2017 Summer sesshin

John Tarrant gives a talk during the Summer 2017 sesshin. July 20, 2017.

John says birds can ‘open the sky’ for us when we watch them fly – everything just appears and then is gone without a trace. If we trust whatever appears, that’s a taste of the bird path. Might it be true that no matter what, you’re not having the wrong moment? That you don’t have to disapprove. When it’s difficult, it’s good to know that it’s for us. It’s ours. Life is blessing us all the time. Our thinking/feeling ‘This isn’t it,’ is what we call loneliness. John talks about how our practice asks us, ‘What’s it like to be me? What’s it like to be a tree? A bird? What if I’m a fire? A river?’ My mind and the universe – not much difference.

Jon Joseph gives a talk on the twilight world – Sambhogakaya and the three bodies at the 2017 Summer sesshin.

John Tarrant gives a talk at the 2017 Summer sesshin. Evening of July 17, 2017.

Rachel Boughton gives a talk during the Summer 2017 sesshin. July 22, 2017.

Rachel Boughton gives a talk at the Summer 2017 sesshin. Morning of July 18, 2017.

David Weinstein gives a talk at the 2017 Summer sesshin. Morning of July 17, 2017.

John Tarrant gives a talk at the 2017 Summer sesshin. Evening of July 16, 2017.