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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Gotten Defensive Lately?
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nSansheng asked Xuefeng\, “I’m the Golden Scales who has passed through the net\, but I still haven’t figured out what to eat.”\nXuefeng said\, “I’ll wait for you to come out of the net and then I’ll tell you.”\n“A spiritual friend to 1500 people but you’re still not inside the world of the koans.”\n“Well\, I’m old\, and as head of the temple I have a lot on my mind.” \n—Sansheng’s Golden Scales\, Book of Serenity Case 33 \nThe first thing coming along as I hung out with this koan was Book of Serenity Case 16 with Magu\, Changqing\, and Nanquan. In that koan\, as in this one\, Magu is presenting himself to a teacher for confirmation of his awakening. Magu gets defensive when Nanquan says “Wrong!” to his presentation. He was still trapped in the net. Sansheng also seems to get defensive when Xuefeng implies that he is still in the net. \nIt’s interesting that the commentaries about this koan with Sansheng consider Sansheng and Xuefeng to be equals and that their conversation was a draw: no one lost\, no one won. Sansheng was known to be the sole dharma heir of Linji\, and perhaps he was given the benefit of the doubt that was not given to Magu. \nFor me\, what is alive in the koan is the issue of becoming defensive or not. \nRecently I was contacted by another teacher whose former student is currently working with me. They were concerned about a recent conversation they had had with this student and wanted to check in with me about it. After listening to their concerns\, I found that my impression of the student was different than theirs and I noticed a lack of defensiveness in my response\, that I appreciated. I don’t like conflict and it was interesting to notice that though our opinions differed\, it didn’t feel like a conflict\, and that was nice. \nMaybe that’s what the commentators on this koan were picking up on in the conversation between Xuefeng and Sansheng. \nGotten defensive lately? Or not? \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/tuesday-zen-with-david-weinstein-59/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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SUMMARY:SATURDAY ZEN: For PZI Members – Conversations with David Weinstein
DESCRIPTION:About Saturday Conversations \nDokusan is the Japanese word for these conversations about meditation practice. It means “to go alone” or “to practice alone.” It is to have a conversation so intimate\, that for both participants it is as if you were talking with and listening to yourself. \nThe word “conversation” (in place of the Japanese word dokusan) has its own way of speaking to the experience. \nEtymologically\, it means “to turn around together.” Meditation is often referred to as a turning around of our attention towards the inside. These conversations about meditation practice are an opportunity for a mutual turning the light around and exploring what’s there. \n—David Weinstein \n\nSaturday Conversations with David Weinstein Roshi\nOnline on Zoom from 8–10:00 am Pacific Time\nEvery two weeks \nIf you are a PZI Member and would like to have a conversation with David\,\nbook your 15-minute online meeting for September 20th here. \nDana gratefully accepted \nQuestions? Contact David
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/saturday-zen-for-pzi-members-conversations-with-david-weinstein-29/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:Saturday Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250916T180000
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Throw On Some Clothes!
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nYangshan asked a student\, “Where were you born?”\nThe student said\, “I’m from Yu province.”\n“Do you think about that place?”\n“I’m always thinking about it.”\n\n“That which is able to think is mind. What is thought about is the environment. Within the environment are mountains\, rivers and the great earth\, towers\, terraces\, pavilions\, people\, animals and all kinds of other things. But turn your thought inward to the mind that thinks. Are there lots of things there?”\n\n“When I reach that place inside\, I don’t see anything there.”\n“That’s right when you are at the stage of faith\, but it’s not yet enough for the stage of being human.”\n“Do you have anything else to point out or not?”\n\n“Whether I have something else or not isn’t the issue. When you look inside now\, you see only an undifferentiated darkness. But move around and throw on some clothes and notice yourself doing that.”  \n—Book of Serenity Case 32 \nYangshan saying\, “…but it’s not yet enough for the stage of being human\,” immediately brought in Shishuang’s “Take a step from a 100-foot pole\,” as well as the Hermit of Lotus Blossom Peak’s “It has no power for the way.” \nI appreciate Yangshan’s example of moving around and throwing on some clothes and noticing yourself doing that. Shishuang doesn’t tell us how to take a step off the 100-foot pole; there are no helpful hints. The hermit of Lotus Blossom Peak doesn’t tell us anything about the journey into the 10\,000 peaks. \nYangshan\, together with his teacher Guishan\, founded the Guiyang School: the first of the five schools of Chan. Besides being noted for using esoteric symbols\, his school is also noted for having been a gentler\, kinder style of practicing Chan—not so much yelling or hitting. Yangshan tells us what to do. Nanquan said that ordinary mind is the way; Yangshan is showing us ordinary mind. \nWhat do you notice as you put on your clothes and move around? \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community \n 
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: The Intersectionality of Pillars
