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SUMMARY:MONDAY ZEN with Jon Joseph: Just Going Is Enough: The Answers Will Be There
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nElder Ting asks LInji a question. Linji comes off his seat and shoves the old man. Elder stands frozen\, and a monk standing nearby asks\, “Elder Ting\, why don’t you bow?” He bows. \nA traveling nun stopped by Juzhi’s temple. She walked around him three times while he was sitting\, and said\, “If you can say a word that satisfies me\, I will take off my hat and stay.” He could not\, so she left. \nActs of creativity and spontaneity have long been greatly valued by Chan–Zen masters in countless encounters over many many centuries. The universe is too large to say these qualities are required for awakening–afterall\, clouds also drift in the sky with a creative ease and Mocha the dog often barks with noisy spontaneity. But moving before thought in our own floating world somehow makes us more porous to the light that shines through all things. A touch of life less scripted\, before attaching to names like good or evil\, enlightened or deluded\, nice clouds and bad dog\, somehow affirms the freshness we already know surrounds us. \nThe dream world can offer us access to the space where the universe is still fluid. When in the dream world\, as a friend recently suggested\, we aren’t given an option to check ourselves; we experience ourselves just as we are. \nDokusan (J. honorable going alone)\, where we meet a teacher one-on-one\, can be a chance to enter the life of a koan without checking ourselves. A remembrance of dream–dokusans past came to me recently. \nIn a dream from several months ago\, I was sitting with a few others in the dokusan line at the SanUn Zendo\, in Kamakura\, waiting to see Koun Yamada\, something I had done hundreds of times. A woman before me rang the bell and went in. I moved up to the front\, and asked myself\, “What answer should I give?’ As I asked the question\, I opened my arms out wide and felt a deep sense of emptiness and light spread out in front of me. Then I thought\, “No\, don’t give that answer. Go\, and when you get there\, you will know.” \nIn the second dream\, which I remember vividly from a couple of years ago\, a group of about forty of us were sitting in a large dining hall\, kind of like the one in Harry Potter’s Hogwarts School of Witchcraft. We were in sesshin\, silently eating\, and I kind of furtively looked left and right and thought\, “If I told them how very simple it is\, they would never believe me.” Then\, to the left\, Taizan Maezumi\, whose sesshin I joined as a young man\, walked perpendicular to the dining room and went down a short hall to his dokusan room. I was scheduled to go to see him and thought\, “What should I say?” Answering myself\, I realized I didn’t have to say anything. That just the going is the answer. \n—Jon Joseph \n\nJon Joseph Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Mondays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation. Register to participate. All are welcome. \nJon Joseph Roshi\, Director of San Mateo Zen Community
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/monday-zen-with-jon-joseph-79/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:OPEN TEMPLE: 8-Week End of Year Meditation Pass: ON BREAK
DESCRIPTION:ON BREAK. Winter Open Temple begins January 12th. Link coming soon!\n\nFREE to PZI Members!\nMorning Meditations 5 Days Weekly\nWherever you are in the world\, let’s sit together.\n \nOpen Temple Pass gives you unlimited access to two morning meditations\, Mondays–Fridays\,\nNovember 10th–January 2nd\, 2026. All are welcome. PZI Members attend FREE.* \nPractice leaders will ring the bells and hold a cushion for you. Join us! \n*Open Temple will always remain free of cost as one of the benefits of PZI membership. However\, if you have the means and feel inclined\, donations of any size are immensely appreciated! Just click Add Something Else when checking out your cart. Thank you! \n\nWeekday Schedule\nJoin in as you can\, as often as you like. \nSESSION 1 Sits in the East Temple: 7–8:00 AM Eastern Time\n(or 4–5 AM Pacific) \nSESSION 2 Sits in the West Temple: 6–7:00 AM Pacific Time\n(or 9–10 AM Eastern) \n\nYour Temple Zoom Link\nThe recurring Zoom link for Open Temple access will be in your emailed receipt\,\nfor entrance to ALL morning meditations. \nPZI Members FREE\, Non-Members $125 \nQuestions? Or to check your membership status\, contact Lucas at PZI Support. \n\n\nNot a member of PZI? Now is your chance!  \nJoin us for free access to the Open Temple\, scholarships\, discounts for retreats\,\nour vast and growing library of dharma talks\, and other resources.\n \nBecome a Member
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/eoy-ot-nov10-jan2-2026/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:Open Temple
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with Tess Beasley & Friends: What Is Buddha? Don't Keep Hunting Around
