John Tarrant

John Tarrant is the director of the Pacific Zen Institute, in Santa Rosa, California. His latest book is Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life.

Magazine Teachings

The Erotic Life of Emptiness

We are the world unfolding.

By John Tarrant

Spring 2010

Magazine Body & Mind

In the Wild Places

A Zen teacher wanders into the heart of his father’s final days.

By John Tarrant

Winter 2009

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The World Beneath a Tree

“Being under a tree is a holiday from reason,” writes author Sumana Roy.

By Sumana Roy

Oct 15, 2021

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Stepping Back onto the Silk Road

An ambitious retrospective lets us view China’s ancient network of Buddhist caves at Dunhuang through the lenses of pioneering photographers James and Lucy Lo.

By Julia Hirsch

Fall 2021

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When You Greet Me I Bow: Relationship, Emptiness, Activism

Poet, translator, and Zen Buddhist priest Norman Fischer shares lessons from his decades of practice: from relationships, to emptiness, to activism, to cultural encounters between East and West.

Norman Fischer

Oct 2021

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