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nYunmen said\, “An old Buddha and a pillar intersect with each other.\nWhat number of activity is this?\nHe spoke in their place\,”Clouds rise on South Mountain.\nRain falls on North Mountain.” \n—Book of Serenity Case 31 \nThe first thing to appear alongside this koan was from our PZI Miscellaneous Collection: \nHide in a pillar. \nThen I wondered about the difference between “hide” and “intersect.” There are various translations of the character for “intersect\,” like: \nmerge\nhas intercourse with\nembrace\nmingle\ncross\nhave relations with\ndoes it with\n\nI noticed the translation “merge” felt close to “hide” and different from the others. The other translations didn’t feel as complete as “merge” and “hide.” I looked up the character and found that it was used to describe the intersection of two roads\, and I noticed how that intersection felt close to “hide.” \nThe translation “embrace” reminded me of the koan about Qian and her spirit being separated and how\, at the end of the story\, the two Qians embrace and become one\, and how that feels close to “hide.” \nYunmen’s response about clouds and rain and the association to sexual union felt like that embrace of the two Qians. That moment when there is only one\, and then not even one. \nWhat number of activity is that? \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community \n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/tuesday-zen-with-david-weinstein-61/
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SUMMARY:SATURDAY ZEN: For PZI Members – Conversations with David Weinstein
DESCRIPTION:About Saturday Conversations \nDokusan is the Japanese word for these conversations about meditation practice. It means “to go alone” or “to practice alone.” It is to have a conversation so intimate\, that for both participants it is as if you were talking with and listening to yourself. \nThe word “conversation” (in place of the Japanese word dokusan) has its own way of speaking to the experience. \nEtymologically\, it means “to turn around together.” Meditation is often referred to as a turning around of our attention towards the inside. These conversations about meditation practice are an opportunity for a mutual turning the light around and exploring what’s there. \n—David Weinstein \n\nSaturday Conversations with David Weinstein Roshi\nOnline on Zoom from 8–10:00 am Pacific Time\nEvery two weeks \nIf you are a PZI Member and would like to have a conversation with David\,\nbook your 15-minute online meeting for September 6th here. \nDana gratefully accepted \nQuestions? Contact David
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/saturday-zen-for-pzi-members-conversations-with-david-weinstein-30/
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CATEGORIES:Saturday Conversations
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Will It Be Destroyed or Not?
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nA student asked Dasui\,\n“In the kalpa fire when the universe is completely destroyed\, I’m still wondering\, is there something that won’t be destroyed?”\nDasui said\, “It will be destroyed.”\n“It will follow along with everything else?”\nDasui said\, “It will follow along with everything else.” \nThen the student asked Longji\,\n“In the kalpa fire when the universe is completely destroyed\, I’m still wondering\, is there something that won’t be destroyed?”\nLongji\, replied\, “It won’t be destroyed.”\n“Why not?”\n“Because it’s the same as the universe.” \n–Book of Serenity Case 30 \nAs I spend time with this koan\, I find myself remembering when I began my meditation practice with the Tibetans. How they emphasized the certainty of our death and the uncertainty of when it would happen. There was a meditation that involved visualizing yourself on a train hurtling down the rails towards a bridge that had been washed out. We were told that if we didn’t get scared we weren’t doing it right. \nSounds like Dasui’s “It will be destroyed.” \nWe were also encouraged to meditate as we fell asleep\, as we were told the process of falling asleep is the same as that of dying\, and becoming familiar with it would help us in the transition. \nThat sounds like Longji’s “It won’t be destroyed.” \nAs I understood it\, for the Tibetans\, the best thing we could hope for would be a human rebirth in our next life\, during which we might wake up to the reality of the world. \nWhen the Buddha was asked how long the length of a human life is\, his response was\, “One thought-moment.” (And that there are sixty-four thought-moments in the snap of a finger.) \nMoment after moment we are presented with the opportunity to become familiar with our death: the death of who we think we are\, the death of what we think is right or wrong\, the death of the way we think things are. Being consumed by the kalpa fire moment after moment opens the possibility of appreciating Longji’s “It is not destroyed.” \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community \n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/tuesday-zen-with-david-weinstein-62/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250826T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250826T193000
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Fengxue's Iron Ox
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nFengxue taught\, “When the ancestors make an impression on your mind\, it’s like the working of the Iron Ox. When the impression goes away\, it remains working. If the impression stays\, its working is ruined. Making an impression and not making an impression can both be right only if the impression doesn’t go away and doesn’t stay.” \nAccording to a footnote I have for this koan\, the “Iron Ox” referred to was placed in China’s Yellow River to regulate its flow and minimize damage from flooding. I must admit I’ve never quite understood how that worked\, so when I ran into an alternate possibility of imagining this koan\, I was interested. \nAs it turns out\, there really was an iron ox—originally there were eight of them\, four on each side of the river. They were part of the earliest and longest floating bridge on the Yellow River\, estimated to have been built around 724 A.D. Each ox weighed 70 tons\, was 7 feet high\, 9 feet long\, and 6 feet wide. Each ox had six iron pillars