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SUMMARY:ON BREAK: Sunday Zen with John Tarrant & Friends
DESCRIPTION:NO SUNDAY ZEN TODAY \nJohn Tarrant is away in July. \nCome join us for our next Sunday Zen on August 4th! \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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/on-break-sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-10-2/2024-07-28/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:ON BREAK: Sunday Zen with John Tarrant & Friends
DESCRIPTION:NO SUNDAY ZEN TODAY \nJohn Tarrant is away in July. \nCome join us for our next Sunday Zen on August 4th! \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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/on-break-sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-10-2/2024-07-21/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:ON BREAK: Sunday Zen with John Tarrant & Friends
DESCRIPTION:NO SUNDAY ZEN TODAY \nJohn Tarrant is away in July. \nCome join us for our next Sunday Zen on August 4th! \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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/on-break-sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-10-2/2024-07-14/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:ON BREAK: Sunday Zen with John Tarrant & Friends
DESCRIPTION:John Tarrant is away in July. \nCome join us for our next Sunday Zen on August 4th! \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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/on-break-sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-10/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with John Tarrant & Friends: For Whom Do You Bathe and Make Yourself Beautiful?
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\nJuly is the month when we take a monthlong recess\, so this is your last Sunday til August. \n\nWe are always deepening and this change never stops. Here is an old koan about the journey and where consciousness is going. It points out that when we look at life\, the view is beautiful and also we are on a journey—we are encouraged to persist. \nThe voice of the cuckoo is calling you home.\nCountless flowers have fallen\, and that voice continues—\nin the deep places\, where mountains are piled on mountains\, the call continues. \nJoin us this Sunday for a look at some of those flowers that keep falling on our path. \n\n\n \n—John Tarrant \n\n\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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-32-5/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with John Tarrant & Friends: The Vessel of the Meditation Retreat
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nThis Week: The Vessel of the Meditation Retreat \nWe just got out of a weeklong retreat\, so I’m thinking about what it’s like to be in a vessel together. I think of the old alchemical ideas of transformation. There is lumpy darkness and shadow\, and silver moonlight and fire\, and water and pressure and salt\, and flames having all the peacock colors. \nSomething opens in the mind and heart and we feel the blessed day\, we enter our lives without reservation or disapproval. \nJoin us! \n\n\n \n—John Tarrant \n\n\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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-32-4/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:ON BREAK: Sunday Zen with John Tarrant & Friends
DESCRIPTION:John Tarrant is in Summer Sesshin this week. \nCome join us next on June 23rd. \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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/on-break-sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-9/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240609T103000
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with John Tarrant & Friends: Refuge from the Storm
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nRefuge is something that sustains us. \nRefuge is an ancient Zen ceremony in which we declare\, admit\, shout from the rooftops\, or grant ruefully\, that we are involved in a mystery that we can depend on; when we take refuge\, we are finding a path in the dark. \nAn ancient poet says\, “We walk on the red sky\,” and that means we step and nothing supports us but it’s not necessary to be supported. Conditions are not important. We can be full of joy and help each other anyway. \nLife\, dishes\, children\, fear and joy\, the whole thing\, we say\, “Yes!” \nJoin us this Sunday. \n\n\n \n—John Tarrant \n\n\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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-32-3/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240602T103000
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with Guest Host Tess Beasley: Whose Gift Is This Long\, Beautiful Evening?
