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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:20260429T021324
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251023T231528Z
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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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DTEND;TZID=America/Santiago:20251026T113000
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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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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251020T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251020T190000
DTSTAMP:20260429T021324
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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
DTSTAMP:20260429T021324
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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:20260429T021324
CREATED:20250818T161015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T191209Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260429T021324
CREATED:20250813T171545Z
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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:20260429T021324
CREATED:20250818T154423Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251006T112758Z
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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:20260429T021324
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:20260429T021324
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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:20260429T021324
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
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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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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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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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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250930T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250930T193000
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: After Enlightenment\, the Laundry
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nFengxue said\, “If you raise a speck of dust\, the world flourishes. If you don’t raise a speck of dust\, the world perishes.”\n \n—Fengxue’s Speck of Dust\, Book of Serenity Case 34 \nThis is the third koan in a row that has struck me as being about stepping off the hundred-foot pole. I’m not sure if Wansong kept the same order of koans as in the original collection by Hongzhi\, or not. It seems like one or the other of them put these three together to make a point about the necessity of coming forth into the world and not staying in the vastness. \n“Abiding nowhere the mind comes forth\,” says the Diamond Sutra. It comes forth in the world that the Hermit of Lotus Blossom Peak walked into with her staff across her shoulders. The world in which\, as Yangshan said\, “it is enough for the stage of being human.” The world in which Xuefeng said that he was old\, as we all get old\, and that he was busy\, as we are all busy. \nIt reminds me of when Shitou checked in on his student Layman Pang about his practice and Pang’s response was\, “How miraculous and wondrous! Chopping wood and carrying water.” Going shopping\, cooking dinner. There is a Zen proverb that goes\, “After enlightenment\, the laundry.” \nThat’s all for now\, I’ve got to go to feed the cats. \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-58/
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:20250929T173000
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SUMMARY:MONDAY ZEN with Jon Joseph: Duck Legs Are Naturally Short
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nA crane’s legs are naturally long and a duck’s legs are naturally short.\nA pine tree is naturally tall and straight\, while brambles are naturally crooked.\nGeese are white\, crows are black.\nEverything is manifested in this manner…\nDo you have it? Do you have it?” \n—Yuanwu Keqin\, from The Record of Foguo \nYuanwu Keqin (Perfect Enlightenment) along with his teacher Wuzu Fayan and his student Dahui Zonggao\, formed a triad in the Linji School koan tradition in 12th-century China that remains an abiding foundation in Chan-Zen. Yuanwu is best known for his commentary on the 100-case collection of koans and verses called The Blue Cliff Record (pub. 1128). The Blue Cliff Record\, named for the temple at the Blue Cliff where Yuanwu gave lectures\, is the most famous Chan koan collection of all time\, and is used around the world in zendos today. \nYuanwu’s poetry can be extraordinarily beautiful\, like his preface to The Blue Cliff Record: \nBoundless wind and moon—the eye within eyes\nInexhaustible heaven and earth—the light beyond the light\nKnock on any door—there is one who will answer \nAcceptance is a key feature of Zen practice. \nAccepting that cranes have long legs and ducks short\, accepting the naturalness of a world in which pine trees are tall and brambles crooked. And what of us? Do we have it? We too are tall or short\, straight or gay\, progressive or conservative. Do we need to make any of that wrong? Or right? The universe does neither—John Tarrant says the universe has opinions similar to a microwave oven: It takes in everything. \nIn another passage\, Yuanwu asks\, “Just when it’s like this\, what is it?” Indeed\, what is it? Who am I? What am I? To ask the question is a good beginning. \nAt the end of his life\, Yuanwu’s followers asked him to write a poem. He sat up straight\, composed the following\, and passed: \nMy work slipped off into the night\nFor you no pretty song took flight\nThe hour is here\, I must be away\nFare you well\, take care alright! \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-68/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with John Tarrant & Friends: Mystery & Awakening
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nDon’t worry\, it will all work out even if we don’t know what’s going to happen. \nJoin us! It’s always such fun. \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-mystery-awakening/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTEND;TZID=America/Santiago:20250928T113000
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SUMMARY:DOMINGO ZEN con Eduardo Fuentes (En español)
DESCRIPTION:REGISTRARSE\n\nDomingo 28 de septiembre\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-16/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250923T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250923T193000
DTSTAMP:20260429T021324
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Gotten Defensive Lately?
