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SUMMARY:PZI Great Summer Sesshin in Session
DESCRIPTION:Great Summer Sesshin Is in Session\nMountain Flowers Bloom Like Brocade\, Valley Streams Are Deepest Indigo \nDAY SIX \nIn Person with John Tarrant & PZI Teachers\nMount Madonna in California \nJune 16–22\, 2025
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/pzi-25-summer-sesshin-in-session6/
LOCATION:Mount Madonna Center\, 445 Summit Road\, Watsonville\, CA\, 95076\, United States
CATEGORIES:PZI Retreats,Sesshin
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SUMMARY:PZI Great Summer Sesshin in Session
DESCRIPTION:Great Summer Sesshin Is in Session\nMountain Flowers Bloom Like Brocade\, Valley Streams Are Deepest Indigo \nDAY FIVE \nIn Person with John Tarrant & PZI Teachers\nMount Madonna in California \nJune 16–22\, 2025
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/pzi-25-summer-sesshin-in-session5/
LOCATION:Mount Madonna Center\, 445 Summit Road\, Watsonville\, CA\, 95076\, United States
CATEGORIES:PZI Retreats,Sesshin
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250619T203000
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SUMMARY:PZI Great Summer Sesshin in Session
DESCRIPTION:Great Summer Sesshin Is in Session\nMountain Flowers Bloom Like Brocade\, Valley Streams Are Deepest Indigo \nDAY FOUR \nIn Person with John Tarrant & PZI Teachers\nMount Madonna in California \nJune 16–22\, 2025
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/pzi-25-summer-sesshin-in-session4/
LOCATION:Mount Madonna Center\, 445 Summit Road\, Watsonville\, CA\, 95076\, United States
CATEGORIES:PZI Retreats,Sesshin
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250618T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250618T203000
DTSTAMP:20260424T173407
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SUMMARY:PZI Great Summer Sesshin in Session
DESCRIPTION:Great Summer Sesshin Is in Session\nMountain Flowers Bloom Like Brocade\, Valley Streams Are Deepest Indigo \nDAY THREE \nIn Person with John Tarrant & PZI Teachers\nMount Madonna in California \nJune 16–22\, 2025
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/pzi-25-summer-sesshin-in-session3/
LOCATION:Mount Madonna Center\, 445 Summit Road\, Watsonville\, CA\, 95076\, United States
CATEGORIES:PZI Retreats,Sesshin
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250617T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250617T203000
DTSTAMP:20260424T173407
CREATED:20250616T121706Z
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SUMMARY:PZI Great Summer Sesshin in Session
DESCRIPTION:Great Summer Sesshin Is in Session\nMountain Flowers Bloom Like Brocade\, Valley Streams Are Deepest Indigo \nDAY TWO \nIn Person with John Tarrant & PZI Teachers\nMount Madonna in California \nJune 16–22\, 2025
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/pzi-25-summer-sesshin-in-session2/
LOCATION:Mount Madonna Center\, 445 Summit Road\, Watsonville\, CA\, 95076\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Retreat,PZI Retreats,Sesshin
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250616T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250622T120000
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SUMMARY:Great Summer Sesshin: Mountain Flowers Bloom Like Brocade\, Valley Streams Are Deepest Indigo
DESCRIPTION:CLOSED\n\n2025 Great Summer Sesshin:\nMountain Flowers Bloom Like Brocade\,\nValley Streams Are Deepest Indigo.\nIn Person with John Tarrant\, Allison Atwill\, Tess Beasley\, Jon Joseph\, Michelle Riddle\, and David Weinstein\nMount Madonna Center\nin Northern California\nJune 16th–22nd\, 2025 \n\nA student asked Dalong\, “The physical body decays. What is the pure everlasting body?”\nDalong said: “Mountain flowers bloom like brocade\, valley streams are deepest indigo.” \n“You too must get here personally.” \nThe pure everlasting body—that’s just you\, wondering about your life.\nEmpires rise and fall\, car manufacturers too\, bank accounts\, beautiful hand fish that walk on their fins in shallow waters are leaving us\, and god knows what the market is doing\,\nbut still we are free—\nWe were born into Buddha Nature\nWe take refuge in the enduring reality. \nLife after life\, I’ve listened to the rain\,\nIn New York\, Kyoto\, Hobart.\nIf you ask me what I’m doing—no one is listening\, it’s just “drip drip drip” \nThis sesshin all of us will be saved. \n—John Tarrant \n \n\n\nOur Summer Sesshin: \nThere will be personal interviews and deep meditation\, teaching talks and some conversations\, old friends and new\, brilliant teachers\, music\, great enlightenment\, mistakes\, and delight. \nWith PZI Teachers: John Tarrant\, Allison Atwill\, Tess Beasley\, Jon Joseph\, Michelle Riddle\, and David Weinstein. \nHead of Practice: Jan Brogan\nTimekeeper: Marion Power \nThis is an extended 7-day & 6-night in-person gathering beginning Monday June 16th at 7:30 pm\, and completing Sunday June 22nd at 12:00 pm. \n\n\n\n \nMount Madonna Center in Northern California\n445 Summit Rd\,\nWatsonville\, CA 95076 \n\nRetreat registration includes room and board as well as free access to morning meditations in the PZI Summer Open Temple. \nMount Madonna Center provides vegetarian/vegan meals during sesshin. \nGetting There: For those flying to sesshin\, please review Mount Madonna’s guide on getting to the Center here. Shuttles and rideshares may be available. To coordinate\, please contact our transportation liaison Donna asap. \n*Please Note: Those registering for a campsite or either the single or double cabin options will require a short\, somewhat steep\, walk to the zendo\, dining hall\, and bathrooms. Camping gear is not provided. \nPZI Members: If you want to attend and are in need\, please don’t hesitate to request financial aid through a PZI Scholarship. Contact our registrar Lora for scholarship and any other retreat questions. \nNot a member? Join us! \n\n*Registration closes June 12th.