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nThe moon shines on the river\,\nWind stirs in the pines—\nWhose gift is this long\, beautiful evening? \n–Yongjia Xuanjue \nAs the days grow long in the northern hemisphere\, golden hour stretches its long fingers out each night and seems to brush with eternity. Birds call and frogs sing\, and little by little I and everything disappear into twilight. \nThe world is always opening itself this way\, offering its riches of being as part of our own\, and yet the inevitable human thing is the nagging feeling something is wrong\, something is missing\, something has been lost. Great Huangbo said awakening is the silent bond through which all things are revealed as entirely oneself or one’s own family. \nJoin us Sunday for meditation\, music\, and companions of all kinds. \n\n\n—Tess Beasley \n\n\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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-32-2/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240526T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240526T120000
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with John Tarrant & Friends: The Mysterious Wisdom of Laozi
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nLaozi is the source of the strangeness and lightness you meet everywhere in Zen. And of mysterious lines such as\, \n     The Dao that can be named is not the eternal Dao. \nor\, \n     The valley spirit never dies.\n     It’s called the dark mysterious feminine.\n     The gateway of the dark mysterious feminine\n     is called the source of heaven and earth.\n     Elusive as gossamer\, always here unseen\,\n     use it; it will never fail you. \nLaozi taught us how to rest in uncertainty. When you meditate you enter the Dao. Playing music might do it too. When Confucius met him he claimed that Laozi was a dragon. \nDragons don’t have to take things seriously— \nJoin us for an exploration of the old\, old wisdom that the creative life rests on. \n \nJohn 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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-31-5/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240519T103000
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with John Tarrant & Friends: The Fire That Burned the Great Temple
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nThe covers were burned but the sutras were unharmed— \nThe city of Kamakura was the capital of Japan for 150 years in the medieval period (1180-1333). Koan meditation was brought over from China and emperors and great samurai studied Zen. At this time\, pretty much any disaster that could happen did happen—civil war\, earthquake\, fire\, and tsunami (though the great bronze Buddha survived the waters). \nThe Temple of Engakuji was destroyed by fire in 1374. The entire library was consumed and the rare books which the founder\, Bukko\, had brought from China were reduced to ashes. Priests of the Hachiman shrine came to Enkakuji\, concerned about the tragic loss of these ancient texts. \nFumon\, the master\, said\, “None of the texts has been burnt.”\n“Then where are they?” asked a priest doubtfully.\nThe teacher drew a circle and said\, “They are in here.” \nWhen everything is burned there is something that is not burned. \nCome on Sunday and hear the rest of the story. \n\n\n \n—John Tarrant \n\n\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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-31-4/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240512T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240512T120000
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN: Mother’s Day – The Queen of Heaven Who Bears Us in Her Reverie with John Tarrant & Friends
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nThe Day of the Mother\, the Day of the Queen of heaven crowned with stars: We bear her with us in our reverie because she bears us in her reverie. \nMeditation can allow us first to tolerate and then to enjoy our own feelings and to take delight in others. It makes room for intimacy. Meditation itself is a kind of good mother. \nThe original intimacy is always with us underneath our complaints and longings. \nVasilisa the Beautiful is the heroine in a Russian fairy tale. Before Vasilisa’s mother died she gave her daughter a little wooden doll. And whenever Vasilisa was in trouble and about to be eaten by the witch\, she fed the doll a little\, gave it a little beer to drink\, and the doll gave her wise counsel. Her mother’s love went with her everywhere and saved her. The blessing made her life beautiful. \nThe image of Guanyin and the original blessing of the mother is always with us. It makes our lives beautiful. \nJoin us on Sunday. \n\n\n \n—John Tarrant \n\n\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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-31-3/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240505T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240505T120000
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN: Road Trip – Each Day Is a Journey and the Journey Itself Is Home with John Tarrant & Friends
