BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Pacific Zen Institute - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.pacificzen.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Pacific Zen Institute
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Los_Angeles
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20240310T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20241103T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20250309T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20251102T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20260308T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20261101T090000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250722T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250722T193000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250530T151438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250719T140901Z
UID:10002078-1753207200-1753212600@www.pacificzen.org
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/snow-lion500.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250715T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250715T193000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250530T151400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250711T182518Z
UID:10002077-1752602400-1752607800@www.pacificzen.org
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/playground-merry-go-round500.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250712T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250712T100000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250530T152026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250704T141638Z
UID:10002084-1752307200-1752314400@www.pacificzen.org
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Buddha-laying-down.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250708T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250708T193000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250530T151319Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250704T042735Z
UID:10002076-1751997600-1752003000@www.pacificzen.org
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 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/tuesday-zen-with-david-weinstein-46/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/snake_500x375.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T193000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250530T151230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250627T175434Z
UID:10002075-1751392800-1751398200@www.pacificzen.org
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Pixel-face_500x375.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250628T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250628T100000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250415T213558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250621T185944Z
UID:10002050-1751097600-1751104800@www.pacificzen.org
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Buddha-laying-down.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250624T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250624T193000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250415T213046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250621T190918Z
UID:10002046-1750788000-1750793400@www.pacificzen.org
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/bow500.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250617T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250617T193000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250415T213158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250415T213158Z
UID:10002045-1750183200-1750188600@www.pacificzen.org
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/wooden-bucketCALENDAR500x350.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250610T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250610T193000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250415T213010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250606T131704Z
UID:10002044-1749578400-1749583800@www.pacificzen.org
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/boulder_500x375.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250603T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250603T193000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250415T212930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250530T145721Z
UID:10002043-1748973600-1748979000@www.pacificzen.org
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 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/tuesday-zen-with-david-weinstein-42/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/MountSumeru_500x375.jpeg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250527T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250527T193000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250415T212841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250522T201141Z
UID:10002042-1748368800-1748374200@www.pacificzen.org
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Straight-hook500.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250524T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250524T100000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250415T213433Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250516T162005Z
UID:10002048-1748073600-1748080800@www.pacificzen.org
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Buddha-laying-down.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250520T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250520T193000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250415T212803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250516T165923Z
UID:10002041-1747764000-1747769400@www.pacificzen.org
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Pens1.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250513T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250513T193000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250415T212719Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250508T195156Z
UID:10002040-1747159200-1747164600@www.pacificzen.org