\n*Partial refunds will be accepted until June 6th.\n*Full cancellation policy may be seen here. \n\nSingle Room with Private Bathroom — PZI Member: $2964 — Non-Member: $3064 \nSingle Room with Shared Bathroom — PZI Member: $2604 — Non-Member: $2704 \nDouble Room with Private Bathroom — PZI Member: $2109 — Non-Member: $2209 \nDouble Room with Shared Bathroom — PZI Member: $1794 — Non-Member: $1894 \nShared Room (Up to 3–4 people with Common Bathroom) — PZI Member: $1454 — Non-Member: $1554 \n*Campsite (Car or Tent) — PZI Member: $1194 — Non-Member $1294 \n*Single Cabin with Shared Bathroom — PZI Member: $2424 — Non-Member: $2524 (AT CAPACITY) \n*Double Cabin with Shared Bathroom — PZI Member: $1734 — Non-Member: $1834 (AT CAPACITY) \n\nJoin us for our yearly summer sesshin\, a time to sit together in silence in the companionship of wonder. \n \nSummer Sesshin is our major gathering for the year. We meet and sit together. There will be ceremonies and sutras and teachings and also deep and marvelous silence. \nJoin us\, join us! \n—John Tarrant
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/great-summer-sesshin-mountain-flowers-bloom-like-brocade-valley-streams-are-deepest-indigo/
LOCATION:Mount Madonna Center\, 445 Summit Road\, Watsonville\, CA\, 95076\, United States
CATEGORIES:PZI Retreats,Sesshin
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250616T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250616T203000
DTSTAMP:20260424T173407
CREATED:20250616T121640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250616T121640Z
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SUMMARY:PZI Great Summer Sesshin in Session
DESCRIPTION:Great Summer Sesshin Is in Session\nMountain Flowers Bloom Like Brocade\, Valley Streams Are Deepest Indigo \nOPENING NIGHT \nIn Person with John Tarrant & PZI Teachers\nMount Madonna in California \nJune 16–22\, 2025
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/pzi-25-summer-sesshin-in-session/
LOCATION:Mount Madonna Center\, 445 Summit Road\, Watsonville\, CA\, 95076\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Retreat,PZI Retreats,Sesshin
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250608T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250608T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T173407
CREATED:20250415T210637Z
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with John Tarrant & Friends: He Finds Himself in a Stone Crypt
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nPlants grow when I’m sleeping\, perhaps awakening does\, too. \nEveryone has their own predicament\, and—who knows? \nLet’s start with being a body in pain; the body has its own trajectory. \nWhat does it mean to turn towards the unsympathetic moment? \nThat’s what enlightenment is\, too\, a moment unsympathetic to everything previously understood. \nJoin us on Sunday. \n—John Tarrant \n\n\n\n \nMeditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong\, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you\, for doors to open by themselves\, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead. \n\n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-62/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250601T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250601T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T173407
CREATED:20250415T210632Z
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SUMMARY:Sunday Zen with John Tarrant & Friends: When Useless Things Don’t Stick in the Mind
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nSpring comes with its flowers\, autumn with the moon.\nSummer with breezes\, winter with the snow\,\nwhen useless things don’t cloud the mind\nthat is the good season. \n(Wumen’s Verse) \nThis raises the question about what should stick in the mind? \nThe Blue Cliff Record starts with\, “Knock on any door; someone will answer.” \nThe irises dying\, the dahlias not yet arrived—is this our moment of beauty? \nThe idea is that you can enter from anywhere—a child’s eyes\, a single leaf falling\, a feeling in your own heart. \nWhatever appears is a door. \nDeparting spring\,\nbirds cry out\ntears in the eyes of fish \n(Basho) \n—John Tarrant \n\n\n\n \nMeditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong\, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you\, for doors to open by themselves\, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead. \n\n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-61/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250525T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250525T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T173407
CREATED:20250415T210627Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250527T002053Z
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SUMMARY:Sunday Zen with John Tarrant & Friends: Calming the Mind\, Protecting the Mind\, Trusting the Mind
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nIf you try to calm the mind\, you just make waves. If you don’t practice\, well you are just lost in Delusionville. What to do? \nChangqing Da’an said\, “I lived with Guishan for more than thirty years. I ate Guishan’s food\, I shat Guishan’s shit\, but I didn’t study Guishan’s Zen. All I did was look after an ox. If he got off the road\, I dragged him back; if he trampled the grain in others’ fields\, I trained him with a whip. For a long time he was so pitiful\, at the mercy of everyone’s words! Now he’s changed into the white ox on the bare ground\, always right in front of my face. All day long he clearly reveals himself; even if I chase him he doesn’t go away.” \nJoin us on Sunday\, Friends\, to examine the question of meditation. \n—John Tarrant \n\n\n\n \nMeditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong\, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you\, for doors to open by themselves\, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead. \n\n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-60/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250518T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250518T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T173407
