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SUMMARY:ON BREAK: MONDAY ZEN with Jon Joseph
DESCRIPTION:NO MONDAY ZEN TODAY \nJon is preparing for sesshin today\, returning to Monday Zen on October 28th. \nHope to see you then! \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/on-break-monday-zen-with-jon-joseph-12/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with John Tarrant & Friends: Refuge\, Befriending the Animals
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nI keep coming back to the Ceremony of Refuge because to take refuge means to accept\, to embrace\, our participation in the world and the world’s way of entering us. \nTo let the world come to us is to welcome it. Refuge is a meeting between our own desires and hopes and the creatures of the world who notice us\, who also have hopes for their encounter with us. Zen is in the space between\, the meeting with each other. \nJoin us this Sunday. \n—John Tarrant \n\n\n\n\n\n \nMeditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong\, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you\, for doors to open by themselves\, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead. \n\n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-34-4/
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SUMMARY:SATURDAY ZEN: For PZI Members – Conversations with David Weinstein
DESCRIPTION:  \nAbout 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 here. \nDana gratefully accepted \nQuestions? Contact David \n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/saturday-zen-for-pzi-members-conversations-with-david-weinstein-8/
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:20241017T160000
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SUMMARY:THURSDAY ZEN with David Parks: Surfing the Seas\, Living Life As It Comes
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nI’ve Got a Plan \nIf an enlightened person draws out the plan for a prison on the ground\, why can’t they get out? \n—Xutang’s Three Questions\, Entangling Vines\, Case 143 \nAt sixty-nine years of age the National Institutes of Health considers me “young-old.” If I lived in Japan\, I’d be “pre-old\,” and LinkedIn considers me to be middle-aged until age seventy-five. What I know is that I have lived enough life to know that things do not go as planned. Almost never. \nFor instance\, say I decide to go to the store fifteen minutes before it closes: I set my GPS\, find the fastest route and set out. I should be able to get there in five minutes\, leaving me ten minutes to shop. That’s a plan. However\, as I am driving to the store I get stuck in traffic\, a semi has driven off the road and the police send me on a detour. I get a little lost and arrive at the store five minutes before closing. As I walk up to the door there is a handwritten sign saying they had to close early because the store owner had to attend to some urgent business at home. \n“… the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” \nThat one line is from a poem by Robert Burns. In it\, Burns tells the story of a mouse who prepares for winter by making a nest in a field. A farmer comes along and accidentally destroys it while plowing the field. The mouse scolds the farmer\, who apologizes by saying\, “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” Indeed. \nA plan is an attempt to project a desired outcome into an unknown and uncertain future. It doesn’t work out like that. Ask the municipal planner. Her nightmare is the water project outside of town that comes in two years late and fifty million over budget. Plans do not work out. \nWhen I hold fast\, white knuckled\, onto my plan and it doesn’t work out and I don’t let go of the plan\, it is like a prison. No longer am I responsible\, able to respond to life as it comes. I suffer as I perceive that life is not working out the way I want. \nWhy hold on to that fiction? \n—David Parks \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-33-2/
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Jinniu's Spirit of Joy and Play
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nJinniu’s Spirit of Joy and Play \nEvery day at mealtime\, Jinniu himself would take the buckets of rice to the front of the monastery hall\, where he’d dance and laugh heartily\, saying\, “Bodhisattvas\, come and eat your rice!”\n\n(Xuedou comments: Jinniu wasn’t being kindhearted.)\n\nLater\, a student asked Changqing\, “In the old days someone said\, ‘Bodhisattvas\, come and eat your rice!’ What did he mean?”\n\nChangqing replied\, “That’s a grace before the meal.” \n—Blue Cliff Record Case 74 \nWhen this koan about Jinniu came along\, I immediately had an image to accompany it\, by the 18th-century Japanese Zen monk and artist Sengai. It is not an image of Jinniu\, but rather of Hotei\, one of the seven gods of good luck. He is often depicted playing with children and sometimes called the Laughing Buddha.  \nThe inscription by Sengai on the image says\, “How old are you\, dear moon? Thirteen and seven?” Hotei is always depicted carrying a large cloth bag over his back\, one that never empties; he uses it to feed the poor and needy. It includes an inexhaustible cache of treasures\, including food and drink. \nThere’s something about Hotei’s unbridled joy\, evident in Sengai’s picture\, that feels like the kind of joy Jinniu must have felt each time he brought the rice into the meditation hall. That kind of joy doesn’t get talked about much in the koans\, so I appreciate this example.  \nThough serious business\, koan practice is also a kind of deep play. In that way\, when having a conversation with someone about a koan\, it can feel less like an examination or a test than about playing together—entering each other’s imaginations and our own.  \nCan you imagine that? \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-19-4/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