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nA friend of mine got a buddha tattoo a few years ago from the best artist money could buy. He considered it a reminder to be at peace\, something he’d heard about. \nSince then he’s moved around the world half a dozen times or so\, in search of a place without racism\, without war\, without anything too old or too new or that reminds him of anything that hurts. \nIn an old case of The Gateless Gate collection\, a student asks Great Ancestor Ma\, one of the foundational Chan teachers\, What is Buddha? Ma simply replies\, This very heart–mind is Buddha. Gateless–Gate then offers a verse: \nOn a bright day under a blue sky don’t keep hunting around.\nIf you ask “What is Buddha?”\nit’s like declaring your innocence while clutching stolen goods. \nWhat does it mean that we have “it” already? Why do we still suffer if we do? \nJoin us Sunday for meditation\, stories\, companions\, and the best temple musicians around. \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-82/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:DOMINGO ZEN con Eduardo Fuentes (En español)
DESCRIPTION:REGISTRARSE\n\nDomingo 9 de noviembre\nde 9:30 a 11:30 hrs (Hora estándar de Chile)\nPráctica guiada por Sensei Eduardo Fuentes\nUn evento en línea de PZI\n\n\n\n\n\n \n  \nÚnanse a nosotros el domingo para meditación con koans\, charla dharma y conversación. Todos son bienvenidos. \n—Sensei Eduardo Fuentes
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/domingo-zen-con-eduardo-fuentes-en-espanol-7/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:SATURDAY ZEN: For PZI Members – Conversations with David Weinstein
DESCRIPTION:About Saturday Conversations \nDokusan is the Japanese word for these conversations about meditation practice. It means “to go alone” or “to practice alone.” It is to have a conversation so intimate\, that for both participants it is as if you were talking with and listening to yourself. \nThe word “conversation” (in place of the Japanese word dokusan) has its own way of speaking to the experience. \nEtymologically\, it means “to turn around together.” Meditation is often referred to as a turning around of our attention towards the inside. These conversations about meditation practice are an opportunity for a mutual turning the light around and exploring what’s there. \n—David Weinstein \n\nSaturday Conversations with David Weinstein Roshi\nOnline on Zoom from 8–10:00 am Pacific Time\nEvery two weeks \nIf you are a PZI Member and would like to have a conversation with David\,\nbook your 15-minute online meeting for November 8th here. \nDana gratefully accepted \nQuestions? Contact David
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/saturday-zen-for-pzi-members-conversations-with-david-weinstein-32/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:Saturday Conversations
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SUMMARY:MONDAY ZEN with Jon Joseph: Timmy Falls Into the Well
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nWhat are you trying to say\, Lassie? Timmy fell into the well?\n\n —Mr. Martin\, Timmy’s stepfather in the TV show\, Lassie \n  \nWhat is the way?\nThe clearly enlightened person falls into a well. \n—Second of Baling Haojian’s Three Barriers\, PZI MK Case 74 \n  \nSomething or someone always seems to be falling into a well. \nAnd then there is the koan where Caoshan is talking to Elder De\, coming in from a high altitude and poetic. The Elder is a little more barnyard: \n“The Buddha’s true reality body is like space\, its form is a manifest response to beings\, like the moon in the water. How would you respond?”\nElder De said\, “It’s like a donkey looking in a well.”\nCaoshan said\, “That was really good\, but you said only eighty percent.”\nDe said\, “Well\, what about you teacher?”\n“It’s like the well looking at the donkey.” \nIt has been a tough several months in our household with the decline and finally the passing of both Nonno and Nonni.  A couple of nights after the last memorial\, Lynne and I were brushing our teeth and a strange request came out of me. I’m not even sure why I asked it; perhaps to bring a small bit of levity back into our lives. \nI asked her\, “What was that thing you said about Lassie?” She said\, “What? You mean a long time ago?” I said\, “Ya\, the thing about Lassie; you knew something. Something was said.” I couldn’t even recall the particulars but somewhere in my psyche it was important to me. \nShe said: ”What? You must mean when Lassie goes to the father\, who asks: ’Lassie\, what are you trying to say? Did Timmy fall into the well?’” \nI absolutely lost it\, burst out laughing and couldn’t stop until tears came to my eyes. It felt good to laugh again. \nIn the nineteen seasons the series ran on TV\, in nearly 600 episodes\, and with nine Lassies\, Timmy never once fell into a well. Perhaps he left it for us to do. \nWe fall into the well. Then the well falls into us. The donkey is looking down\, and at the same time the well is looking up. Relationships matter. A friend who was soon moving to Texas once said\, “I am getting ready for San Antonio\,” adding\, “And San Antonio is getting ready for me.” \nIndeed. \n—Jon Joseph \n\nJon Joseph Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Mondays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation. Register to participate. All are welcome. \nJon Joseph Roshi\, Director of San Mateo Zen Community