CREATED:20250415T210619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250515T203851Z
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SUMMARY:Sunday Zen with John Tarrant & Friends: Without Comparing Yourself With Others
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nWithout comparing yourself with others\, take a step. “But what will they think of me?” You might ask. \n“Ah\, who cares?” We live for a short time and every moment is sacred\, every moment free. And then we have the idea of kawai—Everyone is cute like Hello Kitty\, and having a good time being themselves. \nWalking in the moonlight\, walking after the moon has set\, a solemn step and another. \nHere’s the koan about what happens when you stop comparing: \nShoushan said to his assembly\, “If you get it the first time you hear it\, you’ll teach buddhas and ancestors. If you get it the second time you hear it\, you’ll teach gods and humans. If you don’t get it until the third time\, you won’t even be able to save Yourself.” \nA student asked\, “When did you get it?”\nShoushan said\, “The moon sets at midnight\, I walk alone through the town.” \n—Book of Serenity Case 76 \n—John Tarrant Roshi \n\n\n\n \nMeditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong\, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you\, for doors to open by themselves\, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead. \n\n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-59/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250511T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250511T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T173407
CREATED:20250415T210616Z
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SUMMARY:Sunday Zen with John Tarrant & Friends: Guanyin: She Hears the Sounds of the World
DESCRIPTION:Mother’s day\, it’s Guanyin’s day.\nWhat is the role of compassion in the world?\nHer robe is the mist and the stars\, and there is no one she does not welcome.\nShe appears in koans and in dreams\, even after she has gone.\nShe is needed in a difficult time.\nThink of something you would like to say to her. \nJoin us this Sunday. \n—John Tarrant \n\n\n\n \nMeditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong\, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you\, for doors to open by themselves\, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead. \n\n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-58/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250504T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250504T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T173407
CREATED:20250415T210609Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250502T230059Z
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SUMMARY:Sunday Zen with John Tarrant & Friends: The Pilgrim’s Way
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nOne foot and then the other foot\, and then again\, and suddenly we’re on a journey. Our walking transforms us; we find that it’s not so hard to be at peace inwardly. \nThis is in spite of all that arrives: threatening\, painful\, and also as bright as the peonies in spring. Every step we take is into the unknown\, however\, others have walked the way before us\, and others will come after us—how many generations\, no one knows. The pilgrimage of this life is also joyous. Yes\, joy is a marvelous\, sudden thing and rises out of the depths\, rises in us\, and then we care for the world and each other. \nThat’s what I’ve noticed. \nLet’s have a meeting about the pilgrim’s way this Sunday. \n—John Tarrant \n\n\n\n \nMeditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong\, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you\, for doors to open by themselves\, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead. \n\n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-54/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250427T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250427T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T173407
CREATED:20250227T155737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250429T172718Z
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SUMMARY:Sunday Zen with John Tarrant & Friends: How To Love The World We Have
DESCRIPTION:Acts of kindness\, acts of disaster\, kindness\, disaster\, kindness… \nIn human news\, Billy\, a factory trained mechanic\, drives out to rescue my daughter when my truck\, which she has borrowed\, breaks. I’m away and when I call him\, he refuses payment\, “Put down that phone\,” he says\, “End this call now!” \nIn Corvid news\, a raven flies over carrying a stick\, followed by another raven with a stick\, moving into the eucalyptus grove. The great horned owls\, the red shouldered hawks make no comment. \nIn 14th century news\, which I have been reading\, the Black Death kills between 30% and 50% of the population. On the bright side\, the feudal system begins to fracture. \nIn war news\, the war is still going on. \nIn radiology news\, the radiologist\, Japanese but born here after the war\, is very thoughtful & kind but says she doesn’t really get Zen. \nLoving the world we have\, that’s it! \nJoin us \n—John Tarrant \n\n\n\n \nMeditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong\, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you\, for doors to open by themselves\, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead. \n\n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-57/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250420T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250420T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T173407