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/right-vs-wrong500.jpeg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250510T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250510T100000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250415T213411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T211821Z
UID:10002047-1746864000-1746871200@www.pacificzen.org
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Buddha-laying-down.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250506T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250506T193000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250415T212635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250502T124556Z
UID:10002039-1746554400-1746559800@www.pacificzen.org
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/hoeinsoil.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250429T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250429T193000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250130T182438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T202716Z
UID:10001991-1745949600-1745955000@www.pacificzen.org
SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Attendant Huo Offers Tea
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nDeshan’s attendant\, Shoukuo\, asked\, “All the sages from the beginning of time—where have they gone?\nDeshan replied\, “What? What?”\nShoukuo said\, “I gave an order for a racehorse\, but a lame tortoise stuck its head out.”\nDeshan let it rest.\nThe next day\, when Deshan came out of his bath\, Huo brought him tea.\nDeshan patted him once on the back.\nShoukuo said\, “This old guy has begun to get a glimpse of the territory.”\nAgain Deshan was silent. \n—Book of Serenity Case 14 \nThis is the last story in a collection of koans about Deshan\, and we are told that he is old and near death. This time he is in a very different place than when we first met him as a scholar of the Diamond Sutra\, pulling a cart filled with his commentaries behind him. \nFull of pride about his knowledge\, he heads south to straighten out the Chan practitioners who don’t seem to appreciate the sutras the way he does. In the first of these koans\, he is put in his place by the woman who sells him tea and cakes\, which knocks some of the wind out of his sails. Then he is plunged into darkness by the Zen teacher to whom this “tea lady” has referred him. He appreciates the error of his ways\, burns all of his commentaries\, and sets out to meet other Chan teachers. Though\, having had an awakening experience\, he is still filled with pride and hubris. \nIn one of his next encounters\, Deshan enters a meditation hall carrying his pilgrim’s bundle\, an improvement over pulling a cart full of his commentaries. But he is still carrying something that needs to be put down. He ignores the teacher sitting in the hall and walks from one side to the other saying\, “There is nothing\, no one\,” and then walks out. Upon reaching the temple gate\, he reconsiders his actions and goes back into the hall\, bows to the teacher\, then yells and walks out again. \nYou might wonder how he could behave that way after having an awakening experience. There is a story about Sigmund Freud that comes to mind where he was asked how someone who had completed analysis could still be a jerk. Freud’s response was “They are a well-analyzed jerk.” In the case of Deshan I suppose we could say he was an enlightened jerk. In that way\, his is a cautionary tale about getting stuck in the emptiness of an awakening experience. \nIn another story about Deshan\, which happens later in his life\, he is again carrying something: this time\, his bowls. He arrives too early for the temple meal and is chided by the cook. Saying nothing\, he turns around and returns to his room. In that story\, as in the current story\, he is older and has integrated his awakening more\, and in both stories he responds by saying nothing. \nIn that story we are told that he did not know “the last word of Zen\,” but at the end of the story we learn that his talk had been different than any talk he had ever given. \nIn this way the stories of Deshan show us how an awakening experience matures\, how a teacher matures\, and continues to mature\, throughout the course of their life of having a meditation practice. It is not a one-and-done process\, but rather a lifetime practice that never stops deepening. \nAs is said about Oakland\, it can be said about awakening: there is no there\, there. It is always here\, here. \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-37/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Offering-tea_500x375.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250426T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250426T100000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250130T183918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250418T144216Z
UID:10001996-1745654400-1745661600@www.pacificzen.org
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 April 26th here. \nDana gratefully accepted \nQuestions? Contact David
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/saturday-zen-for-pzi-members-conversations-with-david-weinstein-18/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:Saturday Conversations
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Buddha-laying-down.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250422T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250422T193000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250130T182347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250418T145008Z
UID:10001990-1745344800-1745350200@www.pacificzen.org
SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Linji’s Blind Donkey – Equanimity #13
