Welcome to the PZI KALPA Library

KALPA—Koans And Liberation Project Archive—the online Zen koan library of Pacific Zen Institute, was conceived as a way of providing a wider circle for today’s far-flung seekers to sit together, to enter the same timeless questions, and to receive the teachings. 

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The Red Thread
March 29, 2023 Audios 74′ 35″

The Red Thread

The red thread holds all the great forces, the fraught encounters, and intense relationships with people. Why are we so…
connection family
The Red Thread
March 29, 2023 Audios 74′ 35″
connection family

The Red Thread

The red thread holds all the great forces, the fraught encounters, and intense relationships with people. Why are we so entangled?
The Red Thread
March 26, 2023 Dharma Talks 74′ 35″

The Red Thread

The red thread holds all the great forces, the fraught encounters, and intense relationships with people. Why are we so…
connection control
The Red Thread
March 26, 2023 Dharma Talks 74′ 35″
connection control

The Red Thread

The red thread holds all the great forces, the fraught encounters, and intense relationships with people. Why are we so entangled? Will we find a place of ease and peace…
In the Family of Things
August 22, 2021 Audios 71′ 59″

In the Family of Things

The small self is always trying to hold off the world. But we are really a kind of flow. We…
empty nature family
In the Family of Things
August 22, 2021 Audios 71′ 59″
empty nature family

In the Family of Things

The small self is always trying to hold off the world. But we are really a kind of flow. We feel the warm empathy at the bottom of all things.…
Layman Pang Falls Down
March 30, 2020 Audios 69′ 25″

Layman Pang Falls Down

Layman Pang and his daughter Lingzhao fall down for different reasons in this koan. Tess leads the group through a…
falling family
Layman Pang Falls Down
March 30, 2020 Audios 69′ 25″
falling family

Layman Pang Falls Down

Layman Pang and his daughter Lingzhao fall down for different reasons in this koan. Tess leads the group through a meditation and talk on how the koan entered her life,…