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nThis life is a journey\, we travel in sleep and dream\, we travel to work\, to find rest\, to find love; when we die we are thought to go into the bardos in quest of a new life. \nTo be at peace in each movement\, that is free. After all it is not so important to be the person I thought I was; that too is a journey—forgetting myself. It takes a lot of work to maintain our idea of ourselves and erect barricades against different ideas. It’s easier to have not much of an idea of who we are. In that case we don’t have to believe in the trouble we see in our lives. The path just opens naturally. \nHere is Basho: \nThe Narrow Road to the Deep North \nThe moon and sun are travelers in eternity. Even the years wander on. A lifetime adrift in a boat\, or in old age leading a tired horse into the years\, every day is a journey and the journey itself is home.  \nFrom the earliest times there have been those who perished on the road. Still I have always been drawn by wind-blown clouds and dream of a lifetime of wandering. Coming home from a year’s walking tour of the coast last autumn\, I swept the cobwebs from my hut on the banks of the Sumida just in time for New Year\, but by the time spring mists began to rise from the fields\, I longed to cross the Shirakawa Barrier into the Northern Interior. \nDrawn by the wanderer-spirit Dosojin\, I couldn’t concentrate on things. Mending my cotton pants\, sewing a new strap on my bamboo hat\, I daydreamed. Rubbing moxa into my legs to strengthen them\, I dreamed a bright moon rising over Matsushima.  \nSo I placed my house in another’s hands and moved to my patron Mr. Sampu’s summer house in preparation for my journey. And I left a verse by my door: \nEven this grass hut\nmay be transformed\ninto a doll’s house \n(Matsuo Basho) \nJoin us on Sunday. \n\n\n \n—John Tarrant \n\n\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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-31-2/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240428T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240428T120000
DTSTAMP:20260427T083505
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN: Unexpected Help Along the Way with John Tarrant & Friends
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nIn NorCal the little sparrows have just flown off for their Alaskan nesting grounds with their friends. We try to fatten them up before they hurry away. There are just a few left singing their little melodies. The songs are like turning words; suddenly the atmosphere is changed. \nTurning words are the surprises of Zen\, even inside philosophy. \nA student says\, “Speech is a matter of form and emptiness\, silence also.\nHow do I go beyond emptiness and form?” \nFengxue said\, “I’m always thinking of the Lake District in spring;\npartridges are singing among the scented flowers.” \nJoin us this Sunday for the turning words of spring. \n\n\n \n—John Tarrant \n\n\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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-29-5/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:ON BREAK: Sunday Zen with John Tarrant & Friends
DESCRIPTION:John Tarrant is away on retreat this week. \nCome join us next on the 28th! \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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-29-2/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN: Following the Scented Grasses\, Chasing Falling Blossoms with John Tarrant & Friends
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nOne day Changsha went wandering in the mountains. That’s today and Changsha is you. When he returned\, the head of practice met him at the gate and asked\, “Where have you been?” \n“Wandering in the mountains.” \n“Where did you go?” \n“I went out following the scented grasses and returned chasing the falling blossoms. \nOn the other hand\, spring can sink into the vastness\, tangled up\, as invisible as your buddha nature. \nA woman called Yu worked in town making doughnuts. She said\, \n“There’s a woman of no rank with six arms and three heads\, working furiously\, smashing Flower Mountain in two with one blow. Her strength is like the ever-flowing water\, which doesn’t know about the coming of spring.” \nSpring tumbles over itself as it appears\, flowers\, young foxes\, cows and birds with the necessary twigs for a happy home. Joy! Joy! Wandering in the mountains never ends. \nJoin us for a bit of a wander this Sunday! \n\n\n \n—John Tarrant \n\n\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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-29-4/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN: Zen Is Play\, Zen Is Laughter\, Zen Is Jokes & Dreams – with John Tarrant & Friends
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nEnjoy yourself. When things are turned upside down it’s usually funny. \nThe teacher of an earnest student said something absurd and the student puzzled for a moment and then asked\, “Roshi\, are you joking?” \n“If it’s not funny it’s not Buddhism\,” said the Roshi. \nI think it has to be that way; join us and check it out. \n\n\n \n—John Tarrant \n\n\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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-29-3/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN: Happy in the Rain\, Happy When There’s Trouble\, Happy in the Spring Fields: An Inquiry Into Happiness with John Tarrant & Friends
