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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 to find healing for troubles. We feel how much we are held by our friends who know about silence.
2025 Late Winter Sesshin:
Hearing the Voice of Raindrops
A Live Online Retreat in the PZI Digital Temple
with John Tarrant & PZI Teachers
February 20th–23rd, 2025
Jingqing asked a student, “What’s that sound outside the door?”
“Rain,” replied the student.
Jingqing said, “People are upside down.
They delude themselves and chase after things.”
“What about you?”
“I’m reaching not to lose myself.”
“What do you mean by reaching not to lose yourself?”
Jingqing said, “Being born is easy; the way of freedom is hard.”
—Blue Cliff Record Case 46, translation by John Tarrant & Joan Sutherland
Winter Silence
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 to find healing for troubles. We feel how much we are held by our friends who know about silence.
At winter retreat, even one sitting wipes away regrets and fears. When we awaken, the universe is our friend.
—John Tarrant
—with John Tarrant and the remarkable PZI Teachers Tess Beasley, Jesse Cardin, Eduardo Fuentes, Jon Joseph, Michelle Riddle, & David Weinstein
—with Heads of Practice Jan Brogan & Marion Power
—and with Cantor & Musicians Amaryllis Fletcher, Michael Wilding, & Jordan McConnell
LINKS to the dharma talks from Late Winter Sesshin:
DAY ONE
February 20th
AUDIO & VIDEO: The Sound of Raindrops – John Tarrant (evening)
DAY TWO
February 21st
AUDIO & VIDEO: Being Born Is Easy – Jesse Cardin (morning)
AUDIO & VIDEO: At the Wellhead – Tess Beasley (evening)
AUDIO & VIDEO: Transmission for Eduardo Fuentes – John Tarrant & Allison Atwill (evening)
DAY THREE
February 22nd
AUDIO & VIDEO: This Is Is – Michelle Riddle (morning)
AUDIO & VIDEO: Enter Here – John Tarrant (evening)
AUDIO & VIDEO: Drenched – David Weinstein (evening)
DAY FOUR
February 23rd
SESSHIN CLOSING with John Tarrant (not recorded)
You may also view sesshin videos on the PZI YouTube Channel
A sesshin is always more than the sum of its parts or its recorded talks.
There are personal interviews and deep meditation, teaching talks and some conversations, old friends and new, ceremonies, brilliant teachers, music, great enlightenment, mistakes, and delight.
It is a precious moment of timeless play in the universe and with each other.