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/monday-zen-with-jon-joseph-80/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with John Tarrant & Friends: On Life Being Upside Down
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nOn Being Upside Down \n“Why are we upside down\, Daddy?”\n“Isn’t that like asking\, ‘Are we there yet?’”\n“Well\, are we there yet?” \nAlways\, we’re always here.\nWhy is October yellow and blue?\nWhy do we never believe even our own explanations? \nA student asked Yunmen\,\n“But when it’s not the things I can see\, and it’s not what they’re doing\, what is it?”\nYunmen said\, “Say something upside down.”\n(Blue Cliff Record\, Case 15) \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-83/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:DOMINGO ZEN con Eduardo Fuentes (En español)
DESCRIPTION:REGISTRARSE\n\nDomingo 2 de noviembre\nde 9:30 a 11:30 hrs (Hora estándar de Chile)\nPráctica guiada por Sensei Eduardo Fuentes\nUn evento en línea de PZI\n\n\n\n\n\n \n  \nÚnanse a nosotros el domingo para meditación con koans\, charla dharma y conversación. Todos son bienvenidos. \n—Sensei Eduardo Fuentes
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/domingo-zen-con-eduardo-fuentes-en-espanol-8/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:THURSDAY ZEN with David Parks: ON BREAK
DESCRIPTION:David Parks is not teaching today\, but will return on November 13th. We hope you join us then! \n\nDon’t grab hold\, just allow the meditation to come to you. Same with koans\, they will come. It is like a dance\, a call and response.  \n—David Parks \n\n\n\n\n\n \n  \nCOME JOIN US on Thursdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation. All are welcome. Register to participate. \nDavid Parks Roshi\, Director of Bluegrass Zen
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/thursday-zen-with-david-parks-51/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Linji’s True Person
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nLinji taught the gathering\, “There is a true person of no rank who is always coming\nand going through the portals of your face. Those of you with beginner’s mind who\nhave still not verified this\, look\, look.”\nA student asked\, “What is the true person of no rank like?”\nLinji came down from the teacher’s seat and grabbed him.\nThe student hesitated.\nLinji released him and said\, “What a dried-up piece of shit this true person of no rank is.” \nThe first thing to come along as I started spending time with this koan was Linji’s enlightenment story\, Case 86 in Equanimity\, which goes like this: \nThe Head Monk asked Linji\, “How long have you been practicing here?” \nLinji said\, “Three years.” \nThe Head Monk said\, “Have you gone for an interview with the master or not?” \nLinji said\, “I haven’t done so. I don’t know what to ask him.” \nThe Head Monk said\, “Why not ask him\, ‘What is the essential meaning of Buddhism?’” \nSo Linji went to see Huangbo\, but before he could finish his question Huangbo struck him. \nLinji went out\, and the Head Monk asked him\, “What happened when you asked him?” \nLinji said\, “Before I could get the words out he hit me. I don’t understand.” \nThe Head Monk said\, “Go ask him again.” \nSo Linji asked Huangbo again\, and Huangbo once again hit him. Linji asked a third time\, and Huangbo hit him again. \nLinji revealed this to the Head Monk\, saying\, “Before you urged me to ask about the Dharma\, but all I got was a beating. Because of evil karmic hindrances I’m not able to comprehend the essential mystery. So\, today I’m going to leave here.” \nThe Head Monk said\, “If you’re going to leave\, you must say goodbye to the master.” \nThe next day when Linji came to say goodbye to Huangbo\, Huangbo said\, “You don’t need to go somewhere else. Just go over to the Gao’an Monastery and practice with Dayu. He’ll explain it to you.” \nWhen Linji reached Dayu\, Dayu said\, “Where have you come from?” \nLinji said\, “From Huangbo.” \nDayu said\, “What did Huangbo say?” \nLinji said\, “Three times I asked him about the essential doctrine and three times I got hit. I don’t know if I made some error or not.” \nDayu said\, “Huangbo has old grandmotherly affection and endures all this difficulty for your sake—and here you are asking whether you’ve made some error or not!” \nUpon hearing these words Linji was awakened. \nIt is easy to assume that Linji’s reference to the “true person of no rank” pertains to the tendency of individuals to elevate themselves above others\, holding an exaggerated view of their own understanding. But\, given Linji’s enlightenment story\, I’m inclined to believe that he was also talking about those who thought less of themselves\, as he did with Huangbo and as the monk in the koan did with Linji. \nMaybe as you do too? \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community \n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/tuesday-zen-with-david-weinstein-54/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:PACIFIC ZEN LUMINARIES: Tassajara Stories: A Sort of Memoir – Jon Joseph in Conversation with Author David Chadwick
