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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
Apr 271 min read
traceless
karuna center, monchique, portugal, april 2024 silent retreat ____________________________________ everywhere hills undulating on the...
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hamid ebadi
Apr 201 min read
? passage of time
_______________________________ " If time merely flies away, you would be separated from time. The reason you do not clearly understand...
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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
Dec 27, 20232 min read
rain talk is dharma talk
december retreat 2023 bali it rained heavily the morning of our last day of retreat in december. i was in a contemplative mood, not...
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hamid ebadi
Dec 6, 20239 min read
the practice of letting go
The aim of these talks is to offer, as there will be no other instructions besides the one given during the opening ceremony, some...
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hamid ebadi
Nov 27, 20231 min read
eternity this interplay
candi dasa, bali, november twenty-three " as one side is illumined, the other is darkened. - master dogen" sunday you are vast and...
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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 31, 20232 min read
misty heights
silent retreat october twenty twenty-three monchique * no entry no exit point to silence enter or leave it you cannot * in the midst of...
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Eva StorytellingCoach
Oct 17, 20231 min read
gorgeous
This silent retreat was GORGEOUS. And I mean gorgeous, luxurious, and delightful to the senses. Hosted in an incredible location, there...
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hamid ebadi
Oct 15, 20231 min read
sesshin ends
curtains drawn from the paddies sunlight pouring in cicadas screeching pouring in inside no one outside no one the dweller left his:...
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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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