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SUMMARY:SUNDAY SERIES: Lazy Summer Afternoons Under the Rose Apple Tree with Tess Beasley & Jesse Cardin
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\nNOTE: save the passcode in your receipt for use this session! \n\n\n\nFour-Part Series: August 6\, 13\, 20 & 27 \nIn this four-part series\, we’ll lean into the dog days of summer and explore what the old Chinese masters coined as wu wei\, or the high art of doing nothing. We’ll find our own spot under the rose-apple tree and perhaps discover how awakening appears everywhere when we forget to hold it off. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturning to the World \n\n\nThe hermit of Lotus Peak held up their staff\, saying to the group gathered around\,\n“When the ancestors reached here\, why didn’t they decide to stay here?”\nEveryone was silent\, so the hermit answered herself\,\n“Because it has no power for the Path.”\nThen she asked\, “In the end\, how is it?”\nShe answered her own question again\, “I put my staff across my shoulders and set off\nwithout a backward glance\, going straight into the endless mountains.” \n—Blue Cliff Record Case 25 (transl. by John Tarrant & Joan Sutherland) \nAs the old cliche goes\, “After the ecstasy\, the laundry.” Zen is not just about sitting on a mountain top with a clear mind\, problem-free\, basking in oneness. \nPractice is an endless process of refining\, a cycle of going and returning\, putting down the burden and taking it back up again. But don’t despair! The ancestors are wise to that\, include it\, even love it. When the inn-keeper ran to Hakuin\, shouting gleefully about her sudden awakening\, Hakuin replied\, “But what about a pile of shit? Is it there\, too?” \nThe universe is always inviting us to play with it in this way. And so we learn to find rest not just in the clear moments of samadhi\, but in loving the bumpy road that dirties our feet and makes us stumble. \n—Jesse \n\n\n\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\, Tess\, Jesse\, & all of us at PZI \n\n\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 Series at 10:30 am Pacific Time
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY SERIES: Lazy Summer Afternoons Under the Rose Apple Tree with Tess Beasley & Jesse Cardin
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\nFour Sundays: August 6\, 13\, 20\, & 27 \nIn this four-part series\, we’ll lean into the dog days of Summer and explore what the old Chinese masters coined as wu wei\, or the high art of doing nothing. We’ll find our own spot under the rose-apple tree and perhaps discover how awakening appears everywhere when we forget to hold it off. \n\n\n\n\n\nA treasury official retired and sought out Wuzu to learn about Zen.\nWuzu said\, “When you were young\, did you read a poem which went something like\, \n\n\n\n\n‘She calls to her maid\, “Little Jade!” not because she wants something\nbut just so her lover will hear her voice.’ \nThe official said\, “Yes\, I read it.”\nWuzu said\, “That is very near to Zen.” \nAt 4:00 a.m. the sky claps and rain pours on the metal roof until dawn. The Eastern Phoebes cry pheee-beeeeeee as the sun appears\, and the coffee machine gurgles and sighs as it fills the house with morning. \n“Isn’t this the sound?” Yuanwu asks his teacher.\n“I share your joy\,” answers Wuzu. \nWherever we are\, we hear it. Horns and sirens blare\, finches bicker\, an old cat snores and chitters as he twitches and dreams. Wind rustles through the oaks\, noses whistle\, freezers hum. Meditation becomes a way of listening to the great song of the 10\,000 things\, and a realizing that it can only be heard through intimacy with our very own lives and hearts. \nJoin us this Sunday. We’ll be flush with koans\, stories\, musicians and life.  \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.\nWe love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant\, Tess Beasley\, Jesse Cardin & all of us at PZI \n\n\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 Series at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/special-series-lazy-summer-afternoons-under-the-rose-apple-tree-with-tess-beasley-jesse-cardin-4/
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY SERIES: Lazy Summer Afternoons Under the Rose Apple Tree with Tess Beasley & Jesse Cardin
DESCRIPTION:2nd in a Four-Part Series: August 6\, 13\, 20 & 27 \n\n\nI agreed to doing this “Lazy Summer Afternoons” Sunday Series because I love teaching and I love working with Tess. I hadn’t considered how lazy it might make me. Koans work like that. You innocently invite them into your life and they take over. \nThe dishes have started piling up in the sink and I don’t think it’s a problem but I wonder if it’s a problem that I don’t think it’s a problem. That whole mess seems like a lot of work\, so I take a nap instead. They don’t seem to mind. \nI know I had some problems but I’m too lazy even to remember what they were\, so I just leave them to their own devices for now. I close my eyes and the delicious dark comes over me like a weighted blanket and I’m too lazy even to insist that I fall asleep. \nAm I afraid of this happiness?\n \nSee you Sunday!  —Jesse \n\n\n\nIn this four-part series\, we’ll lean into the dog days of summer and explore what the old Chinese masters coined as wu wei\, or the high art of doing nothing. We’ll find our own spot under the rose-apple tree and perhaps discover how awakening appears everywhere when we forget to hold it off. \n\n\nJoin us for meditation\, koans\, stories and companions. \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\, Tess\, Jesse\, & all of us at PZI \n\n\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 Series at 10:30 am Pacific Time
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY SERIES: Lazy Summer Afternoons Under the Rose Apple Tree with Tess Beasley & Jesse Cardin
DESCRIPTION:Four-Part Series: August 6\, 13\, 20 & 27\n\n\nOne golden afternoon\, a young prince happened upon eternity under the rose-apple tree. As the story goes: \n\n\nTime stops\, the sun stands still in the sky\, he is sheltered in the leafy twilight. There is nothing to add\, no resistance to strip away\, everything is complete and sufficient.  \nA question then appears\, unbidden\, a question that begins a journey we still take up today: \nAre you afraid of this happiness?  \nIn this four-part series\, we’ll lean into the dog days of summer and explore what the old Chinese masters coined as wu wei\, or the high art of doing nothing. We’ll find our own spot under the rose-apple tree and perhaps discover how awakening appears everywhere when we forget to hold it off. \nJoin us for meditation\, koans\, stories and companions. \n—Tess Beasley & Jesse Cardin \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\, Tess\, Jesse\, & all of us at PZI \n\n\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 Series at 10:30 am Pacific Time
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