DESCRIPTION:David Chadwick\, author\, activist\, musician\, and Zen priest\, joins host Jon Joseph for remembrances about the early days of San Francisco Zen Center and the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. \nDavid began his study of Zen in 1966 under Shunryu Suzuki Roshi who ordained him as a priest in 1971\, shortly before Suzuki’s death. Later\, Chadwick continued to study with Zentatsu Baker Roshi and assisted in the operation of the San Francisco Zen Center for a number of years. Throughout this time\, he helped SFZC develop its centers and businesses\, including Green Gulch Farm and Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. \nHe is widely known as the primary archivist and biographer of Shunryu Suzuki\, with his Crooked Cucumber (1999)\, Zen is Right Here (2007)\, and Zen is Right Now (2021). Now\, Chadwick has begun to publish a three part series of anecdotes and recollections of the founding of Tassajara Zen Mountain Center\, called Tassajara Stories: A Sort of Memoir\, of the first Zen monastery in the United States. \nIn addition to writing books\, David created maintains three websites\, Cuke.com (“an archival site on the life and world of Shunryu Suzuki and those who knew him”); ZMBM (a site dedicated to his book Zen Mind\, Beginner’s Mind); and Shunryusuzuki.com (a comprehensive archive of Shunryu Suzuki’s talks\, video\, photos\, and more). All these archives are free to the public. “I like to preserve things\,” he notes. \nSource: Cuke.com\, SFZC.com \n“Tassajara Stories is a marvelous and entertaining book and David Chadwick is a tremendous storyteller. We have here a record of his lifelong passion to record the arrival of Zen in California. I opened the book to check it out\, sat down at the kitchen table and there went my afternoon\, reading and reading. The best thing\, though\, is that these stories touch on the core of practice\, and the reason you might want to turn your heart toward the great matter. David encourages us to Zen practice in a subtle and amusing way. I’m giving it as a gift and reading it again myself.” \n—John Tarrant\, Director of The Pacific Zen Institute and author of Bring Me the Rhinoceros and Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life.  \nFrom the preface to Tassajara Stories:  \n“Shakkei is the outlying mountains and trees and whatever else one can see from a garden. If we look at what happened at Tassajara as being the garden of the book\, then the other content is the shakkei. This borrowed scenery sets Tassajara and our experience in that valley in a broad context that gives background and color to who we were and how we got there\, and includes the mountains\, the woods\, the road\, our neighbors\, the city\, the times\, the war\, the counterculture\, what was happening all around us.” \n—David Chadwick \n\n \nJon Joseph Roshi of San Mateo Zen and PZI created this series to support the hardworking innovators and shining voices of modern Zen: scholars\, writers\, poets\, translators\, activists\, artists\, teachers\, and more. \nAll proceeds for each event\, including teacher dana\, go directly to the guest speaker. Event attendees are encouraged to give as generously as you are able\, so we can offer deep thanks to Luminaries guests. \nOur suggested donation is $10 for PZI Members and $12 for Non-Members\, but the scale slides from zero depending on one’s ability to contribute. We also greatly appreciate Patrons\, who help support the program with larger gifts of $25—$250.
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/luminaries-tassajara-days-david-chadwick/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:MONDAY ZEN with Jon Joseph: ON BREAK
DESCRIPTION:Jon Joseph is on break for Pacific Zen Luminaries. Join us again on November 3rd!\n\nWe are not alone in the world. We have each other to turn toward. All we need to do is ask. \n—Jon Joseph \n\nJon Joseph Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Mondays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation. Register to participate. All are welcome. \nJon Joseph Roshi\, Director of San Mateo Zen Community
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/monday-zen-with-jon-joseph-69/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251026T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251026T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T225133
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with Tess Beasley & Friends: Finding a True Place\, a True Word\, a True Life.
