PZI Teacher Archives

2017

Video September 18, 2019

What Do You Want?

John Tarrant

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

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Video June 18, 2019

The Bird Path

John Tarrant

John says birds open the sky for us when we watch them fly—everything just appears, and then is gone, with no 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 and feeling “This isn’t it,” is what we call loneliness. John talks about how our practice asks us, “What’s it like to be alive, to be me? What’s it like to be a tree? A bird? What if I’m a fire? What if I’m river?” My mind and the universe—not much difference.

32' 21"
Video February 25, 2018

This Twilight World of Dreams

Jon Joseph

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

17' 23"
Video January 28, 2018

The Dark Way

John Tarrant

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

19' 3"
Video January 20, 2018
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Video January 20, 2018

Settling into Retreat

Rachel Boughton

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

27' 6"
Video January 20, 2018

Every Action Is a Dharmic Action

David Weinstein

David Weinstein gives a morning talk in Summer Sesshin. Recorded July 17, 2017.

25' 51"
Video January 20, 2018

Precious Inconvenience

John Tarrant

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

7' 53"
Audio November 27, 2017

Amaryllis Plays Bach on Violin

Amaryllis Fletcher

Amaryllis plays Bach on violin during January Sesshin. 2017.

21' 12"
Audio November 27, 2017
54' 19"
Audio November 27, 2017

Give Me the Reaching

John Tarrant

John Tarrant gives a talk during Fall Sesshin: September 21, 2017.

64' 33"
Audio November 27, 2017
47' 55"
Audio November 27, 2017
69' 51"
Audio November 27, 2017

The Phrase Under Your Feet

Steven Grant

Steven Grant gives a talk during Fall Sesshin: September 23, 2017.

25' 33"
Audio November 27, 2017

Call & Response

David Weinstein

David Weinstein gives a talk during Fall Sesshin: September 20, 2017.

47' 55"
Audio November 27, 2017

Every Day is a Good Day

John Tarrant

A student asked Yunmen: ‘I don’t ask you about before the full moon, what about after the full moon teacher?’ Yunmen replied ‘Every day is a good day’. A side story to this koan is that Yunmen was ill when the student came to visit and he was asking him about his health. There is a light which shines through everything: the day, the moment, an illness, even our problems.

54' 45"
Audio November 27, 2017

Finding Your Way in the Dark

Rachel Boughton

Rachel Boughton gives a talk during Fall Sesshin: September 21, 2017.

54' 53"