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Live talks with David Weinstein RMC WEDNESDAY COMMUNITY NIGHTS!
7-9pm.1x per month ___________________ Unborn Again & Again with Bankei A live talk @ RMC with David Weinstein on July 18th 
Still a few spots REGISTER NOW SATURDAY, JULY 21st, 9AM - 5PM Walking Naturally Being Unborn with Bankei An Urban Retreat @ RMC with David Weinstein "When you are walking along naturally, you are in harmony with the Unborn" - Bankei Yotaku It was Bankei who my teacher in Japan, Yamada Roshi, quoted as he gave me his his condolences for my mother's death. He said how sorry he was to have heard the news of my mother's death and he added: "But, you know, we are never really born so… We never really die." ...specifics on this retreat 
The Remarkable PZI KALPA IS FREE! TO EVERYONE UNTIL AUGUST ! 2018.
What is it? The Koans & Liberation Project Archive This is PZI's own online library of teachings —Available for a monthly subscription at no more than the cost of lunch. So try it out! 
INCREDIBLE ESSAY!
A SPECIAL ISSUE of UNCERTAINTY CLUB The Myth We're In • June 2018. Joan Sutherland's remarkable 3-Part essay on our turbulent times. Read, savor and share! All PZI RETREATS, RETREATS
The Soul’s Journey, with John Tarrant
August 16-19 Commonweal Center Bolinas, CA An Open Mind Retreat. When we leave our little home in the village, we leave everything we know and it gets dark and the great forces come to meet us. Witches, wizards, guides, demons, ghosts, as well as unlooked-for help and kindness, appear at full speed. We find we need to come to terms with the things we don’t know about the world and ourselves. 
Introduction to Koan Meditation
with David Weinstein ONE SUNDAY PER MONTH 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Next Class July 22 Zen koan meditation is a tradition that has been held somewhat under wraps. Although koans, which are often the record of interchanges between teachers and students, are readily available, the sharing of similar interchanges between contemporary practitioners and their teachers have not been shared. It is ironic that Koan practice should generate a veil of mystery around it. MORE on this Intro CLASS. Sign up |
AUG. 4th will be the NEXT SATURDAY for Individual Conversations on your meditation practice with David Weinstein, Roshi
(After the Bankei Retreat July 21) 8am -10:30 am No experience necessary. People will be invited in for a conversation in the order in which they arrive. For those who can't make it on Saturdays, it is possible to schedule appointments with David at other times of the week. Contact David Dana gratefully accepted. 
WEDNESDAY JULY 18th 7-9PM COMMUNITY NIGHT Unborn, Again and Again with David Weinstein Live streamed talk here on YouTube 8pm There is a website named: Fake Buddha quotes, which I bumped into as I was googling around. One of the quotes that they identify as fake is: “Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” While I had never heard that quote before, and it was identified as a fake Buddha quote, it did remind me of a quote that I found when I was struggling with the teachings about rebirth in the Tibetan tradition. I found a conversation recorded in the Pali Canon, in which someone asked the Buddha how long a human life was and his reply was that the length of a human life was one thought moment. The footnote in Lama Govinda's book explained that according to Buddhist psychology, there are 64 thought moments in the time it takes for the snap of a finger. When I brought that understanding of rebirth to Lama Yeshe, he told me that it was good enough for now and to keep my mind open. I am still practicing at keeping my mind open. It is that perspective of moment to moment rebirth, moment to moment being reborn, that I find helpful in being intimate with Bankei's "Unborn". It helps me appreciate how being Unborn is not a static state, it is an ongoing practice. Letting go of being born moment after moment while coming forth into the world. David 
SUNDAY, July 22nd 9:30am-12pm
Saved - Again and Again with David Weinstein When I was in Japan, I was shocked to hear Yamada Roshi use the word "saved" in one of his talks. At first I thought I had misunderstood him, my Japanese wasn't that good, but he took time to explain in English his use of the word "saved". He was talking about whether he thought Zen was a religion. He thought it was, based on his feeling that in order to be a religion, a path has to be able to "save" people. He explained that for him "saving" meant having an experience of reality without concepts or ideas filtering that experience. I recently remembered his talking about being saved when I was sitting in the waiting room of radiation oncology. There was another patient there, who upon meeting the first time made a reference to "him" taking good care of him, as he pointed up with his index finger. I nodded and told him that I knew what he meant. I do know what it feels like to be held by something larger than myself. On subsequent encounters, each time he made some kind of reference to how he felt held in that way and each time I responded affirming that I also felt held in that way. The last time we met was my last day of treatment. When I told him so, he leaned forward across the aisle towards me, as I leaned forward towards him and looking me deeply in the eyes asked if I had been saved. Feeling a deep connection with him as we continued to look deeply into each other's eyes I said, "continuously". He leaned a little bit closer yet and almost whispered, "so few understand" and I felt yet closer to him and grateful for Yamada Roshi using the word "saved". David PZI Community - Articles, Announcements, Talks & Blog Posts from our larger Community
New PZI Zendo
Share the Moon Meditation Community 640 Hillcrest Dr, Felton, Ca. 2nd & 4th Sundays every month Contact Illana Berger for more information on the group. 
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