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nGreat Linji said\,\n“Wherever you are\, just take the role of host\,\nand that place will be a true place.” \nAnd yet\, it’s not so easy sometimes. Saying\, even knowing\, what’s true can be hard. Hearing what’s true can be hard\, too\, though somehow a relief to the part of us that sides with awakening. \nMeditation clears space inside so the full splendor of reality can appear without all our adornments and disguises and objections. We learn to recognize it and its thusness\, it becomes an ally in the end. \nJoin us this Sunday for tales from our Great Fall Sesshin and for companionship and music in the ancient hall. \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-john-tarrant-friends-64/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Santiago:20251026T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Santiago:20251026T113000
DTSTAMP:20260424T225133
CREATED:20250818T160934Z
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SUMMARY:DOMINGO ZEN con Eduardo Fuentes (En español)
DESCRIPTION:REGISTRARSE\n\nDomingo 26 de octubre\nde 9:30 a 11:30 hrs (Hora estándar de Chile)\nPráctica guiada por Sensei Eduardo Fuentes\nUn evento en línea de PZI\n\n\n\n\n\n \n  \nÚnanse a nosotros el domingo para meditación con koans\, charla dharma y conversación. Todos son bienvenidos. \n—Sensei Eduardo Fuentes
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/domingo-meditacion-con-eduardo-fuentes-en-espanol-12/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251025T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251025T100000
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SUMMARY:SATURDAY ZEN: For PZI Members – Conversations with David Weinstein
DESCRIPTION:About Saturday Conversations \nDokusan is the Japanese word for these conversations about meditation practice. It means “to go alone” or “to practice alone.” It is to have a conversation so intimate\, that for both participants it is as if you were talking with and listening to yourself. \nThe word “conversation” (in place of the Japanese word dokusan) has its own way of speaking to the experience. \nEtymologically\, it means “to turn around together.” Meditation is often referred to as a turning around of our attention towards the inside. These conversations about meditation practice are an opportunity for a mutual turning the light around and exploring what’s there. \n—David Weinstein \n\nSaturday Conversations with David Weinstein Roshi\nOnline on Zoom from 8–10:00 am Pacific Time\nEvery two weeks \nIf you are a PZI Member and would like to have a conversation with David\,\nbook your 15-minute online meeting for October 25th here. \nDana gratefully accepted \nQuestions? Contact David
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/saturday-zen-for-pzi-members-conversations-with-david-weinstein-22/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:Saturday Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251021T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251021T193000
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Guishan’s No Foundation
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nGuishan asked Yangshan\, “Suppose that out of the blue\, someone asks you\,\n‘All sentient beings only have disorderly consciousness\, boundless and with no foundation to rely on.’\nHow would you conduct an inquiry into this?”\nYangshan said\, “If a student like that came\, I’d call\,\n‘Hey so and so!’ When the student turns her head\, then I’d say\, ‘What is it?’\nThen I’d wait while she thinks about it.\nThen I’d say\, ‘Not only is disorderly consciousness boundless but also there is no foundation to rely on.’”\nGuishan said\, “Good!” \n—Book of Serenity Case 37 \nAs I have been spending time with this koan\, I’ve been recalling how there is nothing like travel to appreciate disorderly consciousness being boundless with no foundation to rely on. Planning for a trip is an exercise in the attempt to make things orderly\, which is an exercise in disorderly consciousness itself. Plane reservations\, hotel reservations\, reservations for tours\, guidebooks. How about when you are told that the seats printed on your boarding passes\, which you chose so carefully months in advance\, are not the seats that you are going to be sitting in…you can imagine the kind of disorderly consciousness that might arise and not only that\, but the two seats you do have are not together. \nOr how about when when the plane taking you to Europe on a 12–hour non–stop flight\, has only one working toilet for the entire plane…you can imagine the kind disorderly consciousness that \nmight arise\, not to mention feeling there is no foundation to rely on\, you cannot even rely on a working toilet. Or when Google maps correctly leads you to a shop that it listed as open\, but it is closed…even more that can’t be relied on. \nI suppose it’s no different than the kinds of situations I run into in my everyday life. But\, traveling is a kind of adventure. Sure\, I make plans and get reservations when I’m not traveling\, but when in “traveling mode” there is a higher likelihood of me appreciating that part of the adventure is things not going the way they are “supposed” to go and being open to see where they do go. \nRemembering that I am always “traveling\,” even when I’m home\, might be what Basho was thinking about when he wrote: \n“Every day is a journey\, and the journey itself is home.” \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community \n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/tuesday-zen-with-david-weinstein-55/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251020T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251020T190000
DTSTAMP:20260424T225133
CREATED:20250826T130735Z
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SUMMARY:MONDAY ZEN with Jon Joseph: Who Is Hearing the Sound of the Rain?