attached at the bottom\, which were 30 feet long and 2 feet in diameter. The pillars were attached at a 45-degree angle\, opening to the front of the ox in such a way so that when the pillars were buried into the ground\, they would prevent the ox from moving due to the pull of the cables supporting the bridge that were wrapped around the ox. After 500 years\, the bridge was destroyed during a war\, but the ox remained on the riverbanks. \nThe I Ching says\, ”The ox is like kun—kun is the earth\, and the earth is better than water.” So\, supported by what the I Ching says about the nature of the ox\, the iron ox on the riverbanks were considered a deterrent to flooding of the Yellow River. \nThough they were not buried at the bottom of the river\, the action of the Iron Ox supporting the bridge was the same. They didn’t move; that was their action: not moving. \nFengxue’s description of the action of the Iron Ox sounds like advice on how to hang out with a koan. When a koan makes an impression on your mind\, don’t move\, don’t do anything\, just let it be. Reminds me of another koan that asks\, “How is it that a fully awakened person cannot lift up their leg\, or say something without moving their lips or tongue?” \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community \n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/tuesday-zen-with-david-weinstein-53/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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SUMMARY:SATURDAY ZEN: For PZI Members – Conversations with David Weinstein
DESCRIPTION:About Saturday Conversations \nDokusan is the Japanese word for these conversations about meditation practice. It means “to go alone” or “to practice alone.” It is to have a conversation so intimate\, that for both participants it is as if you were talking with and listening to yourself. \nThe word “conversation” (in place of the Japanese word dokusan) has its own way of speaking to the experience. \nEtymologically\, it means “to turn around together.” Meditation is often referred to as a turning around of our attention towards the inside. These conversations about meditation practice are an opportunity for a mutual turning the light around and exploring what’s there. \n—David Weinstein \n\nSaturday Conversations with David Weinstein Roshi\nOnline on Zoom from 8–10:00 am Pacific Time\nEvery two weeks \nIf you are a PZI Member and would like to have a conversation with David\,\nbook your 15-minute online meeting for August 23rd here. \nDana gratefully accepted \nQuestions? Contact David
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/saturday-zen-for-pzi-members-conversations-with-david-weinstein-27/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:Saturday Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Filling a Sieve with Water
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nA teacher said\, “It’s like filling a sieve with water.”\nThe student thought about this for some time but didn’t understand.\nThe teacher got a sieve and they went to the sea.\nThe student poured water into the sieve and it poured out again.\n“How do you do it?” she asked.\nThe teacher threw the sieve out into the ocean\, where it floated for a moment and then sank. \nFilling a sieve with water sounds like a task you might encounter in a fairytale. Something along the lines of picking out a wagonload of poppy seeds from black flour dust or telling the king how many hairs he has on his head. \nIn the case of the person assigning such a task in fairy tales and myths\, they do not expect anyone to succeed\, and even hope for failure. \nIn the case of the koan\, inviting someone to fill a sieve with water is suggested knowing that the person can accomplish the task and may even have already accomplished it\, though they don’t know it themselves. \nThat task is our life and we are always living it\, whether we notice it or not. Our life may feel like a sieve full of holes\, as we feel unable to hold onto anything. But not being able to hold onto anything is just the way life is\, the way a sieve cannot hold onto water. \nWe can spend a lot of time trying to plug up the holes of our life/sieve and may even succeed in being able to make it hold water. But then it is no longer a sieve\, and it is no longer life. To fill a sieve with water is to appreciate that like the cracks that let the light in\, holes in a sieve\, in our life\, let the light and life in. \nAnd what about that moment when the sieve floated before it sank? \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community \n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/tuesday-zen-with-david-weinstein-52/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Just Let It Be
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nDaoxin asked Sengcan\, “Please teach me the way of freedom.”\nSengcan asked\, “Who is binding you?”\nDaoxin said\, No one is binding me.”\nSengcan said\, “Then why should you search for freedom?”\nHearing this\, Daoxin had great realization. \nSengcan was the third patriarch of Chan after Bodhidharma\, the first patriarch\, and his student Huike\, the second. Many know the story of Huike cutting off his arm to show his sincerity to Bodhidharma. \nTrust in Mind (the Xinxin Ming) is a well-known composition that begins\, “The great way is not difficult if you just avoid picking and choosing…” and is attributed to Sengcan. \nDaoxin studied with Sengcan for nine years after this exchange about binding. Sengcan acknowledged Daoxin as his successor\, and therefore the fourth patriarch. But\, ask even a longtime Zen practitioner something about the fourth patriarch and more than likely you will get a blank stare in response. \nDaoxin’s realization that he was the one doing the binding—which was keeping him from being free—can be heard echoed in his response to a question about how to become clear. He said: \nDon’t be mindful of the Buddha\,\nDon’t control the mind\,\nDon’t examine the mind\,\nDon’t speculate about the mind\,\nDon’t deliberate\,\nDon’t practice analysis\,\nDon’t become distracted;\nJust let it be.\nDon’t try to get rid of it\,\nDon’t try to make it stay. \nThis very body and mind is always the site of awakening in every step you take. Whatever you do\, wherever you go\, it is all awakening. \n“Just let it be\,” just let your binding be—knowing what you are doing is enough. Anything we “do about it” is just more binding. I can hear this echoed in something Yuanwu said 400 years later: \nLife\, death\, difficulty\, heartache—just let them be and you enter the realm of awakening without leaving the realm of the demon. \nOne of my favorite sakes is called “Demon Slayer\,” but slaying demons is not what this practice is about. Daoxin knew that and taught specific techniques to help. \nSlayed any demons lately? \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community \n 
