asks not whether it is seen: that silent unfolding of the play

karuna center, serra de monchique, portugal

karuna retreat center, serra de monchique, algarve, portugal

here is a poem presented to master ryotan tokuda on my monk ordination day some twenty years ago in france. after a number of years of...

Endearing words received from our friend Alex from Holand who has no presence on social media. Alex joined us last July at Karuna Center,...

the reality behind words unspoken ones mostly crimson sun setting in misty sea wave after wave ash-beds in motion flags fastened to the...

It is with pleasure that I can announce the resumption of our silent meditation and yin yoga retreats at Karuna Center in Algarve,...

It is hard to put into words my experience of the past 6 days silent meditation and yoga retreat. This surprises me as this was my 3rd...

second pilgrimage of the year after visiting rumi's shrine in konya, turkey, in september. returning to ei-tai ji temple, in the lower...

I write this as it is approaching three months since I spent six days on a silent meditation retreat in the hills of Monchique, Portugal....

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...

photo: lorelei loveridge For some reason, I came home from work, cooked dinner, fell asleep, and woke at 1 AM. Meditated after a bit and...

Silence and stillness allow you to reach and settle into your deepest level of experiencing as a human being. Coming back to a place one...

on the anatolian plateau, september 2018 from my travels to where and nowhere . autrement dit the point of the journey is in the travel ....

tombes of jallaludin-e-rumi, his father, son and disicples shrine of jallaludin rumi, konya, september 2018 six months adrift after...

' 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...

photo credit Sai Ram Or, the passing of flames itself is the Buddha passing, is Buddha activity, the dharma wheel turning. Friends who...

MAITRI RETREATS AND HAMID EBADI – AN EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF ‘COMING HOME’ “Meditation is a bodily practice.” I will never ever forget...

orientation talk on the first day of our july 2018 sesshin in sierra de monchique, algarve, portugal. a presentation of the practice of...

windows shut curtains drawn from the paddies sunlight pouring in screeching of cicadas pouring in no one inside no one outside ...