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SUMMARY:MONDAY ZEN with Jon Joseph: “Yoshi” Means Good in Our Dreams and Lives
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\n“Yoshi” Means Good in Our Dreams and Lives \nLast night when I was sleeping\,\nI dreamt—marvelous error!—\nthat a spring was breaking out\nout in my heart… \n—Anthony Machado\, “Last Night When I Was Sleeping” \nThis morning I woke up from a dream that I had finished writing this note while sleeping. Though it seemed I was working on the note through the second half of the night\, upon waking I couldn’t remember its contents\, only that it was called “yoshi (吉).” In Japanese\, yoshi means “good\, good luck\, or joy\,” and there are at least five different kanji characters that read as yoshi. \nI notice how often the word “good” appears in koans. Yunmen’s “good day\,” Layman Pang’s “good snowflakes\,” and Ching’s “good news” when a chick breaks out of its shell. Even “the whole world is medicine” and “Bodhisattvas\, come eat your rice” have the feeling of generosity.\n\nYet we also live in Huineng’s world of “before thinking good or evil\,” where a beautiful and essential light shines in all things. We can’t call that light “good”—that would make the world smaller because it is more than good: it drinks in the whole universe\, both good and bad. So instead we call it “the nature\,” and when we see the nature\, we call that kensho. \n\nDuring Open Temple this morning\, my thoughts wandered to my friend’s husband\, who died last week. He had been diagnosed with cancer three years go and it was in check\, and then suddenly it wasn’t. He was a good man\, a very good man\, and funny. As a child he was chosen to be the spokes-kid for Oscar Meyer\, riding the Wienermobile. And now\, like a dream\, he is gone. But his memory remains. It is yoshi. \n—Jon Joseph \n\nMachado’s poem continues:\n\nI said: Along which secret aqueduct\,\nOh water\, are you coming to me\,\nwater of a new life\nthat I have never drunk?\n\nLast night as I was sleeping\,\nI dreamt—marvelous error!—\nthat I had a beehive\nhere inside my heart.\nAnd the golden bees\nwere making white combs\nand sweet honey\nfrom my old failures.\n\nLast night as I was sleeping\,\nI dreamt—marvelous error!—\nthat a fiery sun was giving\nlight inside my heart.\nIt was fiery because I felt\nwarmth as from a hearth\,\nand sun because it gave light\nand brought tears to my eyes.\n\nLast night as I slept\,\nI dreamt—marvelous error!—\nthat it was God I had\nhere inside my heart.    \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-37-3/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with John Tarrant & Friends: The Mysterious Stone Crypt
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nThe Mysterious Stone Crypt \nYou are locked in a stone crypt. There are no windows and the door is barred from the outside. How will you get out?\n—PZI Miscellaneous Koans\, Case 20 \nGreat koans give an image for our condition\, for climate change\, for being at the mercy of our leaders and of our own view. That’s the question we’re carrying: How will we get out? We’re in the same situation as Mr. Toad in Wind in the Willows\, locked up in the stoutest dungeon in Merry England.  \nIt’s a beautiful description of what we are in\, when we’re in. Whenever we’re suffering\, in essence we’re in that stone crypt. And how do we get out? Zen practice is for breaking those locks. \nJoin us on Sunday for an exploration of breaking out of prison. \n—John Tarrant \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-34-3/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Relying on Disorderly Consciousness
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nRelying on Disorderly Consciousness \nGuishan asked Yangshan\, “Suppose that out of the blue\, someone asks you\, ‘All sentient beings only have disorderly consciousness\, boundless and with no foundation to rely on.’ How would you conduct an inquiry into this?” \nYangshan said\, “If a student like that came\, I’d call\, ‘Hey so and so!’ When the student turns her head\, then I’d say\, ‘What is it?’ Then I’d wait while she thinks about it. Then I’d say\, ‘Not only is disorderly consciousness boundless but also there is no foundation to rely on.’”\nGuishan said\, “Good!” \nWe just got back from two weeks in Europe: half in Spain and half in Italy. Nothing like travel to appreciate disorderly consciousness being boundless. \nPlanning for the trip is an exercise attempting to make things orderly\, which is an exercise in disorderly consciousness itself. Plane reservations\, hotel reservations\, reservations for tours\, guidebooks. \nBut when you are told that the seats on your boarding pass\, 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 when the plane taking you to Barcelona has only one working toilet for the entire plane\, you can imagine the kind disorderly consciousness that might arise. Or when Google maps correctly leads you to a shop that is listed as open\, but it is closed … it doesn’t feel like there is much that can be relied on. \nI suppose it’s no different than the kinds of situations I run into in my everyday life. But traveling is an adventure. Sure\, I make plans and get reservations\, 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 ‘travelling\,’ even when home\, might be something like what Basho was thinking about when he wrote\, \nEvery day is a journey\, and the journey itself is home. \nJoin us Tuesday. \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-19-2/