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nEarly this week we wound our way up the eastern slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains to begin a fall meditation retreat at the Mount Madonna Center. On the way up\, we were met by slashing rain and terrific winds as the first major storm of the year swept in from the Pacific\, only a few miles away. “Who is hearing?” became the thematic koan of the sesshin\, as we gathered the first night in the zendo\, listening to the drumming of rain on the darkened zendo roof. The coast redwoods and Chinook salmon were happy at the sound of the storm\, and so were we. \nEarly on in the sesshin we spoke of seasonal influences: Yunmen’s golden wind revealed itself; Wumen’s lovely poem appeared: \nIn spring flowers\, in autumn the moon\nIn summer cool breezes\, and winter snow.\nIf idle concerns don’t cloud the mind\,\nThis is the very best season. \nAnd as the days unfolded\, the “thusness” of sitting together in silence\, the soft clucking of wild turkey hens searching for acorns in the oak copse\, the clinking of spoons in bowls of warm morning gruel\, and the soundless sound of a strawberry sunrise over the Pajaro Valley. All brought an immediacy and intimacy to our shared time. \nSeveral hours south of Santa Cruz\, just over the Big Sur ridge is Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. David Chadwick\, one of its founding monastics and life-long chronicler of the teachings of Shunryu Suzuki (d. 1971)\, will be visiting our Pacific Zen Luminaries series to discuss his new book\, Tassajara Stories: A Sort of Memoir about the first year of the monastery’s founding\, in 1967. Suzuki\, best known for Zen Mind\, Beginner’s Mind (1970)\, a compilation of some of his talks\, was the founding abbot of Tassajara\, San Francisco Zen Center\, and Green Gulch Farm. HIs teachings have touched millions of people over the past half century. \n—Jon Joseph \nFrom an August 12\, 1971 talk at Tassajara: \nUnless you go through emptiness\, you are not practicing. But if you stick to an idea of emptiness\, you are not a Buddhist yet. Someone was sitting in front of a sunflower\, watching the sunflowers\, a cup of sun\, So I tried it too. It was wonderful. The whole universe in the sunflower. That was my experience. Sunflower meditation. A wonderful confidence appeared. You can see the whole universe in a flower. If you say\, “Oh\, this sunflower doesn’t really exist\, that is not our zazen practice. \nSuzuki’s final lecture on August 21\, 1971: \nTo solve our human problem doesn’t cover all of Buddhist practice\, and we don’t know how long it takes to make the buddha trip. We have many trips: work trips\, space trips\, the many trips we must have. The buddha trip is a very long trip. This is Buddhism. Thank you. \n\nJon Joseph Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Mondays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation. Register to participate. All are welcome. \nJon Joseph Roshi\, Director of San Mateo Zen Community
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/monday-zen-with-jon-joseph-70/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251019T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251019T120000
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with John Tarrant & Friends: ON BREAK
DESCRIPTION:ON BREAK for Great Fall Sesshin. Join us again on October 26th! \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-69/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Santiago:20251019T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Santiago:20251019T113000
DTSTAMP:20260424T225133
CREATED:20250818T161015Z
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SUMMARY:DOMINGO ZEN con Eduardo Fuentes (En español)
DESCRIPTION:REGISTRARSE\n\nDomingo 19 de octubre\nde 9:30 a 11:30 hrs (Hora estándar de Chile)\nPráctica guiada por Sensei Eduardo Fuentes\nUn evento en línea de PZI\n\n\n\n\n\n \n  \nÚnanse a nosotros el domingo para meditación con koans\, charla dharma y conversación. Todos son bienvenidos. \n—Sensei Eduardo Fuentes
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/domingo-meditacion-con-eduardo-fuentes-en-espanol-13/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251016T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251016T173000
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SUMMARY:THURSDAY ZEN with David Parks
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nDon’t grab hold\, just allow the meditation to come to you. Same with koans\, they will come. It is like a dance\, a call and response.  \n—David Parks \n\n\n\n\n\n \n  \nCOME JOIN US on Thursdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation. All are welcome. Register to participate. \nDavid Parks Roshi\, Director of Bluegrass Zen
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/thursday-zen-with-david-parks-52/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Parks Roshi":MAILTO:dparksbluegrasszen@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251014T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251014T193000
DTSTAMP:20260424T225133
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: ON BREAK
DESCRIPTION:ON BREAK for Great Fall Sesshin. Join us again on October 21st! \n\nEveryone is welcome here no matter how you are feeling\, where you come from\, what you believe.  \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community \n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/tuesday-zen-with-david-weinstein-56/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251013T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251013T190000
DTSTAMP:20260424T225133
CREATED:20250826T130814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251006T112703Z
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SUMMARY:MONDAY ZEN with Jon Joseph: ON BREAK
DESCRIPTION:ON BREAK for Great Fall Sesshin. Join us again on October 20th! \n\nWe are not alone in the world. We have each other to turn toward. All we need to do is ask. \n—Jon Joseph \n\nJon Joseph Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Mondays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation. Register to participate. All are welcome. \nJon Joseph Roshi\, Director of San Mateo Zen Community
