The Saltwater Sangha, is the Santa Cruz home of the  Pacific Zen Institute. We offer a quiet and inviting space for meditation, Koan study, conversation, poetry and art.  John Tarrant, Roshi, founder of the Pacific Zen Institute is one of the most innovative Koan teachers in the country. 

We meet every Wednesday night from 6:00 - 7:45 PM. 
Sash Mill Building 45, Room 106

John Tarrant, Roshi, on September 8, 2010 will sit with the saltwater sangha.
 
"Practice is really a lifelong thing. Not because it is hard work, but because it is beautiful and we love it...seeing, experiencing and feeling what it's really like to be human, what the world and our connection to it is really like...it's a beautiful thing."  John Tarrant 
                 
Visit:Our brother and sister Sangha's in SanFrancisco, Oakland and Santa Rosa.                                              


Koans and Christianity with David Parks-Ramage.

Our lead teacher, John Tarrant Roshi, is the world's foremost authority in the use of koans to stimulate awakening to our true natures.  A koan is a story, statement or poem that opens our eyes the the possibilities inherent in this moment. 
 Listen to a Koanversation by John on
"Happiness for no good reason" at
Summer Sesshin
Clickherehttp://pacificzen.org/Zen/multimedia_video.htm


Photography by: Roger Jordon