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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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241007T193000
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SUMMARY:MONDAY ZEN with Jon Joseph: Refuge in the Limbs and Branches of This Tree of Life
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\nI vow not to kill\nDogen: The Buddha’s seed grows when you don’t take life. Pass on the Buddha’s life and do not kill.  \nI vow not to steal\nDogen: Just as they are\, you and the things of the world are one. The gate to freedom is open.  \nI vow not to misuse sex\nDogen: The three wheels of yourself\, others\, and your actions are pure. When you desire nothing\, you follow the Buddha’s Way.  \nI vow not to lie\nDogen: The Dharma Wheel turns from the beginning. There is never too much or too little. Everything is wet with dew and the truth is ready to harvest.  \nI vow not to misuse drugs\nDogen: Drugs are not brought in yet. Don’t bring them in. That is the great light. \nIf the Refuge Vows (I take refuge in awakening\, the Way and my companions) are the very roots of our tree of life\, and the Pure Vows (I vow to do no harm\, to do good\, and to do good for others) are its trunk\, then the Ten Bodhisattva Vows (sometimes translated as the “Ten Grave Precepts”) are the tree reaching out into the world\, its branches and leaves touching the wind\, rain and sunshine of space. \nLike the previous\, the Bodhisattva Vows are studied over many months as koans. What does it mean to kill? To give a doctor orders not to resuscitate a dying loved one? To dampen some light in ourselves and others? Do not steal\, misuse sex\, lie\, misuse intoxicants? If in all the universe there is not one thing out of place\, how then is it even helpful to lean into making our lives and the lives of others better? Maybe just asking the questions is the best we can do. \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-37-2/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with John Tarrant & Tess Beasley: Being the Host Wherever You Are—At Home in the Wide World
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nBeing the Host Wherever You Are—At Home in the Wide World \nBeing the host is being genuine. It’s loving your life\, the one you have. \nFor this you have to settle into what you really want. What you really want is the deepest and purest thing. Alas\, you can never have enough of what you don’t really want. \nJoin us for a collaboration this Sunday—taking the position of host in all circumstances. \n—John Tarrant & Tess Beasley \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-34-2/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="John Tarrant & Tess Beasley":MAILTO:johntarrant@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241003T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241003T173000
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SUMMARY:THURSDAY ZEN with David Parks
DESCRIPTION:LINK COMING SOON \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-33/2024-10-03/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:ON BREAK: Tuesday Zen with David Weinstein
DESCRIPTION:DAVID IS AWAY TODAY: COME JOIN US NEXT WEEK \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-19-3/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:MONDAY ZEN with Jon Joseph: Three Pure Vows
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\nLast week\, in spending time with the Three Refuge Vows\, we talked about the act and experience of taking refuge in awakening\, the Way\, and our companions. Now we are looking into the second set of three vows\, the Three Pure Vows. \nI vow to do no harm.\nI vow to do good.\nI vow to do good for others. \nIn spending time with these vows as koans\, it naturally brings up questions like\, what does “pure” mean?  What is harm\, good\, and good for others? Where is the cave of the Buddhas\, and how do we find the source of their teachings? The path of perfect enlightenment\, it is said we all walk\, is that my path? Ordinary and awakened; free ourselves and others. Much to talk about. \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-36-6/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240929T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240929T120000
DTSTAMP:20260505T052733
CREATED:20240925T230329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250404T000558Z
UID:10001816-1727605800-1727611200@www.pacificzen.org
SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with John Tarrant & Friends: Just to Know That There Is a Path
DESCRIPTION:Autumn is really setting in and the delusion and cruelty of public life are setting in\, too. \nSo just to know that there is a path is our job—to hold the way\, to encourage those on the way. Triumph and despair come and go but the Way remains. Without words\, the autumn trees make a golden path\, while the leaves are falling around us. \nIn the midst of upheaval  and difficulties of every kind\, Fayen said \nHe\, he\, he\, I\, I\, I\nSouth north east west everything is all right\nAll right or not all right\nOnly for me\, there is nothing not all right \nWalking the ancient path—that’s what we do\, and hold for each other\, and there is only now … \n—John Tarrant \n\n\n\n\n\n \nMeditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong\, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you\, for doors to open by themselves\, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead. \n\n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-33-6/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240924T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240924T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T052733
