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Closing Night

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Video October 25, 2023

Fall Retreat: Closing Night – Lost in the Bath Together

John Tarrant, PZI Cantor & Musicians, PZI HOPs, PZI Teachers

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Sixteen Bodhisattvas Take a Bath (BCR78), Who Am I?, Yunmen's Light (BCR86), Yunmen's Midnight
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2023 Fall Retreat, being lost, Closing Night, lostness, September 29 2023, transformation, vessel of practice, vessel of sesshin, Yunmen
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The first phase of practice is being lost—allowing that. You are out of the known territory. It is key to know we don’t control the process. When you are ‘in it,’ don’t try to go beyond it. Enjoy and embrace the lostness. Transformation happens in the vessel. This is why we have a retreat.

40' 51"