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SUMMARY:SATURDAY ZEN: For PZI Members – Conversations with David Weinstein
DESCRIPTION:About Saturday Conversations \nDokusan is the Japanese word for these conversations about meditation practice. It means “to go alone” or “to practice alone.” It is to have a conversation so intimate\, that for both participants it is as if you were talking with and listening to yourself. \nThe word “conversation” (in place of the Japanese word dokusan) has its own way of speaking to the experience. \nEtymologically\, it means “to turn around together.” Meditation is often referred to as a turning around of our attention towards the inside. These conversations about meditation practice are an opportunity for a mutual turning the light around and exploring what’s there. \n—David Weinstein \n\nSaturday Conversations with David Weinstein Roshi\nOnline on Zoom from 8–10:00 am Pacific Time\nEvery two weeks \nIf you are a PZI Member and would like to have a conversation with David\,\nbook your 15-minute online meeting for August 9th here. \nDana gratefully accepted \nQuestions? Contact David
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/saturday-zen-for-pzi-members-conversations-with-david-weinstein-26/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:Saturday Conversations
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Huguo’s Three Shames
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nHuguo’s Three Shames \nA monk asked Huguo\, “How about when a crane perches on a withered pine tree?”\nHuguo said\, “It is a shame when seen from the ground.”\n“What about when every drop of water is frozen?”\n“It’s a shame after the sun has risen.”\n“At the time of the persecution of Buddhism\, where were the Dharma Guardian Dieties?”\n“On both sides of the great gate\, they should be ashamed.” \nBook of Serenity Case 28 \n\nThe word “shame” can be used in several ways\, functioning as both a noun and a verb. \nAs a noun: \nA painful feeling of guilt or embarrassment: She felt a deep sense of shame after lying to her friends. \nSomething regrettable or disappointing: It’s a shame that the concert was canceled. \nAs a verb: \nTo force someone to do something through a sense of shame: The parents shamed the child into apologizing. \nTo surpass or outdo someone or something: Her artistic talent put the other students to shame. \nWhich way did “shame” appear to you in the koan? \nFor me it was the “shame” of not taking a step from the hundred foot pole. \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community \n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/tuesday-zen-with-david-weinstein-50/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Fayan's Blinds
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nFayan took the high seat before the midday meal to preach to his assembly.\nRaising his hand he pointed to the bamboo blinds. \nTwo monks went and rolled them up in the same manner.\nFayan said\, “One gains; one loses.” \nWumen’s comment: \nTell me\, which one gained? Which one lost? If you have the eye regarding this\, you will see where Fayan failed. But I must warn you strictly against arguing gain and loss. \nWin\, lose\, right\, wrong\, gain\, loss\, it’s all in the same territory.\nWhat is Fayan doing in that territory\, saying one gains and one loses? Doesn’t he know better? Is that how Fayan failed?\nAssuming he does know better\, what is he talking about then? What if he’s not talking about the two monks? Who else could he be talking about? \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community \n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/tuesday-zen-with-david-weinstein-49/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250726T080000
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SUMMARY:SATURDAY ZEN: For PZI Members – Conversations with David Weinstein
DESCRIPTION:About Saturday Conversations \nDokusan is the Japanese word for these conversations about meditation practice. It means “to go alone” or “to practice alone.” It is to have a conversation so intimate\, that for both participants it is as if you were talking with and listening to yourself. \nThe word “conversation” (in place of the Japanese word dokusan) has its own way of speaking to the experience. \nEtymologically\, it means “to turn around together.” Meditation is often referred to as a turning around of our attention towards the inside. These conversations about meditation practice are an opportunity for a mutual turning the light around and exploring what’s there. \n—David Weinstein \n\nSaturday Conversations with David Weinstein Roshi\nOnline on Zoom from 8–10:00 am Pacific Time\nEvery two weeks \nIf you are a PZI Member and would like to have a conversation with David\,\nbook your 15-minute online meeting for July 26th here.\n \nDana gratefully accepted \nQuestions? Contact David
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/saturday-zen-for-pzi-members-conversations-with-david-weinstein-25/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:Saturday Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250722T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250722T193000
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: What Is the Source of White?