CREATED:20240826T214938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240829T221635Z
UID:10001825-1727200800-1727206200@www.pacificzen.org
SUMMARY:ON BREAK: Tuesday Zen with David Weinstein
DESCRIPTION:NO TUESDAY ZEN TODAY \nDavid Weinstein is on break until October 1st. Please join us then! \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-18/2024-09-24/
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240923T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240923T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T052733
CREATED:20240917T181643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240921T012356Z
UID:10001820-1727114400-1727119800@www.pacificzen.org
SUMMARY:MONDAY ZEN with Jon Joseph: A Place Where One Belongs
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\nA Place Where One Belongs\nI take refuge in awakening\nI take refuge in the way\nI take refuge in my companions \n —The Three Refuge Vows\, from Pacific Zen’s Ceremony of Taking Refuge in the Bodhisattva Way \nWhat does it mean to take refuge? The dictionary defines it as “a condition of being safe or sheltered from pursuit\, danger\, or trouble.” It is entering a safe place. \nAt the same time\, while most commonly the Chinese characters (三 帰) are translated as “the three refuges\,” their direct translation means “the three returns: returning home\, going to a place where one belongs\, return from whence one came.” Indeed. \nJoin us. \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-36-5/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240922T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240922T120000
DTSTAMP:20260505T052733
CREATED:20240917T195453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250404T000153Z
UID:10001815-1727001000-1727006400@www.pacificzen.org
SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with John Tarrant & Friends: Autumn Is the Philosophical Season
DESCRIPTION:Season of songs and sorrow and wide sky\, begonia and memory. \nThe grapes are very ripe\, the persimmons are weighing the boughs down to the ground\, the fox trots by with a vole in his mouth—so that’s why the garden is doing well—and I have a sense of wonder. The first of the golden crown sparrows\, thinned down by the flight from Alaska\, arrived at the bird bath\, taking a slow drink. This moment is what life is for\, and again this moment. Time is spacious when we don’t argue with it. \nClimb Mt Fuji\,\nSnail\, but slowly\,\nSlowly. \n—John Tarrant \n\n\n\n\n\n \nMeditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong\, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you\, for doors to open by themselves\, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead. \n\n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-33-5/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Fuji_500W.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240921T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240921T160000
DTSTAMP:20260505T052733
CREATED:20240826T221507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240903T190330Z
UID:10001809-1726911000-1726934400@www.pacificzen.org
SUMMARY:DAYLONG Retreat with John Tarrant & Tess Beasley: Avalokitesvara\, Persephone\, and Autumn Harvest: Zen and the Goddess Part I
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\nAvalokitesvara\, Persephone\, and Autumn Harvest: Zen and the Goddess Part I\nAh\, after the equinox\, the nights lengthen and we descend into the underworld along with Persephone and Avalokitesvara. There’s treasure\, too: grapes and wheat\, pomegranates and memory\, and a kind of clear light that appears in autumn. \nWe’re learning how to live when everything changes. Meditation is the way. \nThis is part of our autumn series on Zen and the Goddess. \nJoin John Tarrant and Tess Beasley for meditation and exploration of the great matter. \n\nPZI Online Temple\nSaturday\, September 21st\, 2024\n9:30 am–4:00 pm Pacific Time \nStay tuned for the schedule \nSpecial rates made possible by the Lenz Foundation’s 2024 “Women in Buddhism” Grant. \nMembers\, $75. Non-Members\, $100. \nPZI Member Scholarship: Members\, if you want to attend and are in need\, don’t hesitate to request financial aid for a reduced fee that you can comfortably pay. Not a member? Become one. \nRegistration or scholarship questions? Contact Marion Power at myakoushkin@gmail.com
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/daylong-retreat-with-john-tarrant-tess-beasley-zen-and-the-goddess-part-i/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:1-Day Retreat,PZI Retreats
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240919T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240919T173000
DTSTAMP:20260505T052733
CREATED:20240913T002912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241120T181820Z
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SUMMARY:ON BREAK: THURSDAY ZEN with David Parks
DESCRIPTION:NO THURSDAY ZEN TODAY \nDavid Parks Roshi will return on October 3rd. Please join us then! \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-32-3/
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:20240917T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240917T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T052733
CREATED:20240826T214938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240829T221635Z
UID:10001824-1726596000-1726601400@www.pacificzen.org
SUMMARY:ON BREAK: Tuesday Zen with David Weinstein
DESCRIPTION:NO TUESDAY ZEN TODAY \nDavid Weinstein is on break until October 1st. Please join us then! \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-18/2024-09-17/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/wooden-bucketCALENDAR500x350.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240916T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240916T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T052733
