the art of making mistake after mistake
There is a Zen expression: shoshaku jushaku that is rendered in English as; to succeed wrong with wrong or, one continuous mistake. In...
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hamid ebadi
Jun 15, 20232 min read
turning the light inward
" learn to take the backward step that turns the light and shines it inwards. " it's with these words that master dogen speaks about the...
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hamid ebadi
Feb 4, 20231 min read
traceless practice
in the end it is in silence that we have our questions answered for it is in silence that all our questions come to dissolve. the one who...
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hamid ebadi
Jan 15, 20232 min read
buddha alone sees buddha
Immersion in silence and stillness in the company of others during a meditation retreat can be a profound and potentially...
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hamid ebadi
Dec 21, 20222 min read
what ashes tell us about silence
our first silent retreat in bali after four years ended last sunday. it was a gathering of friends, old and new. one of the gifts of...
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hamid ebadi
Sep 1, 20223 min read
my death verse
my death verse early to be written too late to be read winds sweep the mountain prairie unfurling waves through wild grass no one came...
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hamid ebadi
Jul 7, 20222 min read
the guest of seasons
Our summer retreat in Monchique begins on Sunday and I'm on my way to Portugal to welcome our guests coming from many different lands....
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hamid ebadi
May 30, 20223 min read
words of radiance the heart can see
In zen, it is said that a dharma talk is obscure to the mind but radiant to the heart. In Saint-Exupery's 'the Little Prince' we read:...
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hamid ebadi
May 8, 20222 min read
from your heart to my heart
puget-thénier, alpes de haute provence, april 2022 visiting ei-tai ji temple and meeting master ryotan tokuda after a long time. he does...
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hamid ebadi
Mar 21, 20212 min read
the three jewels
In Buddhism we have the three jewels; the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. They are indissociable from one another and form an...
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hamid ebadi
Feb 14, 20213 min read
in reverence of the unknown
" Comment vivre sans inconnu en face de soi? How can we live without the unknown in front of us? René Char - Le poème pulverisé. " In...
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hamid ebadi
May 12, 20206 min read
in praise of the last horse
When you stumble again, hit the wall again, stray again, disappoint yourself again, fail to learn your lessons again, hit rock bottom...
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hamid ebadi
Nov 21, 20194 min read
in and out of the stream of unknowing
Reading Meister Eckhart’s sermons we learn that God is not to be found here and is not to be found there, he is not to be found anywhere...
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hamid ebadi
Oct 9, 20192 min read
living without why
asks not whether it is seen: that silent unfolding of the play
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hamid ebadi
Aug 3, 20192 min read
mountain sanctuary
karuna retreat center, serra de monchique, algarve, portugal
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hamid ebadi
Oct 25, 20182 min read
ei-tai ji, temple of eternal peace
second pilgrimage of the year after visiting rumi's shrine in konya, turkey, in september. returning to ei-tai ji temple, in the lower...
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hamid ebadi
Oct 10, 20182 min read
wind of impermanence howling
Harking the wind of impermanence howl. Howling for you, howling for me, howling for no one. Of that wind, we could say, it hardly ever...
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hamid ebadi
Sep 16, 20182 min read
come : shrine of rumi in konya
tombes of jallaludin-e-rumi, his father, son and disicples shrine of jallaludin rumi, konya, september 2018 six months adrift after...
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hamid ebadi
Sep 2, 20183 min read
at home in heaven and hell
' In this world we walk on the roof of hell gazing at flowers. " Kobayashi Issa (1763 - 1827) This is heaven, call it home. This is...
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hamid ebadi
Aug 22, 20182 min read
buddha passes where flames passe
photo credit Sai Ram Or, the passing of flames itself is the Buddha passing, is Buddha activity, the dharma wheel turning. Friends who...
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