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nYangshan pointed to the statue of a snow lion and asked\,\n“Is there anyone who can go beyond this whiteness?”                                                                                            Yunmen said\, “I’d have immediately knocked it over for him.”\nXuedou said\, “He only explains knocking it over\, he doesn’t explain helping it up.” \n—Book of Serenity Case 26 \nWe met Yangshan in Book of Serenity Case 15\, when he planted his hoe in the ground in response to Guishan’s question about how many people were working in the field. In that koan Yangshan put his hoe over his shoulder and went off to South Mountain to help with the harvest. \nThis reminds me of the comments on the Snow Lion koan from Yunmen and Xuedou. Planting his hoe\, knocking it over\, putting her hoe over her shoulder and going to South Mountain\, helping it up. \nThen there is white—the color of purity\, that single sheet of white silk. Some people try to scrub their mind clean of all thoughts\, believing that is the Way\, eliminating all impurities. But white is not the absence of color\, it is the presence of all colors\, just as the awakened mind is not the absence of thought. \nAnother koan involving Yangshan and his teacher Guishan came to join in the conversation. In that koan Guishan presents Yangshan with the case of someone saying\, “There is only disorderly karmic consciousness and nothing whatsoever to rely on.” We cannot rely on the color white; we must go beyond it. \nTaking a step off a 100-foot pole\, the Hermit of Lotus blossom peak saying\, “It has no power for the Way\,” Zhaozhou’s “I do not abide in clarity\,” and “What is the source of ‘No’?”—these also came along to join in the conversation. \nWhat is the source of white? \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community \n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/tuesday-zen-with-david-weinstein-48/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250715T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250715T193000
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Stop the World!
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nOne day\, Yanguan called to his attendant\, “Bring me the rhinoceros fan.”\nThe attendant said\, “It’s broken.”\nYanguan said\, “If the fan is broken\, bring me the rhinoceros.”\nThe attendant did not answer.\nZifu drew a circle and wrote “rhinoceros” inside it. \nBook of Serenity Case 25\n\nYanguan’s request to have the rhinoceros brought to him stopped the world of his attendant. It’s sort of like being on a playground merry-go-round which suddenly stops\, but the world keeps spinning. I’m reminded of last week’s koan about the turtle-nosed snake and how being bitten by it stops the world. \nImagine someone asking you what your favorite color is and after you tell them\, they say\, “No\, it’s not.” That might stop you or might stop the world—either way. Anything might do it\, be the trigger\, the catalyst; like the sound of a pebble hitting bamboo\, or being told a dog does not have Buddha nature\, or that last step that you forgot was there.  \nOne of my personal favorites is reaching for something that’s not there. It should be there\, it is always there\, I’m sure I put it there\, and in the moment before any thought\, before I start assigning blame\, it’s quiet. \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community \n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/tuesday-zen-with-david-weinstein-47/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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SUMMARY:SATURDAY ZEN: For PZI Members – Conversations with David Weinstein
DESCRIPTION:About Saturday Conversations \nDokusan is the Japanese word for these conversations about meditation practice. It means “to go alone” or “to practice alone.” It is to have a conversation so intimate\, that for both participants it is as if you were talking with and listening to yourself. \nThe word “conversation” (in place of the Japanese word dokusan) has its own way of speaking to the experience. \nEtymologically\, it means “to turn around together.” Meditation is often referred to as a turning around of our attention towards the inside. These conversations about meditation practice are an opportunity for a mutual turning the light around and exploring what’s there. \n—David Weinstein \n\nSaturday Conversations with David Weinstein Roshi\nOnline on Zoom from 8–10:00 am Pacific Time\nEvery two weeks \nIf you are a PZI Member and would like to have a conversation with David\,\nbook your 15-minute online meeting for July 12th here:\n \nhttps://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848A9AD2CA7F4C25-57353693-saturday \nDana gratefully accepted \nQuestions? Contact David
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/saturday-zen-for-pzi-members-conversations-with-david-weinstein-24/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:Saturday Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250708T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250708T193000
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Xuefeng's Turtle-Nosed Snake
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nXuefeng said to the gathering\, “There is a turtle nosed snake on South Mountain.\nAll of you should take a good look.”\nChangqing said\, “There are definitely people in this hall today in danger of losing their lives.”\nYunmen threw his staff in front of Xuefeng and acted as if he were frightened.\nA student told Xuansha about this. Xuansha said\, “Of course\, my brother Changqing sees it like that.\nBut even if he’s right\, I wouldn’t say it that way.”\n“What point would you make?” asked the student.\n“Why bring South Mountain into it?” responded Xuansha. \nPart of another Book of Serenity koan came along as I kept company with this koan about Xuefeng’s turtle-nosed snake.  \nThat koan is Case fifty-six: \nA student asked Qinglin\, “When a student goes along the path\, what about that?”\nQinglin said\, “There’s a poisonous snake on the path.\nI advise the student not to run into it.”\n“What about when the student runs into it?”\n“She must mourn her life.”\n“What about when she doesn’t run into it?”