CREATED:20240910T215102Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T180058Z
UID:10001819-1726509600-1726515000@www.pacificzen.org
SUMMARY:MONDAY ZEN with Jon Joseph: Every Year a Tomato Year
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\nEvery Year a Tomato Year\nYunmen said\, “I’m not asking you about before the full moon. Come and say a word or two about after the full moon.”\nAnd he himself replied\, “Every day is a good day.” \n   — The Blue Cliff Record Case 6 \nFor me\, every year is a tomato year. For some decades\, I have planted tomato seeds in the late winter\, guarded them from snails as they became small starts\, planted and watered them in the early summer\, and in August and September harvested\, blanched\, roasted\, canned or froze them. And through those late summer months\, I have but one meal in the morning: sliced tomato with a dab of mayonnaise on a piece of toast. Morning after morning. Every year is a good year. And before we use the tags of good and evil\, it is just a year. Somehow\, that itself is a celebration. \nPablo Neruda’s poem Ode to Tomatoes begins: \nThe street\nfilled with tomatoes\nmidday\,\nsummer\,\nlight is\nhalved\nlike a tomato\,\nits juice\nruns\nthrough the streets… \nJoin us Monday. \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-36-4/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240915T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240915T120000
DTSTAMP:20260505T052733
CREATED:20240910T212949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T235352Z
UID:10001814-1726396200-1726401600@www.pacificzen.org
SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with John Tarrant & Friends: The Zen Master and the Ruler of the Land
DESCRIPTION:Our lives are the universe talking to itself—the wind bending the grass\, the goldfinches pouring through the garden like honey\, the feeling that life all makes sense and the feeling that life doesn’t make sense—all of this is ours. In late spring\, birds are singing on their nests at night. Our thoughts and feelings are simple too. There is something beautiful about being alive\, just the simplest part of being alive is everything. \nMeditation is not very complicated. It just means noticing that everything is alright\, even when things are difficult\, there is something alright in us. Our lives have a grace and a kindness in them before we started looking for grace or kindness. We are not living the wrong life. \nHere’s a little story: Zhaozhou and the Ruler of the Land. \nThe Governor asked\, “Master\, do you practice?”\nZhaozhou said\, “It would be a disaster if I did.”\nMa said\, “If you yourself do not practice\, to whom can you teach the practice?”\nZhaozhou said\, “You.”\nMa said\, “How can you call someone like me a practitioner?”\nZhao said\, “If you did not practice\, how could you have overcome hunger and cold\, and attained the status of a Governor?”\nWith tears in his eyes the Governor bowed in gratitude. \n—John Tarrant \n\n\n\n\n\n \nMeditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong\, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you\, for doors to open by themselves\, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead. \n\n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-33-4/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240910T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240910T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T052733
CREATED:20240826T214938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240829T221635Z
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SUMMARY:ON BREAK: Tuesday Zen with David Weinstein
DESCRIPTION:NO TUESDAY ZEN TODAY \nDavid Weinstein is on break until October 1st. Please join us then! \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-18/2024-09-10/
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:20240909T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240909T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T052733
CREATED:20240903T162321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240905T205347Z
UID:10001818-1725904800-1725910200@www.pacificzen.org
SUMMARY:MONDAY ZEN with Jon Joseph: A Concord of Sweet Sounds
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n“But music for a time doth change his nature. The man that hath no music in himself\, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds\, is fit for treasons\, stratagems\, and spoils. The motions of his spirit are dull as night…Let no such man be trusted.” \n—Lorenzo\, in Shakespear’s The Merchant of Venice \nTwo of the most trusted men in our universe—Michael Wilding and Jordan Mcconnell\, will join us on Monday night for a concord of sweet sounds: playing and talking about the source of sound and music. We may investigate strains of South Asian melodies in the sweet notes of the flute. Or we may hear in the strings of the guitar the story of an abandoned and barren island off the coast of Ireland\, music written by the fairies to the thrum of wind in halyards and sheets of old sailing vessels. \nJoin us. \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-36-3/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240908T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240908T120000
DTSTAMP:20260505T052733
CREATED:20240904T195724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T235229Z
UID:10001813-1725791400-1725796800@www.pacificzen.org
SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with John Tarrant & Friends: How Is My Hand Like the Buddha’s Hand?
