PZI Teacher Archives
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2016
Ordinary Life Is the Way
It is natural to look for the things you want outside of where you are now. That is the whole point of a journey. Yet this moment is all anyone has. So if freedom, love, beauty, grace, and whatever else is desirable are to appear, they must appear in a now.
My God, It’s for Me! Why Wasn’t I Informed?
PZI teacher panel at the Summer 2016 retreat.
The Role of the Teacher
Steven Grant discussing the role of the teacher at 2016 Winter Sesshin.
Questions and Answers
Q&A for Allison Atwill’s talk during the 2016 Winter Sesshin.
Do You Practice?
John Tarrant gives a Monday night talk at the Santa Rosa Zendo. (June 6, 2016)
Standing at the Blue Cliff (TRAILER)
Standing At The Blue Cliff, filmed in 2012, is a four-day long series of conversations between Joan Sutherland and John Tarrant. It is available for purchase on our website in DVD and MP3 by going to pacificzen.org/bluecliff.
Life Is Always Right
John Tarrant talking about learning to live within life. As recorded in 2016.
Hakuin’s Demons
John Tarrant telling one of Hakuin’s demon stories.
What About The Holocaust?
John Tarrant talks about living with life, amid the horrors that life can offer. (2016)
Judgmental Teachers
Steven Grant gives a talk on the topic of judgmental teachers at 2016 Winter Sesshin.
Seeing It’s Wild In Every Direction
Allison Atwill talks about life in the moment; regret, anger, fear – how to experience life without distancing yourself from it. (2016)
The Doughnut Maker
David Weinstein and Rachel Boughton give a talk at the 2016 Summer retreat.
The Nature of Practice
John Tarrant gives a talk at the 2016 Summer retreat.
New Table of Non-Periodic Elements
After you have died and the elements of your body have separated into earth, water, air and fire, where will you go?
10,000 Things
Rachel Boughton gives a talk during Summer Retreat: June 13, 2016.
There is No Future, Really
“The morning after an unaccustomed shock brings thoughts about how much I really know about the future, and curiosity about the possibilities of living in the present.” November 9, 2016.
How to Welcome the End of the World
“How to meet the times we are in is a real question, and everybody feels the force of it. It is an ancient question. It comes with being human.” Article by John Tarrant published in Lion’s Roar magazine, November 2, 2016.
Sharing Retreat Stories
Our teachers share their own retreat stories during Fall Sesshin: October 14, 2016.
I Was Only Two Hands
John Tarrant gives a dharma talk on Monday evening of the summer retreat. 2016.
Just Act Ordinary
Rachel Boughton gives a talk on Monday morning of the summer retreat. 2016.
Unmaking Through Retreat
John Tarrant gives a talk on Sunday evening of the summer retreat. June 2016.
Features of the Path
On Sunday, John Tarrant discusses the notion of a “path.” (2016)