Events
MEMBERS FREE: 2-Month Fall Morning Meditation Pass
MORNING MEDITATION
September 4th–Nov 3rd
In the Zoomiverse
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.
Unmoving Mind Means Freely Moving: The Mind That Does Not Stick to Things – Sunday Zen with John Tarrant & Friends
SUNDAY ZEN
Sept 24th at 10:30 AM PDT
In the Zoomiverse
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
Wasting Time – Tuesday Zen with David Weinstein
TUESDAY ZEN
September 26th at 6 PM PDT
In the Zoomiverse
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
Conversations on Meditation Practice with David Weinstein
SATURDAY CONVERSATIONS
8–10:00 AM Pacific Time
Next on October 7th
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
The Storehouse of Treasures Opens by Itself with John Tarrant & PZI Teachers
PZI ONLINE RETREAT
September 27–30th
In the Zoomiverse
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
All of Autumn Is in the One Leaf – Great Fall Sesshin with John Tarrant & PZI Teachers
PZI FALL SESSHIN
October 24–29th, 2023
San Rafael, CA
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!
Who Has Bound You? Hosted by David Weinstein
TUESDAY ZEN
SEPTEMBER 19th, 2023
RMC ARCHIVE
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.”
I Don’t Understand Hosted by David Weinstein
TUESDAY ZEN
September 12th, 2023
RMC ARCHIVE
The student said, “I’m only a student, I don’t understand.”
Shitou said, “I don’t either.
Do you?
What’s Lost? Hosted by David Weinstein
TUESDAY ZEN
September 5th, 2023
RMC ARCHIVE
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?
One Who Is Not Sick Hosted by David Weinstein
WEDNESDAY ZEN
JULY 26th, 2023
RMC ARCHIVE
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.