DESCRIPTION:This dialogue is a call and response: \n“How is my hand like the Buddha’s hand?”\n“Playing guitar in the moonlight.” \nThe question goes in many directions; it asks\, “What shall we do with being human?” \nHands make art and tenderness. Hands do things\, they pick up a child\, haul in a fish\, swing a bucket\, write\, play guitar.\nHands have rings on them. Hands turn us into artists\, people who give shape to matter.\nAnd the music is happening in the moonlight\, there are memories\, and surprises; a dreamlike and eternal quality keeps us company.\nAnd isn’t everything a dream? \nJoin us this Sunday. \n\n\n\n\n\n \nMeditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong\, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you\, for doors to open by themselves\, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead. \n\n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-33-3/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240905T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240905T173000
DTSTAMP:20260505T052733
CREATED:20240903T190558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240903T190558Z
UID:10001826-1725552000-1725557400@www.pacificzen.org
SUMMARY:THURSDAY ZEN with David Parks: Utterly Useless Stuff!
DESCRIPTION:Utterly Useless Stuff!\nA pebble striking bamboo. A deer calling from a nearby stream. A glimpse of a flower in the corner of your eye. A shout:  Ha! A sound\, a taste\, a touch\, a smell\, something that cuts through the personal identifications and attachments as the heart opens to “just this.” Linji employed the shout\, at times calling out “Thief.” Yunmen often used a one simple word response to students’ questions: sesame rice cake\, barrier\, dried shit stick. \nOver my month long hiatus from teaching\, Yunmen has been coming to me in meditation\, as I worked in the barns and pulled weeds in the garden.  Early in the month it was the longer koans\, but as the month progressed Yunmen’s one word responses came\, one after another. Soon Yunmen began to speak his simple responses as I moved through the my day\, meeting the occasion with a word:  Honeybee\, Orange\, Ironweed\, Goldenrod – each word a gateway\, an opening into being here without regret or complaint. Utterly useless stuff. \nYunmen goes to visit the old teacher Muzhou\, walking up to the door: \nThe moment Muzhou saw Yunmen approach\, he shut the door. Thereupon Yunmen knocked at the door\, and Muzhou asked\, “Who is it?”\nYunmen replied\, “It’s me!”\nMuzhou asked\, “What are you here for?”\nYunmen said\, “I am not yet clear about myself. Please\, Master\, give me guidance!”\nMuzhou opened the door\, cast one glance\, shut it again\, and withdrew.\nIn this manner Yunmen went to knock at the door on three consecutive days. On the third day\, when Muzhou set out to open the door\, Yunmen forced his way in. Muzhou seized him and said\, “Say it\, say it!”\nYunmen hesitated.\nMuzhou pushed him out\, saying\, “Utterly useless stuff.”\nThrough this Yunmen attained awakening. \nWhat is remarkable to me about this story\, is that Muzhou is in accord with the Dao as he meets the moment\, his interlocutor\, so that finally\, the third time is the charm. Yunmen wakes up. The beauty of Zen is that we are guided by thieves — those who would take away our ideas and conceptions about life\, our self-identification\, and throw us into the deep end of life that we might learn to swim. Anything else\, “Utterly useless stuff.” \nAwakening is nothing.  It is not a thing among other things\, things that can be called out and fixed and manipulated like cars or political campaigns.  Yunyan\, Dongshan’s teacher says it like this: as one moves step by step through life – each moment\, each meeting\, “just this is it.” Nothing stands apart from awakening. \nJoin us Thursday. \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-32-2/
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:20240903T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240903T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T052733
CREATED:20240826T214938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240829T221635Z
UID:10001822-1725386400-1725391800@www.pacificzen.org
SUMMARY:ON BREAK: Tuesday Zen with David Weinstein