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nSansheng asked Xuefeng\, “I’m the Golden Scales who has passed through the net\, but I still haven’t figured out what to eat.”\nXuefeng said\, “I’ll wait for you to come out of the net and then I’ll tell you.”\n“A spiritual friend to 1500 people but you’re still not inside the world of the koans.”\n“Well\, I’m old\, and as head of the temple I have a lot on my mind.” \n—Sansheng’s Golden Scales\, Book of Serenity Case 33 \nThe first thing coming along as I hung out with this koan was Book of Serenity Case 16 with Magu\, Changqing\, and Nanquan. In that koan\, as in this one\, Magu is presenting himself to a teacher for confirmation of his awakening. Magu gets defensive when Nanquan says “Wrong!” to his presentation. He was still trapped in the net. Sansheng also seems to get defensive when Xuefeng implies that he is still in the net. \nIt’s interesting that the commentaries about this koan with Sansheng consider Sansheng and Xuefeng to be equals and that their conversation was a draw: no one lost\, no one won. Sansheng was known to be the sole dharma heir of Linji\, and perhaps he was given the benefit of the doubt that was not given to Magu. \nFor me\, what is alive in the koan is the issue of becoming defensive or not. \nRecently I was contacted by another teacher whose former student is currently working with me. They were concerned about a recent conversation they had had with this student and wanted to check in with me about it. After listening to their concerns\, I found that my impression of the student was different than theirs and I noticed a lack of defensiveness in my response\, that I appreciated. I don’t like conflict and it was interesting to notice that though our opinions differed\, it didn’t feel like a conflict\, and that was nice. \nMaybe that’s what the commentators on this koan were picking up on in the conversation between Xuefeng and Sansheng. \nGotten defensive lately? Or not? \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
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/tuesday-zen-with-david-weinstein-59/
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:20250922T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250922T193000
DTSTAMP:20260429T021324
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SUMMARY:MONDAY ZEN with Jon Joseph: ON BREAK
DESCRIPTION:Jon Joseph is on break for Pacific Zen Luminaries this evening\, but will return on September 29th. We hope you join us then!\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-on-break-10/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250922T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250922T193000
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SUMMARY:PACIFIC ZEN LUMINARIES: Jon Joseph in Conversation with Translator Thomas Yuho Kirchner
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nThomas Yuho Kirchner\, a Zen monk of the Rinzai School in Japan\, is the widely respected translator of Zen koan classics\, including The Record of Linji\, Entangling Vines\, and Muso Soseki: Dialogs in a Dream. \nHe joins host Jon Joseph to discuss Dahui’s Letters. These letters are the critical writings of Dahui Zhonggao\, considered the father of koan meditation and the leading figure of the Linji Chan-Zen School in 12th c. China. The letters are timeless in that they provide valuable lessons on koan practice for modern–day meditators. \nKirchner was born in Baltimore\, Maryland\, in 1949. He went to Japan in 1969 to attend Waseda University in Tokyo for a year\, after which he remained in Japan to study Buddhism. He spent three years training under Yamada Mumon as a lay monk at Shofuku-ji before receiving ordination in 1974. Following ordination he practiced under Minato Sodo Roshi at Kencho-ji in Kamakura and Kennin-ji in Kyoto. Following graduate studies in Buddhism at Otani University he worked at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture in Nagoya and subsequently at the Hanazono University International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism. He presently lives at Tenryu-ji in Arashiyama\, Kyoto. \nOn more than a half century of Zen practice\, he says\, “I have a deep sense that this is a really\, really meaningful experience. It has given me a compass for my life. With time\, I will be able to face death with peace of mind.” \nSource: Wisdom Publications \nOn Entangling Vines:  \n“A wonderful book\, a book to take if you are planning to be shipwrecked on a desert island; it is the book I open every day\, and teach from every day. It is surprising\, lucid\, scholarly\, alive\, and unassuming\, and it goes deep.” \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.  \nOn The Record of Linji:\n\n“A masterpiece of scholarship not only on Linji Chan\, but also on Chinese Buddhist language and history―the annotations\, which constitute almost two–thirds of the book\, explain in astonishing detail the meanings\, references\, and grammar of each line of text.” \n―Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly \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-kirchner-sept-2025/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with Tess Beasley & Friends: In the Gaps\, the Whole Universe
DESCRIPTION:With empty hands I pick up the hoe.\nAs I walk\, I ride the water buffalo.\nAs I cross the bridge\, the bridge flows\, the water is still. \n—Mahasattva Fu \n\nIt’s a promising moment when what have been our perfectly good delusions begin to wear out. \nSuddenly we can’t go along with what we once did\, or can’t convince ourselves of the same reasons. Or maybe less suddenly\, the old story we’ve carried just doesn’t quite hold together anymore\, and a gap appears. This is the same gap that ushers in awakening. \nBut the trick is when the old car we’ve been tooling around in starts to sputter\, not to just tape the fender or drag the engine into the shop. The trick is to open to a new way of moving. \nKoans relish and potentiate these gaps as moments the whole vast universe tucked inside each moment can appear. \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-74/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:DOMINGO ZEN con Eduardo Fuentes (En español)
DESCRIPTION:REGISTRARSE\n\nDomingo 21 de septiembre\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-17/
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 September 20th here. \nDana gratefully accepted \nQuestions? Contact David
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/saturday-zen-for-pzi-members-conversations-with-david-weinstein-29/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:Saturday Conversations
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