CREATED:20250227T155713Z
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SUMMARY:Sunday Zen with John Tarrant & Friends: ON BREAK
DESCRIPTION:ON BREAK for retreat. Join us again on April 27th!\n\n\n\n \nMeditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong\, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you\, for doors to open by themselves\, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead. \n\n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-56/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250406T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250406T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T173407
CREATED:20250227T155620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250407T202901Z
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SUMMARY:Sunday Zen with Guest Host Tess Beasley & Friends: Dissolving the Plot\, Discovering the Unforeseen
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nI remember a dream once in which the danger seemed certain\, but then a sliding door opened as if I were in a grocery store and a gaggle of turkeys wandered through. \nWhatever plot I’d been holding to suddenly gave way and the world stood open. \nBeing alive comes with plenty of good reasons to be afraid\, but having a practice means making way for the turkeys and other unexpected gifts of the mind to appear. \nAs we become more intimate with the world\, it shares its secrets with us. As we become less certain\, new pathways appear. \nJoin us Sunday for meditation\, music\, and stories of encountering the unforeseen. \n—Tess Beasley \n\n\n\n \nMeditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong\, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you\, for doors to open by themselves\, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead. \n\n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-tess-beasley-friends-54/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:Sunday Zen with John Tarrant & Friends: In the Middle of Things—Silence
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nOn the left we have velociraptors\, above we have pterodactyls—not sure if my insurance will cover dinosaurs\, \nbut the mind is always running on\, now it’s sunshine and rain days\, a spring morning worth a thousand gold pieces says Sudong Po\, the time when foxes have their weddings\, and you have to peek at the procession from behind a tree. \nIn the middle we have silence. Silence which allows the madness to settle. \nHere’s the old spring koan: \nWe’re always talking about subject and object\nand even not talking is about subject and object\,\nhow do we get beyond subject and object? \nThe master said\, “I’m always thinking of the lakes in March\, partridges sing among the fragrant blossoms.” \nThe reverie of spring with its thousands of gifts is inside and outside. Let’s have that this Sunday. \nJoin us! \n—John Tarrant \n\n\n\n \nMeditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong\, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you\, for doors to open by themselves\, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead. \n\n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-52/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250316T103000
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SUMMARY:Sunday Zen with John Tarrant & Friends: It’s Going to Be Alright
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nIt rained in the night. \nI went out by the fire to hear it on the roof. \nA front is coming in from the Pacific. \nGeese call on the wing\, as they do. \nThe mysterious great horned owls \npractice their mystery as they do. \nAlso Washington has gone to hell\, \nas it does. \n2 ravens circle me and investigate. \nIt’s going to be alright. \nLike everyone else\, the ravens\, the river otters\, \nthe worried people\, you will be alright too. \n—John Tarrant \n\n\n\n \nMeditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong\, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you\, for doors to open by themselves\, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead. \n\n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-51/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250309T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250309T120000
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SUMMARY:Sunday Zen with John Tarrant & Friends: How to Survive Interesting Times
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nYou can’t ignore the cruelty and you can’t panic and think your life is over. \nAlso\, strangely\, we can’t escape to Mars. \nGetting to Mars isn’t really getting into the universe. We enter reality by becoming aware of our own thoughts and feelings. Kindness for those we meet along the way is good\, too. Love. Modesty in what we can achieve is good. Accuracy and honesty are good. \nWe are here for a short time and we can love each other. Poetry and art are good too. \nIt’s good to know that your own life can be beautiful in all kinds of times. \nJoin us this Sunday. \n—John Tarrant \n\n\n\n \nMeditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong\, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you\, for doors to open by themselves\, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead. \n\n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-43/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250302T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250302T120000
