Events

Fall Meditation Pass gives you unlimited access to two morning meditations, Mondays–Fridays, September 4th–November 3rd, 2023.

All are welcome.

PZI Members attend FREE.

What do we do with our minds? It’s good to remember that the mind doesn’t have to be so noisy. We don’t need so many social media likes.

Join us on Sunday, for an exploration of the depth of meditation.

—John Tarrant

That effortless way sloths hang from branches is like the effortless way my meditation practice keeps me company, especially when I’m doing not-doing anything.

Just hanging around with a koan.

—David Weinstein

The Japanese word “dokusan” for these conversations about meditation practice 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.

—David Weinstein

There will be personal interviews and deep meditation, teaching talks and some conversations, old friends and new, brilliant teachers, music, great enlightenment, mistakes, and delight.

—John Tarrant

We come together across oceans and continents with our members, teachers, musicians, and those new to PZI. We discover things together which we could not discover alone.

Join us!

The Jewish tradition has been about asking questions from the beginning. I can feel a resonance with the Chan spirit of inquiry and questioning of koan practice. In the Jewish tradition some of the highest praise you can receive is to hear someone say to you, “That’s a good question.”

The student said, “I’m only a student, I don’t understand.”
Shitou said, “I don’t either.
Do you?

As I think about Linji, and how he was literally kicked out of his teacher’s interview room the only three times he went in for a conversation, how could he not think there was something lacking in him?

Dongshan is saying that Buddha is not feeling well. That would be from the perspective of grass being everywhere. But from the perspective of no grass for ten thousand miles, there is no sickness.