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/monday-zen-with-jon-joseph-71/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251012T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251012T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T225133
CREATED:20250815T133300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251006T112251Z
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with John Tarrant & Friends: ON BREAK
DESCRIPTION:ON BREAK for Great Fall Sesshin. Join us again on October 26h! \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-70/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Santiago:20251012T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Santiago:20251012T113000
DTSTAMP:20260424T225133
CREATED:20250818T161100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T191214Z
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SUMMARY:DOMINGO ZEN con Eduardo Fuentes (En español)
DESCRIPTION:REGISTRARSE\n\nDomingo 12 de octubre\nde 9:30 a 11:30 hrs (Hora estándar de Chile)\nPráctica guiada por Sensei Eduardo Fuentes\nUn evento en línea de PZI\n\n\n\n\n\n \n  \nÚnanse a nosotros el domingo para meditación con koans\, charla dharma y conversación. Todos son bienvenidos. \n—Sensei Eduardo Fuentes
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/domingo-meditacion-con-eduardo-fuentes-en-espanol-14/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251007T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251007T193000
DTSTAMP:20260424T225133
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Chicken in a Phoenix Nest
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nLuopu paid a formal visit to Jiashan. He didn’t bow but stood right in front of him.\nJiashan said\, “A chicken roosting in a phoenix nest—it’s not the same species. Go away.”\nLuopu said\, “I have come from far away because of your reputation. Please welcome me this once.”\nJiashan said\, “There is no you in front of me\, and there is no me here.”\nLuopu then roared.\nJiashan said\, “Stop\, stop! Now don’t be so careless. Clouds and the moon are the same. Valleys and mountains are different. You can cut out the tongues of everyone on earth\, but how can you teach a tongueless person to speak?”\nLuopu was speechless.\nThen Jiashan hit him\, and Luopu bowed deeply. \n—Luopu’s Bow\, Book of Serenity Case 35 \nAs with Sansheng’s golden scales\, a couple of koans back\, in this koan we have another dharma heir of Linji traveling around deepening their practice after receiving transmission. It also reminds me of Magu presenting himself to two teachers after his awakening experience\, and the way Magu ignored standard protocol and just stood in front of the teachers. \nBut there is a prequel to this koan about Luopu and Jiashan. After receiving transmission from Linji\, we are told: \n“Luopu traveled for a year\, and then came to Mt. Jia\, where he built a hut and stayed. He remained there for a year without visiting Jiashan’s monastery on the same mountain. Jiashan wrote a letter and instructed a monk to take it to Luopu. Luopu received the letter\, then went back and sat down without reading it. He then extended his hand to the monk as if to say\, “Do you have something else?” When the monk didn’t answer\, Luopu hit him and said\, “Go back and tell your teacher about this.” The monk reported to Jiashan about what had happened. Jiashan said\, “If he opens the letter\, then he’ll come here within three days. If he doesn’t open it\, then no one can save him.”          \nSo this koan makes even less sense considering Jiashan had invited Luopu to come in the first place. Is that any way to treat a guest that you have invited\, accusing them of being a chicken imitating a phoenix? Is that any way for a guest to treat their host\, not bowing as would be proper and polite? Maybe Luopu did not open the letter and came anyway. Would he have saved himself that way? \nI find this koan and Sansheng’s golden fish and even Magu circling the teacher three times\, to be reminders that there is always more. There is no end\, no goal\, no final resting place; there is just the ongoing inquiry into “What is this?” \n—David Weinstein \n\nDavid Weinstein Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation.\nRegister to participate. All are welcome. \nDavid Weinstein Roshi\, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community \n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/tuesday-zen-with-david-weinstein-57/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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SUMMARY:MONDAY ZEN with Jon Joseph: The Space Between
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nWuzu Fayan said\, “If you meet a man on the path who has accomplished the Way\, do not greet him with words or silence. Tell me\, how will you greet him?”\n \n—Gateless Gate Case 36 \nThrough his years of teaching\, Wuzu has served as a guide entering the space between words and silence. This is the place where we might discover “before thinking good or evil.” There are no protective barriers here—no walls\, no safety. It is just this. \nWe have been visiting with Song Era Chan masters these past weeks. \nIn ancient China there were three periods of Zen\, the Legendary period (5th–8th c.)\, when the likes of half-historical and partly-mythical Bodhidharma and Huineng walked the earth. Then we have the Classical period (8th–10th c.)\, the time of Mazu\, Baizhang\, Huangbo\, Linji\, Dongshan and the other ancients we know from koan stories. Finally\, the Literary period (10th–13th c.)\, the era of the Song greats: Dahui\, Yuanwu\, and Wuzu in China\, and Hongzhi\, Wumen\, and Dogen in Japan. \nWuzu Fayan entered the monastery at thirty-five years old\, rather late\, back in the day. He was said to be unassuming and plain-spoken\, which was in great contrast to his successors\, ‘son’ Yuanwu and his ‘grandson’ Dahui\, both literary firebrands. \nZen is said to be beyond scriptures and words. But what do we say upon hearing of a friend’s grave illness? How do you respond when you get notice you’ve been laid off? Or when your grandchild is born? Are those moments beyond silence and speech? They kind of are. “And yet\, and yet\,” writes Issa\, “the dewdrop world is the dewdrop world.” Words themselves are that dewdrop world. \nWuzu once told a story about going to the marketplace\, where\, he saw a puppet show for the first time. Fascinated\, he went in for a closer look: The puppets appeared to be moving around on their own\, walking and sitting down with dynamic arms and legs. Wuzu could see the puppeteer behind the blue curtain. \nHe called out\, “Sir! What is your name?”