\n“There is no way to avoid it.” \nQinglin advises students to not run into the poisonous snake on the path\, and then says that there is no way to avoid it\, that there’s a koan there for you. Xuefeng advises that we take a good look. I’m thinking that Qinglin’s snake and Xuefeng’s snake are the same snake.  \nIn either case\, we lose our life. Also\, what came along was what is traditionally recited at the end of each evening of a retreat\,  \nLife and death are grave matters\, all things pass quickly away\, always be completely alert\, never neglectful\, never indulgent.  \nWhile awareness of our mortality can focus the mind\, I don’t think that’s what either Xuefeng or Qinglin are talking about. \nThen there is Xuansha’s comment\, “Why bring South Mountain into it?” In my conversations with several people who participated in our last retreat\, they report continuing to feel carried by the retreat since it’s completion nearly two weeks ago.  \nWhy bring the retreat into it?  \nDo you have a ‘South Mountain’? \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community \n 
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LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T193000
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Waiting for the Year of the Donkey
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nWhenever Luzu saw a student coming\, he immediately faced the wall.\nHearing about this\, Nanquan said\, “I usually say to others\, ‘Make what was before the empty eon your own. Grasp the time when the Buddha had not yet come into the world.’ Still\, I can’t get a whole or even a half a person enlightened. If he goes on like that\, he’ll have to wait for the Year of the Donkey.” \n(There is no ‘Year of the Donkey’ in the Chinese calendar)\n\n —Book of Serenity Case 23 \nWhat stands out for me is Nanquan’s “Still\, I can’t get a whole or even a half a person enlightened.” \nNo one can ‘get’ someone enlightened; it is the recognition of something that has already happened\, not a creation of something. We are enlightened from the very beginning. It is a matter of recognizing that\, not making it happen. \nIn that way\, Nanquan and Luzu are saying the same thing. And in a way\, Luzu is making a perfect presentation of what Nanquan is talking about. \nWe don’t face the wall anymore; we face a wall of other faces and discover that they are all ours. \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community \n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/tuesday-zen-with-david-weinstein-45/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250628T080000
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SUMMARY:SATURDAY ZEN: For PZI Members – Conversations with David Weinstein
DESCRIPTION:About Saturday Conversations \nDokusan is the Japanese word for these conversations about meditation practice. It means “to go alone” or “to practice alone.” It is to have a conversation so intimate\, that for both participants it is as if you were talking with and listening to yourself. \nThe word “conversation” (in place of the Japanese word dokusan) has its own way of speaking to the experience. \nEtymologically\, it means “to turn around together.” Meditation is often referred to as a turning around of our attention towards the inside. These conversations about meditation practice are an opportunity for a mutual turning the light around and exploring what’s there. \n—David Weinstein \n\nSaturday Conversations with David Weinstein Roshi\nOnline on Zoom from 8–10:00 am Pacific Time\nEvery two weeks \nIf you are a PZI Member and would like to have a conversation with David\,\nbook your 15-minute online meeting for June 28th here. \nDana gratefully accepted \nQuestions? Contact David
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/saturday-zen-for-pzi-members-conversations-with-david-weinstein-23/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:Saturday Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Yantou’s Shout and Bow – Equanimity 22
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nYantou came to Deshan’s place. With a foot on each side of the threshold\, he asked\, “Is this ordinary? Is this holy?”\nDeshan roared.\nYantou bowed.\nHearing about this\, Dongshan said\, “No one but clear sighted Yantou would have understood that.”\nYantou said\, “That good old boy Dongshan can’t tell good from bad. At that moment\, I raised up with one hand and pressed down with the other.” \nAs I have been keeping company with this koan\, what has arisen is remembering how many times in reading Yamada Roshi’s commentaries\, he takes a jab at his teacher\, Yasutani. Sometimes the jabs go all the way back to Yasutani’s teacher Harada. He is always respectful\, raising up one hand\, but also jabs\, as he presses down with the other hand. \nThere is no bottom to the well that this practice offers us. So not so surprising that a student would surpass their teacher as they press on\, down into the matter of\, “What is this?” It could be said that it is the responsibility of both the teacher and student to make that so. \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community \n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/tuesday-zen-with-david-weinstein-44/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250617T193000
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: ON BREAK
DESCRIPTION:David Weinstein is on break for sesshin. We hope you join us again on June 24th! \n\nEveryone is welcome here no matter how you are feeling\, where you come from\, what you believe.  \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community \n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/tuesday-zen-with-david-weinstein-on-break/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250610T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250610T193000
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Not Knowing Is Most Intimate