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nWhen Linji was about to die\, he gave this direction to Sansheng: “After my death\, don’t extinguish the eye treasure of my true teaching.”\nSansheng said\, “Who would dare to destroy the treasury of your true dharma eye?”\n“If someone asks you\, how will you answer?”\nSansheng shouted.\nLinji said\, “Who’d have thought that the treasury of my true teaching would be extinguished by this blind donkey?” \nIt might be jet lag\, but as I’ve been spending some time with this koan the first thing that came was the image that I used for another koan involving a donkey. In that koan\, two friends are discussing their practice and one says his practice is like when a donkey sees a well. The other friend says that his practice is like when a well sees the donkey. I’m thinking that when the well sees the donkey\, the donkey is blind. Then another koan came along that’s in our miscellaneous collection\, which invites us to extinguish the fire across the river. Then another koan in the miscellaneous collection came along which invites us to extinguish a star. And with those two koans paying a visit\, extinguishing Linji’s teaching revealed other facets. \nThen there’s that question that Linji asked Sansheng and how he would respond to it if asked by someone. But what is that question? That’s a good question. \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-36/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Donkey-sees-a-well500.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250415T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250415T193000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250130T182251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250410T223004Z
UID:10001989-1744740000-1744745400@www.pacificzen.org
SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Dizang Saves the World
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nDizang asked Master Xiushan\, “Where do you come from?”\nXiushan replied\, “I come from the South.”\n“What’s Buddhism like in the South these days?”\n“We take it seriously and talk about it a lot.”\n“That’s not as good as planting this field and pounding rice to make food.”\n“What does that have to do with saving the world?\nDizang said “What are you calling the world?” \nDizang is the teacher who told Fayan that not knowing is most intimate. I hear Dizang talking about the intimacy of not knowing what the world is\, and also not knowing what saving the world is. \nAs I write this I am sitting in Hakone\, Japan\, at a hot spring hotel. I am here with my Japanese wife\, and my sister and brother-in-law who have never been to Japan. I have accompanied people visiting Japan for the first time and found that I saw things through their fresh eyes\, things that I’d stopped seeing\, having lived in Japan for seven years and visited annually over the last thirty-five. \nMy wife Sarasa also looked forward to introducing her country and customs to our guests. In a sense\, “saving” them during their first and perhaps only visit to Japan. \nOne thing she looked most forward to was introducing them to the pleasures of soaking in hot spring water. However\, my brother-in-law had lost his left leg below the knee in a work accident. He has a prosthetic that can’t get wet and he didn’t have crutches. \nI’ve never seen a person whose leg is missing have a bath at a hot spring. It’s interesting\, that in Japan\, where they take much better care of their elders and disabled than we do\, there are no accommodations. \nAs for my sister\, she had no interest in getting naked with a bunch of strangers\, perhaps not even with my wife. They also had little interest in Japanese history\, so visiting temples and shrines and other “must do\, must see” things we had wanted them to experience were not high on their list of things to see and do\, which was a little hard at first. \nBut I noticed that what seemed to interest them more were more mundane things. \nMy brother-in-law\, who works in construction\, was fascinated with the construction techniques he was seeing here. He was impressed by the level of cleanliness maintained even in areas where heavy machinery was operating\, not to mention the overall lack of litter. It gives him an appreciation for the attention to detail in Japanese culture that others might find in Tea Ceremony or another traditional art. \nAs an ex-fireman\, he smiled and nodded when he realized that the fire hydrants were buried underground\, marked by tall red poles topped with metal signs. It made complete sense to him as something one would do in a country the size of the Pacific West Coast\, with half the population of the U.S.\, and 75% of the land too mountainous for buildings. He very much appreciated the way manhole covers were works of art usually related to the town’s location or primary product. \nThey found a first encounter with a Japanese 7-11 fascinating\, seeing new offerings like fried burdock root chips and spaghetti sandwiches. There were also the two basements of the Mitsukoshi Department Store\, founded in 1673 by a kimono fabric merchant who introduced labelled pricing\, selling customers whatever length of fabric they wanted. We wound our way up and down every aisle on each floor\, sampling delicacies and resisting the temptation to buy just about everything. \nAfter viewing the cherry blossoms at Ueno Park\, we spent some time sitting in an outdoor café. As it happened\, the table in front of us was occupied by three young Japanese\, two women and a man. It was hard not to overhear their conversation\, which revealed that what we were witnessing was the introduction of two people by a mutual friend as potential partners for each other. My sister and brother-in-law were fascinated as my wife and I told them what was going on. That led to a deep conversation about Japanese culture\, more satisfying for all of us than any of our temple visits. \nAs we have learned to “not know” how to “save” their first visit to Japan\, we are “saving” their first visit to Japan\, as well as our own visit. \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-35/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Manhole500.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250412T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250412T100000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250130T183826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T170636Z
UID:10001995-1744444800-1744452000@www.pacificzen.org
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 April 12th here. \nDana gratefully accepted \nQuestions? Contact David