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nhappy in the rain\nhappy when there’s trouble\nhappy in the spring fields\nbirds carrying twigs \nAnd what about being happy when you are unhappy? We’ve all met that\, experienced that\, been that child feeling the difficulty of the world as a more intense life. There are many attempts to deconstruct unhappiness\, such as “Do you really believe that thought?” \nMostly\, though it’s nice to shed what is difficult\, it’s nice not to bother with certainty; there are no obstacles to just letting the afternoon embrace you. \nIt’s nice to dance through life in a transparent way. \nHappiness can be a good\, plain thing in which your heart swells and you find no fault with the world or anyone in it. \nJoin us this Easter Sunday. \n—John Tarrant \n \n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us. \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—John Tarrant & All of Us at PZI \n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-30/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN: In Delusion\, You're Like a Knight in a Dream – with John Tarrant & Friends
DESCRIPTION:Serenity and the True Life: Great Yangshan’s Dream \nHere’s a poem from The Book of Serenity:\n\nIn a dream how can you know the dream is unreal?\nOnly when you’ve awakened do you realize what was in the dream is nonexistent.\nWhen deluded you’re like a knight in a dream\,\nAfter enlightenment like a farm hand rising from sleep. \nA simple life is good. Serenity comes in the midst of upheaval.\nThe lion roars\, the mind is as peaceful as the ocean. \nThese meditations can bring serenity for the rest of your life.\nSitting together the temple gets built. \nJoin us. \n—John Tarrant \n \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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-28/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN: Knowing the Heart-Mind at Peace with Guest Host Tess Beasley & Friends
DESCRIPTION:A verse in the Gateless Gate Collection says: \nBetter than knowing the body is knowing the heart-mind at peace;\nwhen the mind is realized\, the body is no longer anxious.\nWhen body and mind are fully realized\, the saintly hermit has no wish to become a noble. \nForget the big arguments with reality\, it’s the little things that accumulate strife and unrest: egregiously long lines\, blaring radios\, misbehaving weather\, nights of fitful sleep or illness or loneliness. \nIt’s easy to imagine peace as some kind of respite from the onslaughts\, or some capacity to remain unperturbed amidst the mess; but real peace appears only when we realize it has little to do with circumstance and everything to do with our willingness to embrace the life we have. \nThe particular difficulties\, gifts\, and ancestors that arrive in our lives are no mistake\, and each holds a piece of our freedom. To bring ourselves to meditation is to open a door and receive them\, and to be less sure about the nature of our quest. \nJoin us for meditation\, music\, and conversation with friends. \n—Tess Beasley \n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us. \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—John Tarrant & All of Us at PZI \n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-28-4/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN: You Find Yourself Locked in a Stone Crypt: How Will You Get Free? with Guest Host David Weinstein
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nYou find yourself in a stone crypt.\nThere are no windows\, and the door is locked from the outside.\nHow will you get out?  \n—PZI Miscellaneous Koan \nSitting with the stone crypt koan in our morning meditation this past week\, another koan keeps coming to join the conversation: that one about getting a goose that’s trapped in a bottle out of the bottle without breaking the bottle (or hurting the goose). That kind of thing can happen in koan practice; a second or third koan can join the conversation. It can cause some confusion\, as if the koans are in competition for my attention. With time it’s possible to appreciate how the koans are not competing but resonating with each other. \nIn both koans we are asked how to get out. In some translations we are asked\, “How are you free?” which is interesting. The perspectives are different: In one\, I am locked in and in the other\, it’s the goose that’s locked in and I am outside the bottle observing the goose inside. But who is that goose\, really? And who is the woman who raises the goose in the bottle\, really? And what are the crypt and the bottle\, really? \nIn the crypt there are no windows\, it is dark\, I can’t see my hand in front of my face. In the case of the goose\, the bottle is clear\, at least my bottle is—maybe yours isn’t. I can see out and the outside can see in. \nBoth resonate with places where I can sometimes find myself. Sometimes I’m in the dark about being trapped in my delusions. Sometimes I can see quite clearly how I am trapped. The term “conscious incompetence” comes to mind—knowing that I am trapped\, but that knowledge