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nDizang asked Fayan\, “Where are you going from here?”\nFayan said\, “I’m on pilgrimage.”\n“What sort of thing is pilgrimage?”\n“I don’t know.”\n“Not knowing is most intimate.”\nFayan suddenly had a great awakening. \nThis meeting between Dizang and Fayan occurred while Fayan was on pilgrimage with some of his fellow monks. They were forced to take shelter at Dizang’s monastery due to a sudden snowstorm. When the snow stopped and they were ready to leave\, Dizang asked Fayan the question that opens this koan. \nEvidently\, Fayan’s traveling companions were not as impressed with Dizang’s statement about “not knowing” as Fayan was. They pressed on with their pilgrimage and Fayan chose to stay with Dizang for a while. We are told that Fayan had a great awakening at hearing Dizang’s words and he chose to stay longer\, which says something about there being no end to practice\, even after great awakening. \nDuring his time with Dizang\, when trying to clarify his experience\, Fayan would have a conversation with Dizang\, and all that Dizang would say\, to whatever Fayan brought up\, was that “The teachings are not like that.” Finally\, Fayan decided to leave Dizang and continue on with his pilgrimage. \nOn the day of his departure\, Dizang accompanied Fayan to the gate of the temple. He said\, “I have heard you say many times that everything is in the mind. What about that boulder next to the gate? Is it in the mind also?” Fayan replied\, “Yes\, it is.” To which Dizang said\, “Isn’t it going to be difficult to go on pilgrimage with a boulder in your mind?” At that point\, Fayan had another great awakening experience and decided to stay a bit longer with Dizang. \nAgain\, when Fayan would speak \,with Dizang trying to clarify his understanding\, Dizang would say\, “The teachings are not like that.” Finally\, Fayan came to Dizang and said\, “I have used up everything\, my mind is empty\, I have nothing to say.” At which point Dizang said\, “It is exactly that empty mind in which mountains and rivers and the boulder next to the temple gate appear.” At which point Fayan had another great awakening experience\, taking him deeper into “not knowing being most intimate.” \nLast week’s koan with Yunmen comes to mind. “Not a single thought arising” sounds like\, “not knowing\,” doesn’t it? \nIt is not easy to not know; we must forget what we know and forget that we have forgotten. \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community \n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/tuesday-zen-with-david-weinstein-43/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250603T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250603T193000
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Is Mount Sumeru a Problem or Not?
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nA student asked Yunmen\, “When not one thought arises\, is there a problem or not?”\nYunmen said\, “Mount Sumeru.” \n—Book of Serenity Case 19 \nThe first thing that came along was another koan involving Yunmen: \nOnce Master Yunmen asked\, “What’s wrong with someone who is in the dark about himself?”\nHe answered on behalf of the silent monks\, “That ought not to be a  problem for a great person!”  \nHearing Yunmen reply “Mount Sumeru” to the student’s question\, and knowing that Mount Sumeru is a “wonderfully tall” mountain at the center of the universe\, one might suppose that Yunmen is saying that not having one thought arise is an obstacle as large as Mount Sumeru. Or one might think that it is an achievement as great as Mount Sumeru. \nShortly after that koan about being in the dark about oneself\, another koan with Yunmen came along in which a friend who had been teaching asks his friends how he did. Yunmen’s response was “Barrier!” Is that good? Is that not good? What is Yunmen saying? Is he saying that if you have to ask the question about your teaching then you have the answer? \nFinally\, for no apparent reason\, a koan that used to be part of the miscellaneous collection in Kamakura paid me a visit. \nWhich is taller\, Mount Fuji or Mount Everest? Only a fool would say Mount Everest\, how do you respond? \nSee you on Tuesday. \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community \n 
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LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Are You Hooked on Yes and No?
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nA monk asked Zhaozhou\, “Does the dog have buddha nature or not?”\nZhaozhou replied\, “It has.” \n“Then why is it thrust into that hairy bag?”\n“Because it committed itself intentionally.”\nAnother time a monk asked Zhaozhou\, “Does the dog have buddha nature or not?”\nZhaozhou said\, “It doesn’t.”\n“All beings have buddha nature. How is it that the dog has none?”\n“Because of its inherent karma.” \n—Book of Serenity Case 18 \nPart of a koan that has been spending time with me is the third line of the verse\, “The straight hook seeks fish that turn from life.” \nThe two previous lines are\, “Dog\, buddha nature—yes.” and “Dog\, buddha nature—no.” They are the straight hook. Are you hooked? \nI hear echoes of Magu\, Nanquan and Zhangjing as I am invited to go beyond the place of “right” and “wrong.” Can you hear them? \nI can feel Fayan’s hairsbreadth of difference between “Dog\, buddha nature—yes.” and “Dog\, buddha nature—no.” Can you feel it? \nSee you on Tuesday. \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community \n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/tuesday-zen-with-david-weinstein-41/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:SATURDAY ZEN: For PZI Members – Conversations with David Weinstein
DESCRIPTION:About Saturday Conversations \nDokusan is the Japanese word for these conversations about meditation practice. It means “to go alone” or “to practice alone.” It is to have a conversation so intimate\, that for both participants it is as if you were talking with and listening to yourself. \nThe word “conversation” (in place of the Japanese word dokusan) has its own way of speaking to the experience. \nEtymologically\, it means “to turn around together.” Meditation is often referred to as a turning around of our attention towards the inside. These conversations about meditation practice are an opportunity for a mutual turning the light around and exploring what’s there. \n—David Weinstein \n\nSaturday Conversations with David Weinstein Roshi\nOnline on Zoom from 8–10:00 am Pacific Time\nEvery two weeks \nIf you are a PZI Member and would like to have a conversation with David\,\nbook your 15-minute online meeting for May 24th here. \nDana gratefully accepted \nQuestions? Contact David
