Winter & Silver, Moonlight & Snow
Pacific Zen Winter Sesshin 2022
Winter & silver, moonlight & snow, the silence at the beginning of the world.
*Registration is closed*
Winter Sesshin 2022
An extended online retreat
in the PZI Digital Temple
with John Tarrant & Friends
Tuesday – Sunday
February 1st – 6th, 2022
*Registration closed January 28th - if you would still like to attend contact Roddy Wares, Registrar
In silence, there we feel free. In silence, the person who is angry forgets to be angry, the busy person laughs, the sad person walks toward spring. The still invisible, true life is stirring underground. Our silence aids the things to come. Already we feel them.
We make a temple that has altars all over the world. No one is correct or excluded. The fox crosses the garden, the owl announces silence, silence. The rain comes & the winter light. We sit quietly together, the temple bells are inside and outside, and already we are in the new life.
It speaks in silence,
in speech you hear its silence.
The great way opens and there are no obstacles.
—Yongjia Xuanjue's Song of Enlightenment
—John Tarrant & Friends,
the remarkable Teachers of PZI
Our Winter Sesshin: Winter & Silver, Moonlight & Snow with John Tarrant & Friends
—with PZI Teachers: john Tarrant, Tess Beasley, Sarah Bender, Jesse Cardin, Eduardo Fuentes, Jon Joseph, David Parks, David Weinstein
—with Heads of Practice Jan Brogan & Chris Gaffney
This is an extended 6-day & 5-night online gathering, beginning on Tuesday, February 1st, at 4:30 PM PST and completing on Sunday, February 6th, at 12:00 PM PST.
Where: In the PZI Digital Temple
PZI Members: $495
Non-members: $525
With your sesshin registration, you will receive a complimentary Winter Open Temple Pass for one month of daily morning meditations, two sessions every day from Monday, January 10th through Friday, February 11th!
*Registration closes January 28th at 12:00 NOON PST
PZI members: If you want to attend and are in need, please don't hesitate to request financial aid through a PZI Scholarship. Contact Corey Hitchcock & the Scholarship Committee at [email protected]
Dear PZI Friends—
We come together across oceans and continents with PZI members, teachers, musicians, and those new to PZI. We can discover things together which we could not discover alone. There's a scholarship fund for PZI members who want to attend, and need financial assistance. If you're not a member, we invite you to join us today! You can read more about this below.
Thank you for all you have offered to PZI during these last many months, and these last many decades. It's nice to have each other as we find our way.
—Board President Tess Beasley Sensei & Director
Joh
Retreat Details:
The Zendo altar will be lit, and the temple will be held—with meditation periods from 6:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM PST, and morning rituals beginning each day at 6:30 AM PST. Dharma talks will be offered twice daily, and a panoply of teachers will offer dokusan interviews (individual meetings with a teacher) each day, too. We've designed the schedule to both hold us together as an extended community in one vessel, and to also offer flexibility so a range of time zones can participate comfortably.
Sometimes the thing to do is to turn the light inward and go to the source. It's going to be quite the event—a gateway into what is marvelous in your life. We are in a moment of deepening together, of feeling the gravity of our time and discovering the light that is always working inside us.
*Registration closes January 28th at 12:00 NOON PST. This is so we can arrange all details for your attendance and personal meetings with teachers. Contact Registrar Roddy Wares.
Tuesday, February 1st
RETREAT OPENS, 4:30–6:30 PM: Welcome, evening meditation & dharma talk
1-HOUR BREAK, 6:30–7:30 PM: West Coast dinner
OPEN SIT, 7:30–9:00 PM: with Head of Practice (HOP)
Wednesday – Saturday, February 2nd – 5th
OPEN SIT, 3:00–5:00 AM: with HOP
1-HOUR BREAK, 5:00–6:00 AM: East Coast breakfast
MORNING, 6:00–7:30 AM: Morning tea, meditation & welcome rituals
2-HOUR BREAK, 7:30–9:30 AM: West Coast breakfast, East Coast snack or lunch
MORNING, 9:30–11:30 AM: Morning meditation & dharma talk
1.5-HOUR BREAK, 11:30 AM–1:00 PM: West Coast lunch
AFTERNOON, 1:00–3:30 PM: Sutras, meditation, & teacher interviews (dokusan)
1.5-HOUR BREAK, 3:30–5:00 PM: East Coast dinner
EVENING, 5:00–6:30 PM: Evening meditation & dharma talk
1-HOUR BREAK, 6:30–7:30 PM: West Coast dinner
OPEN SIT, 7:30–9:00 PM: with HOP
Sunday, February 6th
OPEN SIT, 3:00–5:00 AM: with HOP
1-HOUR BREAK, 5:00–6:00 AM: East Coast breakfast
MORNING, 6:00–7:30 AM: Morning tea, meditation & welcome rituals
2-HOUR BREAK, 7:30–9:30 AM: West Coast breakfast, East Coast snack or lunch
RETREAT CLOSES, 9:30 AM–12:00 PM: Morning meditation & closing rituals
Registration Details & PZI Scholarship:
*Registration closes on January 28th at 12:00 NOON PST. This is an important deadline to allow ample time for dokusan meeting scheduling and mailing of all registration materials.
PZI members: We recognize that some people are experiencing great challenges in these times. If you want to attend and are in need, please don't hesitate to request financial aid through a PZI Member Scholarship, for a reduced fee that you can comfortably pay. Not a member? Become one.
Scholarship requests? Info? Contact Corey Hitchcock & the Scholarship Committee
- Discounts, as always, for PZI Members – join us!
- Complimentary Open Temple Meditation Pass with your registration
- Financial aid is available for PZI Members in need through a PZI Scholarship
- As a convenience you may register for two people at one time, if you are a PZI Member
- To register, click the 'Register – Winter Sesshin' image button below
- Once you've registered, you'll receive a welcome email on or before January 31st, with a Zoom link, final schedule, and more info for online participation
Adding Donations and Dana
- You may add a donation to PZI, teacher dana (gift), and/or donation to the PZI Scholarship Fund to your registration 'Cart' before you check out
- Adding a donation to the PZI Scholarship Fund helps others attend
- 'Add Donation or Dana' link will take you back to this page, then use the 'How would you like to support?' image buttons at bottom of page. When complete, you'll be returned to your Cart with the total for checkout.
Thank you for being a part of us, and for your ongoing support and participation in PZI Zen Online. Looking forward to seeing you in the Digital Temple!
For questions about the registration form, contact [email protected]