\nThe puppeteer responded\, “Honored priest\, just watch the show. Why ask for names?” Wuzu told his monks\, “Brothers\, when I heard him say this\, I had not a single word in response\, nor a single idea to espouse\,” adding\, “Can any of you say something in my place?” \nThe koans credited to Wuzu are often spare: \nFor example\, it’s just like a water buffalo passing through a latticed window. Her head\, horns\, and four legs have passed through. Why is it that her tail can’t pass through? \nEven Śākyamuni and Maitreya are servants of that one. Tell me\, who is the one? \nThe girl Qian and her true soul were separated. Which is the true Qian? \nWhen Wuzu was ill and failing\, he went to the hall and bade the monks farewell\, saying “Zhaozhou had some final words. Do you remember them? Let’s see if you can recite them.” When no one responded\, Wuzu recited Zhou’s words: \nFortune few among the thousand\,\nBut one has countless pains and sorrows. \nThen Wuzu said\, “Take care\,” and passed away that night. \n—Jon Joseph \n\nJon Joseph Roshi\n  \nCOME JOIN US on Mondays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation. Register to participate. All are welcome. \nJon Joseph Roshi\, Director of San Mateo Zen Community
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/monday-zen-with-jon-joseph-72/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251005T103000
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with Tess Beasley & Friends: On the Hundred Grass Tips\, the Great Masters' Meaning
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nSometimes practice comes easily … the bright moon seems to follow us everywhere we go\, the night forest draws near with its strange creatures and ancient trees\, and without effort\, we find ourselves at home wherever we are. \nBut other times practice is gruelling … we can barely tolerate the world\, our body\, our mind; everything is wrong or tangled or dull\, and though we bring ourselves to the cushion\, or try\, the way seems wholly lost or out of reach. \nWhat to make of this? One of the great old families in our tradition\, the Pangs\, found themselves exploring this quandary one day when someone asked about the nature of practice. \n“Difficult\, difficult\,” said the father; “like trying to scatter ten measures of sesame seed all over a tree.” \nBut his wife disagreed. \n“Easy\, easy\,” she said; “like touching your feet to the ground when you get out of bed.” \n“Neither difficult nor easy\,” offered their daughter\, opening the territory a little wider; “on the hundred grass tips\, the great Masters’ meaning.” \nWhat if it’s impossible to be outside the field of awakening? \nThis Sunday we’ll take up with the Pangs and their inescapable joy. Join us. \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-john-tarrant-friends-71/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Santiago:20251005T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Santiago:20251005T113000
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SUMMARY:DOMINGO ZEN con Eduardo Fuentes (En español)
DESCRIPTION:REGISTRARSE\n\nDomingo 5 de octubre\nde 9:30 a 11:30 hrs (Hora estándar de Chile)\nPráctica guiada por Sensei Eduardo Fuentes\nUn evento en línea de PZI\n\n\n\n\n\n \n  \nÚnanse a nosotros el domingo para meditación con koans\, charla dharma y conversación. Todos son bienvenidos. \n—Sensei Eduardo Fuentes
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/domingo-meditacion-con-eduardo-fuentes-en-espanol-15/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251004T080000
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SUMMARY:SATURDAY ZEN: For PZI Members – Conversations with David Weinstein
DESCRIPTION:About Saturday Conversations \nDokusan is the Japanese word for these conversations about meditation practice. It means “to go alone” or “to practice alone.” It is to have a conversation so intimate\, that for both participants it is as if you were talking with and listening to yourself. \nThe word “conversation” (in place of the Japanese word dokusan) has its own way of speaking to the experience. \nEtymologically\, it means “to turn around together.” Meditation is often referred to as a turning around of our attention towards the inside. These conversations about meditation practice are an opportunity for a mutual turning the light around and exploring what’s there. \n—David Weinstein \n\nSaturday Conversations with David Weinstein Roshi\nOnline on Zoom from 8–10:00 am Pacific Time\nEvery two weeks \nIf you are a PZI Member and would like to have a conversation with David\,\nbook your 15-minute online meeting for October 4th here. \nDana gratefully accepted \nQuestions? Contact David
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/saturday-zen-for-pzi-members-conversations-with-david-weinstein-28/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:Saturday Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251002T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251002T173000
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SUMMARY:THURSDAY ZEN with David Parks: Turning Over the Kettle
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nDon’t grab hold\, just allow the meditation to come to you. Same with koans\, they will come. It is like a dance\, a call and response.  \n—David Parks \n\n\n\n\n\n \n  \nCOME JOIN US on Thursdays for koan meditation\, dharma talk and conversation. All are welcome. Register to participate. \nDavid Parks Roshi\, Director of Bluegrass Zen
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/thursday-zen-with-david-parks-53/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Parks Roshi":MAILTO:dparksbluegrasszen@gmail.com
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