DESCRIPTION:NO TUESDAY ZEN TODAY \nDavid Weinstein is on break until October 1st. Please join us then! \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-18/2024-09-03/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pacificzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/wooden-bucketCALENDAR500x350.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="David Weinstein Roshi":MAILTO:dweinstein@pacificzen.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240902T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240902T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T052733
CREATED:20240829T193517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240829T193737Z
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SUMMARY:MONDAY ZEN with Jon Joseph: Sitting on Great Courage Peak
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\nSitting On Great Courage Peak\nA student asked Baizhang\, “What is the most wonderful and special thing?”\n“Sitting alone on Great Courage Peak.”\nThe student bowed\, and Baizhang hit him. \n—Blue Cliff Record Case 26 \nI was visiting this koan with a friend the other day\, and what impressed me was this case’s ordinariness: just our sitting alone\, right where we are\, is enough. \n“Great Courage Peak” sounds kind of aspirational\, but it was just the name of the mountain where Baizhang lived. He could have as easily said Geyser Peak\, Lake Tahoe\, or Bolinas. Or he could have responded\, “Sitting alone drinking a latte at Peets Coffee.” Or blanching and packing tomatoes in my kitchen. Reading The Record of Dongshan in the early morning. Don’t say “could be.” It is. \nWhen Dongshan was leaving\, he said to Yunyen\, his teacher\, “If in a hundred years someone were to ask me how to describe you\, how should I respond?” Yunyen answered\, “Say\, ’Just this. This!’” Dongshan fell silent. \nThere is something wonderful and special about just-this-ness. The just-this-ness of Chan-Zen is a fullness\, an enoughness\, a wholeness. That is so great because we are the complete package\, whatever mountain we sit on\, even if we are sitting alone on no-courage mountain. \nMany years ago\, somebody felt they had to name just-this-ness\, so they called it buddha nature. \nJoin us. \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-36-2/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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SUMMARY:OPEN TEMPLE: Fall 9-Week Meditation Pass – MEMBERS FREE
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\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\,\nSeptember 2nd–November 1st\, 2024. All are welcome. PZI Members attend FREE. \nPractice leaders will ring the bells and hold a cushion for you. Join us! \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) \nCheck for weekly updates here \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. (stay tuned!) \nPZI Members FREE\, Non-Members $125 \nQuestions? Or to check your membership status\, contact 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\n 
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/open-temple-fall-5-week-meditation-pass-members-free/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:Open Temple
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY ZEN with John Tarrant & Friends: Surprise!
DESCRIPTION:At first\, we are reaching for the beautiful and timeless world.\nWe practice and suddenly we find that it just surrounds us and we are not reaching any more. \nThe way of the Emperor Yao came from the Buddha—\nhe bent the Yellow River—\nwhen he passed through the market from end to end\,\nhe found the sacred dynasty flourishing there. \nJoin us Sunday. \n—John Tarrant \n\n\n\n\n\n \nMeditation is not a task with a known goal. It’s something you can’t do wrong\, a chance for the things of this world to come towards you and to meet you\, for doors to open by themselves\, and for us to see where the ancient paths lead. \n\n\nWaking up is something we do together\, in the online temple on Sunday. We love it when you join us.  \n—John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is FREE or you may elect to donate $10.\n\nDana and donations are gratefully accepted.\nOnce you register\, you’ll receive a PZI link for access to:\nSunday Zen at 10:30 am Pacific Time
URL:https://www.pacificzen.org/event/sunday-zen-with-john-tarrant-friends-33-2/
LOCATION:PZI Online Temple
CATEGORIES:PZI Zen Online
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