Standing at the Blue Cliff: The Enlightenment Talks. Scenes from an extraordinary retreat with two Zen masters.

In Autumn 2012, Zen koan masters John Tarrant and Joan Sutherland came together to converse about The Blue Cliff Record, the first great collection of koans, now almost 1,000 years old. It’s a text filled with stories that change you. Pacific Zen Institute is pleased to be able to offer this DVD record of the event—a chance to witness their collaboration in a set of live conversations about Zen, koans, and enlightenment.

John Tarrant (born 1949) is a Western Zen teacher, director of the Pacific Zen Institute (pacificzen.org) which has centers in California, Arizona, and Canada. He teaches and writes about the transformation of consciousness through the use of the Zen koan and trains koan meditation teachers.

The Pacific Zen School includes both Pacific Zen Institute and The Open Source Project.