through all colors of fall the dharma speaks
We are at Karuna Center, in Monchique, Portugal, starting our Autumn 8-day silent retreat. When we sit together in silence, what...
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hamid ebadi
Oct 123 min read
the journey of not knowing
ei-tai ji temple, la rochette, 13 august 2000 here is a poem i presented to my teacher, ryotan tokuda roshi, on my monk ordination day...
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hamid ebadi
Sep 192 min read
no where to go and nothing to become : we just are
ultimately the journey makes us understand that there is no going from here to there and no becoming for us. the journey begins and ends...
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hamid ebadi
Aug 312 min read
still the tree stirs
dôgo and zengen went to a house to express condolences. zengen rapped on the coffin and asked, "alive or dead?" dôgo said, "I won't say...
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Ahmed M
Jul 313 min read
just sitting
After two days and many hours of sitting in zazen, the incessant thoughts of my every day life, the distractions and desires finally...
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hamid ebadi
Jul 202 min read
as the sheets of water roll in
m’illumino d’immenso - giuseppe ungaretti at the end of your long journey, you may well take note that the journey never had a beginning...
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hamid ebadi
Jul 32 min read
as long as she tunes in to the wind singing in the pines
daybreak silent retreat payangan bali To sit with others in silence and stillness, what is it? An experience for each person to...
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hamid ebadi
Jun 262 min read
we are never lost even when
Practice and its integration in daily life cannot be about reaching a sense of perfection at some point in time. It is not that there is...
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hamid ebadi
Jun 133 min read
where we stand is where we flow
Zen Master Nansen is asked by a student about the Way. “Ordinary mind is the Way”, replies the teacher. “Do I need to direct myself...
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hamid ebadi
Jun 12 min read
entering the way
Reading Meister Eckhart’s sermons, we learn that god is not to be found here, not to be found there. She is not to be found anywhere or...
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hamid ebadi
May 224 min read
they hear your heartbeat the old carps in the pond
yogi's garden, payangan, bali, march 2024 ___________________________________________ fragments from a silent retreat stepping into this...
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hamid ebadi
Apr 302 min read
invitation au voyage
silent retreat april 2024 welcome words before stepping into silence : ' invitation au voyage ' here we are gathered at the onset of a...
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hamid ebadi
Feb 44 min read
you have to say something
' You have to say something!' This is the title of a book of talks given by Dainin Katagiri, one of the pioneering figures of Zen in the...
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hamid ebadi
Jan 202 min read
sunrise at mount bromo
mount bromo, java timur, january twenty-four _________________________________________ carnet javanais awakening to emergence of light /...
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hamid ebadi
Nov 10, 20232 min read
what you leave behind is what you take with you
What you see on this image is a view over the valley and the rolling hills on the last day of our silent at Karuna Center in Monchique a...
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hamid ebadi
Oct 14, 20234 min read
letting go of what we know
In Mysteries, Yes, a poem by Mary Oliver from her book Evidence we read: ' Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they...
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hamid ebadi
Oct 2, 20233 min read
some thoughts on meditation
It's something to look forward to whenever I get the chance to sit with others an intensive silent meditation retreat as this allows me...
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hamid ebadi
Sep 25, 20233 min read
what for a silent retreat
Our one week silent Zen retreat at Karuna Center in Monchique, Portugal, is four weeks away. Is a silent retreat an event? The word event...
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hamid ebadi
Sep 19, 20233 min read
closing words on a september silent retreat
Awareness has more to do with the quality of attention we bring to something rather than what we give our attention to. It’s not so much...
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hamid ebadi
Sep 1, 20232 min read
silence is your home
a report from a week of silent sitting ____________________________________ the deeper silence reaches within, the lesser your...
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