being of no help. Seeing that can help\, so long as I don’t judge myself for being an idiot\, which makes it worse. \nThe koan says\, “I find myself locked in a stone crypt.” I am in the dark about how I got there. The goose koan tells me that this was done intentionally\, by a woman (who is me)\, for what reason I can only imagine. That’s what koans invite us to do: imagine. Imagine that I am the woman\, imagine that I am the goose\, imagine that I am the bottle\, imagine that I am in a place so dark that I cannot see my hand in front of my face. \nThese koans are not hypothetical situations; they are mirrors reflecting us back to ourselves\, an opportunity to see more clearly who we are and what life is. In each case there is something about getting out of our own way and being who we really are. \n—David Weinstein \n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us. \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—John Tarrant & All of Us at PZI \n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-28-2/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN: Worst Horse\, Part 2 with John Tarrant & Friends
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nIn the Buddhist scriptures (Samyuktagama Sutra\, Volume 33)\, it is said that there are four kinds of horses: excellent ones\, good ones\, poor ones\, and terrible ones. The best horse runs at the shadow of the whip\, and so on down. \nUsually it’s a fine idea to want to be a better horse or at least not a terrible horse\, to improve yourself\, etcetera. \nBut there’s something to be said for being the worst horse. Shunryu Suzuki liked that idea. It is modest. It trusts your life. The worst horse might be the only one who is not trying to cover up their flaws. \nThe worst horse is the clueless youngest child in the fairy tale who helps the beggar and gets the instructions to the treasure\, or marries the beast who becomes a prince. \nThis Sunday morning let’s all enjoy being the worst horse and trusting our lives. \n\n\n \n—John Tarrant \n\n\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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-28-3/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN: The Simplicities: The Mind Grows Quiet and the World Is Still—Our Lives Come Near to Us Like Deer in the Twilight with John Tarrant & Friends
DESCRIPTION:Yes\, the mind grows quiet and the world too is still. Our lives come nearer to us. Because we are open to ourselves\, the world comes to meet us. So do the trees and animals. In the storm the deer shelter in the old sheep shed. The apricot blossoms struggle out and the sparrows eat them immediately\, the taste of something sweet. \nThe grass is very green; in the midst of calm there is joy. \nJoin us on Sunday. \n\n\n \n—John Tarrant \n\n\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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-27-4/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN: Receiving the Treasure\, Handing Down Your Treasure: Our Great Lineage with John Tarrant & Friends
DESCRIPTION:I notice doing ceremonies\, such as funerals and weddings\, and taking part in them myself\, there is a consolation and even delight in resting in the old forms. It’s not about belief but there’s a respect for those who have gone before us and established a way. In times of sorrow and in times of joy there is still a path. \nIt’s passed on in the dark\, hand reaching for hand. \nWe too are linked by the threads that link the stars. And we’re tangled up with each other. \nJoin us on Sunday. \n\n\n \n—John Tarrant \n\n\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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-27-3/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN: The Strange Coincidences of Love: Doves\, Swans\, Companionship\, Adoration\, & Who Loves? with John Tarrant & Friends
DESCRIPTION:Here is Raymond Carver’s poem\, ‘Late fragment’: \nAnd did you get what\nyou wanted from this life\, even so?\nYes I did.\nAnd what did you want?\nTo call myself beloved\, to feel myself\nbeloved on the earth. \nIt’s not about what you might think\, this love business. \nLove comes from inside\, it makes us at home\, calling ourselves beloved. In a way it is a description of kensho. We feel ourselves beloved and we are so grateful to those who love us too. \nJoin us this Sunday. \n \n—John Tarrant \n\n\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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-27-2/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN: Return to the Pure Land with Guest Host Jesse Cardin
