 Summer Sesshin: It Just Keeps Changing

The self and all the beautiful things of the world crumble into ruins. What lasts? Impermanence lasts: It just keeps…
always changing death and dying
2025 Summer Sesshin: It Just Keeps Changing
June 18, 2025 Audio Files
always changing death and dying

2025 Summer Sesshin: It Just Keeps Changing

The self and all the beautiful things of the world crumble into ruins. What lasts? Impermanence lasts: It just keeps changing; change doesn’t change.