Sit with the question,
awaken together.
The best way to get a feel for what we get up to is to join us online for Sunday Zen: meditation, dharma talks, music, and community.
Meditation 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.
Waking up is something we do together, in the online temple on Sunday.
We love it when you join us.
— John Tarrant Roshi and all of us at PZI
What's happening at PZI
Waking up is something we do together.
Every SundaySunday Zen — Meditation & Talk
Online or in person. No experience necessary, just the willingness to sit with a question.
-
Open Mind Retreat “The Light That Gets Handed Along”
Jul 30 – Aug 2 · In person, Bolinas
-
Open Temple Special Summer Intensive Training Period
Aug 3 – 28 · Online
Ways to engage
-
Step 1: Sunday Zen
Join a sit, in person or online, wherever you are. Offered freely, or by donation; you are most welcome.
Join Sunday Zen -
Step 2: Explore the KALPA
Koans, talks, and teacher interviews: our library of practice materials, built over decades of sitting together.
Browse the KALPA -
Step 3: Find a teacher
Meet the teachers guiding PZI’s community, and begin meeting with one, one-on-one.
Meet our teachers
PZI Teachers
Work with a teacher one-on-one, online or in person — a way to go deeper in your meditation and koan practice.
Meet our teachers-
John Tarrant
Founder & Director
A Zen teacher, poet, and founder of PZI, interested in Zen as a way that transforms the mind, and in the dance between innovation and tradition in both teaching and practice.
Learn more -
Allison Atwill
Zen Teacher & Visual Artist
Her work emerges from an intimate, embodied conversation with koans — interested in wholeness over perfection, discovery over self-improvement, and koans as a way of moving in the dark.
Learn more -
Tess Beasley
Zen Teacher, Board President
Based in New York and serves as PZI’s Board President, particularly interested in the ways Zen and depth psychology complement each other to kindle creativity and transformation.
Learn more -
Eduardo Fuentes
Zen Teacher, Santiago, Chile
Especially interested in how koans can help people learn what they are, and to become intimate with nature.
Learn more -
Jon Joseph
Director, San Mateo Zen
Finds he is not only leading but participating in a community of brothers and sisters, any one of whom can offer guidance and wisdom to the group, and to himself.
Learn more -
David Parks
Director, Bluegrass Zen
Based in Waco, Kentucky, with an interest in the parables, sayings, and doings of Jesus as Christian koans — vehicles for opening the heart-mind to life lived freely and fully.
Learn more -
Michelle Riddle
Teacher, PZI Digital Temple
Involved in the care and evolution of PZI for decades, interested in how koans help with the discovery of freedom, and the creative possibilities for manifesting that freedom.
Learn more -
David Weinstein
Director, Rockridge Meditation Community
Teaches regularly at the Rockridge Meditation Community in Oakland, CA, interested in discovering Zen practice in the midst of ordinary life.
Learn more
Pillars of Our Practice
-
Koan Meditation
Meditations on selected koans with the sangha, each Sunday and every weekday morning online.
Learn more -
Dokusan
Face to face meetings between student and teacher. Conversations revealing gates through koans and life, here and now.
Learn more -
Dharma Talks
Dharma talks led by PZI Teachers. Meditation and conversation with the community. 3–4 days per week.
Learn more -
Retreats
Traditional sesshin once each season, with innovative arts & conversation focused retreats offered throughout the year.
Calendar