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/saturday-zen-for-pzi-members-conversations-with-david-weinstein-17/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:Saturday Conversations
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Buddha-laying-down.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250408T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250408T193000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250313T180749Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250330T140859Z
UID:10002026-1744135200-1744140600@www.pacificzen.org
SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: ON BREAK
DESCRIPTION:David is not teaching today\, but will return on April 15th. We hope you join us then! \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-guest-host-michael-wilding-2/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/wooden-bucketCALENDAR500x350.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250401T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250401T193000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250313T180540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250330T140942Z
UID:10002027-1743530400-1743535800@www.pacificzen.org
SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: ON BREAK
DESCRIPTION:David is not teaching today\, but will return on April 15th. We hope you join us then! \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-guest-host-michael-wilding/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/wooden-bucketCALENDAR500x350.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250329T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250329T100000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250130T183402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T170631Z
UID:10001994-1743235200-1743242400@www.pacificzen.org
SUMMARY:ON BREAK — SATURDAY ZEN: For PZI Members – Conversations with David Weinstein
DESCRIPTION:David Weinstein is not meeting today\, but will return on April 12th. We hope you sign up then!\n\nAbout 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 \nDana gratefully accepted \nQuestions? Contact David
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/saturday-zen-for-pzi-members-conversations-with-david-weinstein-16/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:Saturday Conversations
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/wooden-bucketCALENDAR500x350.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250325T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250325T193000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250130T181950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250313T180357Z
UID:10001986-1742925600-1742931000@www.pacificzen.org
SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with Guest Host Michael Wilding
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\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-34/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/michaelWilding-HeadshotBW-cropped.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250318T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250318T193000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250130T181733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250313T183021Z
UID:10001985-1742320800-1742326200@www.pacificzen.org
SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Nanquan's Cat – Equanimity Case 9
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nOne day at Nanquan’s\, students of the eastern and western halls were arguing over a cat. Nanquan held up the cat and said\, “If you can say something\, I won’t kill it.” No one could speak\, so Nanquan cut the cat in two.\n                                                                                                          \n That evening\, Zhaozhou returned from a trip and Nanquan brought up what had happened. Zhaozhou took off his sandals\, put them on top of his head\, and walked out. Nanquan said\, “If you had been here\, you’d have saved the cat.” \n—Book of Serenity Case 9 \nWhat came to me as I started keeping company with this koan was the first precept about killing. I can’t think of any other koans in which something is literally killed. Lots of people experience the “great death\,” “killed” by their teacher’s words or actions\, but none literally: It is their relationship to their ideas about themselves and the world that gets killed. \nI did come across a story about an old teacher named Chan Master Fori\, also known as Dahui\, who is credited with innovating the koan meditation practice. So\, a well known and respected teacher. The name “Fori” was given to him by the Emperor in recognition of his excellence as a teacher\, and it means “Buddha Sun.” \nFori was having tea with a group when he saw a cat coming\, and tossed a dove from his sleeve\, giving it to the cat\, which took it and went away. Fori said\, “Excellent!” It’s not exactly the same as Nanquan killing the cat\, but… \nWhat came next to keep me company is a story from the Bible called The Judgment of Solomon\, in which Solomon rules with two women who both claim to be the mother of a child. Solomon orders the baby to be cut in half\, with each woman to receive one half. The first accepts the compromise as fair\, but the second begs Solomon to give the baby to her rival\, preferring the baby to live\, even without her. Solomon orders the baby given to the second woman\, her love being selfless\, as opposed to the first woman’s selfish disregard for the baby’s actual wellbeing. \nWe don’t know exactly what the monks were arguing about in regards to that cat. It would be easy to assume\, since they were monks from different halls\, that they were arguing about where the cat belonged—perhaps they had a mouse problem. \nSome commentators note that monastic communities of the time were divided into two parts. One part devoted themselves to meditation and formal traditional spiritual practice and the other worked to support the monastery as their main practice\, in the fields and in the kitchens. As you might imagine\, they could have different ideas about what “practice” was. Perhaps they were arguing about whether the cat had Buddha nature or not. Whatever they were arguing about doesn’t matter\, really. What matters is that they could not respond. \nHave you ever found yourself in a situation where you couldn’t respond? This koan is an opportunity to look into that. The stakes don’t have to be as high as the life or death of a cat to create a situation in which we get stuck. \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-33/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nanquans-cat500.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250315T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250315T100000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250306T190739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250306T190850Z