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SUMMARY:Sunday Zen with John Tarrant & Friends: Dodging the Monsters\, Chasing the Plum Blossoms
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nIn the East\, ice and more ice\,\nIt is like claws\, a lock\, and the thaw is slow\nwhich is hard on the little creatures.\nIn the west\, delirious daffodils and\, finally\, plum blossoms.\nIn the capital\, presidents are screaming\, red faced.\nRed is a nice color\,\nI had a bright red car once which I bought because\, well I’m a bit color blind.\nIn any event\, it’s time for modest and encouraging early blooms like hound’s tongue\nwhich is actually stars\, blue stars\, a galaxy\,\npointing to the inner life which heals\, opens us\,\nand for which we sing\nand sit very still \nSit with us\, Sit with us\, we are building a culture for awakening \nJoin us this Sunday. \n—John Tarrant \n\n\n\n \nMeditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong\, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you\, for doors to open by themselves\, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead. \n\n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-march-2-25/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250223T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250223T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T173407
CREATED:20241220T202651Z
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SUMMARY:Special Sunday Event: Join Us for the Last Morning of Winter Retreat
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nThis weekend for the first time\, the usual doors of the Sunday Zoom Temple will lead directly into the last morning of our Winter Sesshin. \nIt’s a beautiful thing to feel the deep stillness of retreat\, and to get a taste for the silence and spaciousness that is revealed in its presence. \nJoin us an hour early for our final block of deep meditation\, or at 10:30 a.m. PT for the dharma talk and closing ceremonies. \nWe hope to see you there. \n—John Tarrant\, Tess Beasley\, and all of us at PZI \n\n\n\n \nMeditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong\, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you\, for doors to open by themselves\, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead. \n\n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-50/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250223T030000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250223T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T173407
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SUMMARY:PZI Late Winter Sesshin in Session
DESCRIPTION:Late Winter Sesshin Is in Session: Hearing the Voice of Raindrops \nCLOSING DAY \nIn the PZI Online Temple with John Tarrant & PZI Teachers \nFebruary 20–23\, 2024
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/pzi-late-winter-sesshin-in-session-13-2/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:Online Retreat,PZI Retreats,Sesshin
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250222T210000
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SUMMARY:PZI Late Winter Sesshin in Session
DESCRIPTION:Late Winter Sesshin Is in Session: Hearing the Voice of Raindrops \nDAY THREE \nIn the PZI Online Temple with John Tarrant & PZI Teachers \nFebruary 20–23\, 2024
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/pzi-late-winter-sesshin-in-session-13/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:Online Retreat,PZI Retreats,Sesshin
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250221T030000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250221T210000
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UID:10002013-1740106800-1740171600@www.pacificzen.org
SUMMARY:PZI Late Winter Sesshin in Session
DESCRIPTION:Late Winter Sesshin Is in Session: Hearing the Voice of Raindrops \nDAY TWO \nIn the PZI Online Temple with John Tarrant & PZI Teachers \nFebruary 20–23\, 2024
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/pzi-late-winter-sesshin-in-session-2/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:Online Retreat,PZI Retreats,Sesshin
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250220T163100
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250220T210000
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SUMMARY:PZI Late Winter Sesshin in Session
DESCRIPTION:Late Winter Sesshin Is in Session: Hearing the Voice of Raindrops \nOPENING NIGHT \nIn the PZI Online Temple with John Tarrant & PZI Teachers \nFebruary 20–23\, 2024
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/pzi-late-winter-sesshin-in-session/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:Online Retreat,PZI Retreats,Sesshin
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250216T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250216T120000
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with John Tarrant & Friends: Consoling the Lonely Ghosts
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nElephants and the loneliness of ghosts. \nTraveling in Kyoto a week or so ago\, in every temple we visited there was a history of destruction and refuge.\nThere was no pretense that the trouble of a human life can be evaded. \nJoin us this Sunday. \n—John Tarrant \n\n\n\n \nMeditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong\, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you\, for doors to open by themselves\, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead. \n\n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-49/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250209T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250209T120000
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with John Tarrant & Friends: Into the Crucible
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nA student asked Dongshan\, “When cold and heat come\, how can we avoid them?”\nDongshan said\, “Why don’t you go to the place where there is no cold or heat?”\nThe student asked\, “Where’s the place with neither cold nor heat?”\nDongshan said\, “When it’s cold\, the cold kills you. When it’s hot\, the heat kills you.” \n—Blue Cliff Record Case 43 \nThings are changing quickly in our world. As the old arrangements fall apart\, what we can do is have a real\, spiritual life. \nWe just printed our beautiful new sutra books and included a quote from Basho\, “Never think that your life doesn’t count.” \nIt’s good to have a connection to the great matter. A true inner life shows us our place in the universe. \nWe hold the center and the vastness. \nJust as the daffodils of February do. \nJoin us on Sunday. \n—John Tarrant \n\n\n\n \nMeditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong\, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you\, for doors to open by themselves\, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead. \n\n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-48/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250119T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250119T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T173407
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with John Tarrant & Friends: Hanging From a Branch by Your Teeth
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\n“Mummy\, why does it keep on changing?” asked the young rhino. “I mean it’s fire one minute and flood the next\, not to mention the hyenas.” \n“Yep.” \n“Why?” \n“First Noble Truth.” \n“What does that mean?” \n“It means that it’s like that. A dream\, a bubble\, a flash of lightning.” \n“Isn’t that\, well\, intense?” \n“Knowing about it helps. The mind is calm. \nEverything changes\, everything falls apart\, catches fire\, then drowns. \nA dream\, a bubble\, a flash of lightning.” \n“Mummy\, is there anything good about this?” \n“You can see that you are connected to everything in the universe\, the stars for example. That’s what ‘hanging from a branch by your teeth’ means.” \n“Really\, Mummy? I meant\, can I have an apple? I love apples.\n \nAlso\, can we have snow? I’d like to see snow.”\n \nJoin us for the mysteries of fire and rain. \n—John Tarrant \n\n\n\n \nMeditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong\, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you\, for doors to open by themselves\, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead. \n\n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-45/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250112T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250112T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T173407
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with John Tarrant & Friends: Dreams & the Fire at the End of the Universe
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nLately in California the dream is fire\, the image of transformation. \nAllison grew up in the Palisades. \nDid your childhood house on Swathmore burn?\nYes it did\, the whole of Swathmore is gone.\nHow about ancient Aunt Betty’s house in the Red Zone near the cliffs?\nIt did not fall down\, but it burned yesterday.\nAnd the Corpus Christi Church?\nAh yes\, that too. \nThe park burned\, the library burned. \nA student asked Dasui\, “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.” \nMany intense things happen in the dream of our lives. \nJoin us for the practice of dream and fire. \n—John Tarrant \n\n\n\n \nMeditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong\, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you\, for doors to open by themselves\, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead. \n\n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-44/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250105T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250105T120000
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN: John Tarrant on His New Book – The Story of the Buddha
DESCRIPTION:Pacific Zen Institute & Point Reyes Books Present:\nTess Beasley in Conversation\nwith Zen Teacher\, Author\, & Poet John Tarrant\nOn His New Book: The Story of the Buddha\nSunday January 5th\, 2025\n10:30–12:00 pm Pacific Time\n\n\nJoin us online for a presentation and conversation on John Tarrant’s newest book\, The Story of the Buddha. The newly released hardcover book with beautiful\, high-quality imagery is now available in the PZI Online Store. \nPrefer to listen? The audiobook is also available with narration by John himself. \nDonations of $250 or greater to the PZI year end fund will receive a signed copy! \n\nJohn Tarrant is a Zen teacher\, author\, and poet and is PZI’s founder and director. He is interested in Zen as a Way that transforms the mind and in the dance between innovation and tradition in both teaching and practice. \nRead John’s full bio here. \n\nZen as a set of rules and procedures is not so interesting to me. I learned Zen when we were still trying to find what worked in the West. And people now seem to find freedom more naturally than I had assumed during my own initial studies. \nMy experiments have led me to trust people more than I once did\, and to teach people to trust their own moves. To me this means that koans are not a gadget that you put all your effort into using. They’re an environment—you wander around and they teach you. You have to listen and look.
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/zen-luminaries-the-story-of-the-buddha-jon-joseph-in-conversation-with-zen-teacher-poet-author-john-tarrant/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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