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SUMMARY:Special Event: Deep Sit Sunday Zen – The Sound of One Hand
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nTo sit is to let the universe discover you\, to make room for a relief of quiet to appear in your mind and heart. \nTo sit over time is to let yourself be held and surprised by the companionship of the world\, and by the temple that emerges in your very own home. \nPractice itself can take a hundred thousand forms but at the root is simply to sit and encounter your own nature. \nSo\, the last Sunday of each month we’re going to extend our temple hours\, but let the ancient bell do most of the talking. \nA single hand doesn’t call out in vain\, wrote Xuedou. \nWhat is the sound of one hand?  \nJoin us Sunday for any and all as we breathe together and listen. \n—Tess Beasley\, Roshi \n\nSchedule (ALL TIMES PACIFIC): \n9AM – 11AM – Meditation & Music with Open Temple Leaders \n11AM – 12PM – Meditation\, Poetry & Reflections with John Tarrant\, Tess Beasley & Friends \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/deep-sit-sunday-zen-jan-25-2026/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:DAYLONG Retreat with John Tarrant & Tess Beasley: Zen and the Goddess Part II: Psyche & Eros
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\nZen and the Goddess Part II: Psyche & Eros \n\nStories of Fall\, Love\, Soul\, and the Great Currents of Life \nThe most marvelous story is about a beautiful girl abandoned to a monster on a mountainside—because\, why? Well—envy\, greed\, family wars: the usual. \nAnd the monster turned out to be not what was expected\, for either the monster himself or the girl. In this story of love and the soul\, everyone transforms. You and I transform. \nThe seasons need companions just like we do. \nI am seized and captured by autumn but really I turn into a companion to autumn. The leaves fall\, the view is clearer. The obstacles are not what I thought\, kindness is near at hand. \nIn Zen\, the sun\, the moon\, and the stars are our friends. My life will not last forever but each day lasts forever. \nWe offer retreats at the quarters of the year. Join us for a one-day online retreat to mark the deepening and companionship that come in autumn. \n—John Tarrant & Tess Beasley \n\n \nPZI Online Temple\nSaturday\, November 16th\, 2024\n9:30 am–4:00 pm Pacific Time \nRetreat Day Details\nMorning Session: 9:30 am–12:30 pm\nBreak: 12:30–1:30 pm\nAfternoon Session: 1:30–4:00 pm \nMembers\, $75\, Non-Members\, $100 \nPZI Member Scholarship: Members\, if you want to attend and are in need\, don’t hesitate to request financial aid for a reduced fee that you can comfortably pay. Not a member? Become one. \nRegistration or scholarship questions?\nLinda Pelton\, at linda.pelton@sympatico.ca \n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nDaylong Retreat at 9:30 am Pacific Time \n\nThis event is funded in part by the 2024 Frederick P. Lenz Foundation “Women in Buddhism” Grant.
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/daylong-retreat-with-john-tarrant-tess-beasley-zen-and-the-goddess-part-ii/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
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SUMMARY:DAYLONG Retreat with John Tarrant & Tess Beasley: Avalokitesvara\, Persephone\, and Autumn Harvest: Zen and the Goddess Part I
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\nAvalokitesvara\, Persephone\, and Autumn Harvest: Zen and the Goddess Part I\nAh\, after the equinox\, the nights lengthen and we descend into the underworld along with Persephone and Avalokitesvara. There’s treasure\, too: grapes and wheat\, pomegranates and memory\, and a kind of clear light that appears in autumn. \nWe’re learning how to live when everything changes. Meditation is the way. \nThis is part of our autumn series on Zen and the Goddess. \nJoin John Tarrant and Tess Beasley for meditation and exploration of the great matter. \n\nPZI Online Temple\nSaturday\, September 21st\, 2024\n9:30 am–4:00 pm Pacific Time \nStay tuned for the schedule \nSpecial rates made possible by the Lenz Foundation’s 2024 “Women in Buddhism” Grant. \nMembers\, $75. Non-Members\, $100. \nPZI Member Scholarship: Members\, if you want to attend and are in need\, don’t hesitate to request financial aid for a reduced fee that you can comfortably pay. Not a member? Become one. \nRegistration or scholarship questions? Contact Marion Power at myakoushkin@gmail.com
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/daylong-retreat-with-john-tarrant-tess-beasley-zen-and-the-goddess-part-i/
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SUMMARY:IN-PERSON Open Mind Retreat with John Tarrant\, Allison Atwill\, & Tess Beasley: One Treasure Hidden in the Body
DESCRIPTION:CLOSED\nTo be added to the waitlist\, contact Registrar Eleanor Silberman \n\nOne Treasure Hidden in the Body\nwith John Tarrant\, Allison Atwill & Tess Beasley \n\nSeptember 7–10\, 2023\nThursday Eve through Sunday Noon\nCommonweal Center\, Bolinas CA\nYunmen said\, In the center of the cosmos\, inside heaven and earth\,\nthere is one treasure\, hidden in the body. \nIt picks up a lantern and walks into the meditation hall. \nIt brings the entrance gate and puts it on top of the lantern. \n\n—Blue Cliff Record Case 62 \n\nThe body\, with its aches and ecstasy\, with its great beating drum\, with its shocks of strength and fragility. The body with its cravings and secrets\, its ancient seasons of black and green and gold\, its wicked sense of humor\, and uncanny sense of metaphor. \nEmbodied we touch and taste\, we breathe and drink in the cosmos\, and find no beginning or end to what holds and transforms us. \nJoin us along the vast body of the Pacific for a weekend of meditation\, koans\, and stories of the one treasure tucked inside heaven and earth. \n—John Tarrant \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat Is An Open Mind Retreat? \n\n\nJohn Tarrant\, Allison Atwill\, and Tess Beasley will lead this retreat with a group of twenty-five participants\, or fewer. There is usually a mix of experienced meditators and complete beginners. We sit in a circle and meditate until it’s time to listen or talk\, until it’s time to take a walk and gaze at the ocean\, put our faces into the wind\, and feel our hearts shift in new and unexpected ways. \nCommonweal is a beautiful place on the ocean with whales and gulls and weasels and wildflowers. It has a simple feel\, and wonderful local\, organic\, vegetarian food. \nThis is a retreat that people find has a powerful effect on their lives and their understanding\, both of the practice of the inner life and of the world of work and personal interaction. \nIt has the deep strength of an intensive meditation retreat inside a form that works for people with all different levels of meditation experience. It has a flexible schedule that makes it work well for those who would like to bring a partner or a friend. \nNo particular background in spiritual practice is required. \nBring a notebook. Also\, if you want to paint or draw or play an instrument you can bring your gear. \n\n\n\nCost\nMember Shared Room (double): $825\nMember Single Room: $1025 \nNon-Member Shared Room (double): $875\nNon-Member Single Room: $1075 \nLocation\nCommonweal Center\, 451 Mesa Road\, Bolinas\, CA 94924 \nDates and Times\nArrive after 4:00 p.m. (Pacific Time)\nDinner begins at 6:00 p.m.\nFirst Session on Thursday\, September 7th\, 7:30–9:00 p.m.\nLast Session ends Sunday\, September 10th at 12:00 p.m. \n\nQuestions\nMember Scholarship and retreat-related questions?\nContact Registrar Eleanor Silberman \nSEE COMMENTS from previous Open Mind Retreat attendees \n. 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/in-person-open-mind-retreat-with-john-tarrant-allison-atwill-tess-beasley-one-treasure-hidden-in-the-body/
LOCATION:Commonweal\, 451 Mesa Road\, Bolinas\, CA\, 94924\, United States
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