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/saturday-zen-for-pzi-members-conversations-with-david-weinstein-21/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:Saturday Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250520T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250520T193000
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Fayan’s Hairsbreadth
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nFayan asked Xiushan\, “‘If there is the tiniest separation\, it’s the distance between heaven and earth.’ How do you understand that?”\nXiushan said\, “If there is the tiniest separation\, it’s the distance between heaven and earth.”\nFayan said\, “If that’s your understanding\, you have not realized it yet.”\nXuishan said\, “It’s like that for me. What is it like for you?”\nFayan said\, “If there is the tiniest separation\, it’s the distance between heaven and earth.”\nXiushan bowed. \n—Book of Serenity Case 17 \nLast week’s koan about Magu comes to mind: There was a hair’s breadth difference between what he presented to Changqing and what he then presented to Nanquan. Then there’s Fayan’s “god of fire seeks fire\,” and how there was a hair’s breadth difference between the way the student said it and how Fayan said it. \nThen there’s Fayan with Dizang and the hair’s breadth difference between Dizang saying\, “The boulder is in the mind\,” and Fayan saying\, “The boulder is in the mind.”  And there’s when Fayan pointed at the blinds and two monks raised them\, and Fayan said\, “One gains\, one loses.” \nThere was a hair’s breadth difference there\, too. \nThen there’s the way my spell-checker kept writing “hair’s breath” instead of “hair’s breadth\,” and the inquiry that ensued. \nSee you on Tuesday. \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community \n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/tuesday-zen-with-david-weinstein-40/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250513T180000
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Magu Circles the Chan Seat
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nMagu\, carrying his staff with metal rings\, went to Changqing. He walked around his Chan seat three times. He shook his staff once\, and stood there looking haughty.\nChangqing said\, “Right\, right!”\nThen Magu went to Nanquan and walked around his Chan seat three times. He shook his staff once\, and stood there looking haughty.\nNanquan said\, “Wrong\, wrong!”\nMagu said\, “Changqing said ‘Right!’ Why do you say\, ‘Wrong!’?”\nNanquan said\, “Changqing is right\, but you are wrong. What you are doing is just spinning in the wind. It will come to nothing in the end.” \n—Book of Equanimity Case 16 \nAs I’ve been spending time with Magu and Changqing and Nanquan\, Juzhi came along to join in. Well\, actually it was more Juzhi’s attendant than Juzhi. But it was also Juzhi who filled in for both Changqing and Nanquan\, though he said\, “wrong” first\, then\, “right.” Whether it’s “right” first or “wrong” first\, either way the point is the same. Then Fayan came along with the God of Fire seeking fire. Another case where “wrong” came first. \nI’ve had my own experience where “wrong” came first. I’ll be talking about that and connecting the dots between these other koans on Tuesday. \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community \n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/tuesday-zen-with-david-weinstein-39/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250510T080000
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SUMMARY:SATURDAY ZEN: For PZI Members – Conversations with David Weinstein
DESCRIPTION:About Saturday Conversations \nDokusan is the Japanese word for these conversations about meditation practice. It means “to go alone” or “to practice alone.” It is to have a conversation so intimate\, that for both participants it is as if you were talking with and listening to yourself. \nThe word “conversation” (in place of the Japanese word dokusan) has its own way of speaking to the experience. \nEtymologically\, it means “to turn around together.” Meditation is often referred to as a turning around of our attention towards the inside. These conversations about meditation practice are an opportunity for a mutual turning the light around and exploring what’s there. \n—David Weinstein \n\nSaturday Conversations with David Weinstein Roshi\nOnline on Zoom from 8–10:00 am Pacific Time\nEvery two weeks \nIf you are a PZI Member and would like to have a conversation with David\,\nbook your 15-minute online meeting for May 10th here. \nDana gratefully accepted \nQuestions? Contact David
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/saturday-zen-for-pzi-members-conversations-with-david-weinstein-20/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:Saturday Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250506T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250506T193000
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Yangshan Plants His Hoe
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nGuishan asked Yangshan\, “Where have you come from?”\nYangshan said\, “I’ve come from the fields.”\n“How many people are in the fields?”\nYangshan planted his hoe in the ground and stood with his hands clasped.\nGuishan said\, “Lots of people are cutting water mallows on South Mountain.”\nYangshan picked up his hoe and left. \n—Book of Serenity Case 15 \n“Where have you come from?” is a frequently asked question in koans. Sometimes it seems like the teacher just wants to know where the person came from and sometimes the teacher seems to want to know something deeper than that. How do you tell the difference? In this conversation between Guishan and Yangshan neither of them seems to have any difficulty in knowing which is which. As a matter of fact\, they were so much on the same page that they co founded the first of the five houses of Chan of the Tang Dynasty. \nBeing able to flow back-and-forth seamlessly between form and emptiness is the integration of practice into our lives. As is Yangshan’s picking up his hoe and going to South Mountain. \nWhat is your hoe? What is your South Mountain? \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community \n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/tuesday-zen-with-david-weinstein-38/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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