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\nThere was a woman who kept the pilgrim’s inn at Hara under Mount Fuji. Her name is unknown\, and it is not known when she was born or died. \nShe went to hear a talk by Hakuin\, who said\, “The Pure Land where everything is only mind\, the Buddha of Infinite Light in your own body—once Amida appears\, mountains\, rivers\, and earth\, plants\, trees\, and forests\, all glow with a great light. If you want to see this\, look into your own heart. Since the Pure Land is only mind\, what kind of special features would it have? Since the Buddha of Infinite Light is your own body\, how would you recognize it?” \nWhen she heard this\, the woman said to herself\, “This isn’t so hard.” \nReturning home\, she meditated day and night\, asking these questions while she was awake and during sleep. One day\, as she was washing a pot\, she had a sudden breakthrough. She tossed the pot aside and rushed to see Hakuin. \nShe said\, “I’ve run across Amida in my own body\, and everything on earth is shining with a great light. It’s wonderful!” She danced for joy. \n“Is that so?” Hakuin asked\, “But what about a pile of shit—does it shine with a great light too?” \nThe woman ran up and slapped him\, saying\, “You still don’t get it\, you old fart!” \nHakuin roared with laughter. \n—PZI Miscellaneous Koans\, Case 32 \nI remember the afternoon after my first sesshin at St. Dorothy’s Rest.  I wasn’t sure I was coming away with anything other than a sense relief that I’d survived all seven days. But arriving at my hotel that afternoon\, I saw a dirty pickup truck that was just exquisite to look at. I’d never seen anything so clean\, so crisp and so Here. \nThe whole universe is available to us in this way. All we have to do is return. \nJoin us on Sunday. \n—Jesse Cardin \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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-guest-host-jesse-cardin/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN: The Harmonies with John Tarrant & Friends
DESCRIPTION:I’m restless and my body hurts\, and in the middle of the night\, I come out to the living room and it’s been waiting for me; the night is so happy to see me\, and the owl opens its door and I can hear the conversation of the winter stars. \nI can’t shed  the thrill of being\, breathing\, seeing\, and hearing. This is what we came for. \nEverything we ever wanted appears. \nIt’s good not to be alone in the universe. And I can ask you to join me for meditation on Sunday morning. It’s the most important thing in the world. Join us! \n \n—John Tarrant \n\n\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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-26-5/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN: Surprise Unmakes the World with John Tarrant & Friends
DESCRIPTION:Surprise unmakes the world. Perhaps it’s better to say it unmakes us. How large the world gets when we are surprised. When we pay attention\, every single moment is a surprise. The world steps forward\, shimmering \n\n\nThe old Zen saying is that expecting things is like eating painted cake. \nWhen we are not expecting something\, people to be nice to each other at Xmas\, for example\, what actually happens can be wonderful. When we are not looking\, that’s when our lives change. \nLet’s be surprised. \n\n\n—John Tarrant \n \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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-26-4/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN: Loving This Life\, the One We Have – with John Tarrant & Friends
DESCRIPTION:Encouraging the world\, blessing the creatures\, speaking a good word.  \nThe Zen idea is that we need and we can find a pathway\, make a pathway\, through the dark. One way that we can navigate in the vast uncertainty is to praise each other\, to console each other\, to appreciate and extend a hand. \nWe keep each other company on the paths through the forests and dark shapes. This makes our lives kinder and gives us a connection to eternal things. What do we ask then? We don’t ask “What will I get out of this?” We ask\, “What is this marvelous thing going on?” \nWhat is going on then? \nWhat’s going on is the path we walk\, and that we are companions. It’s something that we give\, and which we do together. It is not for something. It is enough in itself\, it is more than enough. \n \n—John Tarrant \n\n\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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-26-3/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN: Hearing the Cries\, Blessing the World: The Kanzeon Sutra with John Tarrant & Friends
DESCRIPTION:And if I cried out\, who would hear me among the angelic orders?\n\n\n—Rilke\, First Duino Elegy \nKanzeon is the deity of mercy. Her name means\, “The one who hears the sounds of the world.” Most of us would like a little mercy sometimes—an embrace\, a consolation\, the appearance of a secret harmony. Kanzeon doesn’t think anyone unworthy\, and we’re close to her or him when we realize\, “Oh yes\, we’re all in the soup together.” Buddha nature pervades the whole universe. \nThe Kanzeon Sutra says\, “Eternity is full of joy\,” which is consoling but also gives us a task—to notice more minutely and delightedly as the mind composes itself into a pattern like a flock of sparrows. \nKanzeon is the sutra for setting out in the new year\, and for setting out into the next life. When we notice that we are always secretly accompanied\, that is the living presence of Kanzeon. She watches over our practice. \nJoin us this first Sunday of the new year. \n\n\n—John Tarrant \n \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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-26-2/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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