UID:10002024-1742025600-1742032800@www.pacificzen.org
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 March 15th here. \nDana gratefully accepted \nQuestions? Contact David
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/saturday-zen-for-pzi-members-conversations-with-david-weinstein-19/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:Saturday Conversations
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Buddha-laying-down.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250311T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250311T193000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250130T181633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250307T212510Z
UID:10001984-1741716000-1741721400@www.pacificzen.org
SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Baizhang’s Fox
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nThere is a fine line between observing the self\, selfing the self and dissociation. Basically\, in dissociation there is a lack of connection and there lies the difference. Observing the mind in meditation enhances connection\, it does not sever it. \nIt is a common mistake to imagine that meditation leads to a state of serenity in all situations. What meditation does lead us to is being more who we really are and there is a certain equanimity that comes with that. In this koan\, the old man is suffering from the belief that it is possible to sever the chains of karma. That it is possible to always move through life with serenity\, unaffected by the world around him. \nUpon closer observation\, over a long time—five hundred lifetimes\, the story tells us—he comes to notice the cost of his belief and instead of leaving\, as he has done so many times before\, he stays. He stays after the talk\, and he stays in his life\, just as it is\, just as he is and he discovers freedom. \nWhat do you notice when you stay and don’t leave? What do you notice when you leave? \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-32/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/snowyfox500.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250304T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250304T193000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250130T181517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250306T175151Z
UID:10001983-1741111200-1741116600@www.pacificzen.org
SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Equanimity Case 7 – Yaoshan Ascends the Rostrum
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nYaoshan hadn’t given a talk for a long time. The Administrator of the temple said\,\n“Everyone has been anxious for instruction for quite a while. Please\, will you give a teaching?”\nYaoshan called for the bell and everyone gathered. He climbed up to the seat.\nThen\, after a long time\, he climbed down and returned to his quarters.\nThe Administrator followed after him and asked\, “You agreed to give a teaching\nfor everyone; why didn’t you say a single word?”\nYaoshan said\, “For sutras\, there are sutra specialists. For commentaries\, there are\ncommentary specialists. What do you want from me?”\n\n—Book of Serenity Case 7 \nIn the first case of Equanimity we had the Buddha ascending the rostrum\, now we have Yaoshan ascending the rostrum in the same way. Is the repetition just in case we didn’t get it the first time? Either Hongzhi\, who originally collected the koans\, or Wansong\, who took Hongzhi’s collection and added commentary\, chose to give these two cases the same name\, except for the name of the protagonist. They must have appreciated that the same point was being made and at the same time recognized that something different was being offered in the case of Yaoshan. \nWith Yaoshan we have the conversation that happens after he descends from the rostrum and that’s where my attention went. Then a story about Yaoshan and his teacher Shitou joined in the conversation. That story goes like this: \nOne day Shitou came upon Yaoshan sitting in the garden. He asked Yaoshan what he was doing and Yaoshan said\, “I’m not doing anything.” To which Shitou replied\, “Why are you sitting here wasting time?” Yaoshan replied\, “If I was wasting time\, then I’d be doing something.” Shitou then said\, “What is this ‘not doing anything’ that you’re talking about?” Yaoshan said\, “Not even the 10\,000 sages know.”\n\nIn the koan that we kept company with before this one\, it was elder brother Hai who said he didn’t know\, placing himself firmly in the ranks of the 10\,000 sages. \nAs to what Yaoshan’s specialty was\, it seems obvious\, it was “not doing anything.” \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-31/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Rostrum500.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250301T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250301T100000
DTSTAMP:20260426T033438
CREATED:20250130T183255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250214T170223Z
UID:10001993-1740816000-1740823200@www.pacificzen.org
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 March 1st here. \nDana gratefully accepted \nQuestions? Contact David
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/saturday-zen-for-pzi-members-conversations-with-david-weinstein-15/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:Saturday Conversations
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Buddha-laying-down.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR