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fear and the unfolding of life and death
June 17th 2025 Carl's talk: Â One week ago, we met here and practiced Zazen together. Afterwards, Hamid presented us with a text on the...
carlzimmerling
5 hours ago16 min read
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on samsara's edge invited to sing
June 10th, 2025   Hamid’s talk: Today I would like to talk about what came up in the presentation Carl gave about this notion of...
hamid ebadi
7 days ago16 min read
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a circle drawn / a circle erased
za-zoom gathering: the circle drawn, the circle erased may 30, 2025 Hamid's talk: Greetings to those who joined us after we had already...
hamid ebadi
Jun 317 min read
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zazen
Today I became a cat, not a sprawling one sat on a mat. One perched delicately in pose, until such time the chimes did clang and up...
puredivineyoga
Jun 11 min read
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proclaiming the dharma
In the poem SILENT ILLUMINATION, we have the following lines : Throughout the universe, all things Emit light and speak the Dharma. They...
carlzimmerling
May 282 min read
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the arc of language: from silence to expression
za-zoom chat: May 23, 2025 summary of discussion: This za-zoom session, led by Hamid, delved into the relationship between Zen practice,...
hamid ebadi
May 2613 min read
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thank you
We completed our April silent retreat last Sunday. Many in the group were returners. It is a warm feeling to sit again with faces by now...
hamid ebadi
May 55 min read
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the silent poet
(this poem was recited at the group council of the Karuna silent retreat 2025 in portugal) it is never easy poetry in a language that is...
Joachim Verheyen
Apr 302 min read
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shikantaza, just sitting
zazen as a godless and objectively meditation practice.
hamid ebadi
Apr 137 min read
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nyepi
scattered notes lifted from silence from the unspeakable in words what seemed like silence never stays ...
hamid ebadi
Apr 23 min read
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by way of introduction
" Everyday is a journey and the journey itself is home." - Matsudo Basho To those of you who are joining or contemplating joining us on...
hamid ebadi
Mar 226 min read
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in buddha's hands
no matter in what state the old buddha’s mind i’ve always been here sitting in the palm of his hand heart flooding with grieving and love...
hamid ebadi
Mar 91 min read
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you go wherever the rain goes
wonderful! marvelous! the teachings of the insentient are inconceivable. ( chan master dongshan, 9th c.) " the ceremony of innocence is...
hamid ebadi
Feb 252 min read
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suchness
starting a silent retreat here in bali. ‘just this’, what is it? we practice to find out what is here, what has always been here even if...
hamid ebadi
Feb 221 min read
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and the rest is silence
because directly i could not, speaking obliquely of these times of ...that's how hölderlin called it over two hundred years ago: times of...
hamid ebadi
Feb 85 min read
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loss this vastness
and there is a time for the wind to break the loosened pane- t.s.eliot / four quartets in case of loss to whom to turn to when to return...
hamid ebadi
Jan 191 min read
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pilgrimage to borobudur
in the world of zazen, when we sit, we are sitting with all beings even though we may think we are just sitting on our own. the just...
hamid ebadi
Jan 51 min read
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narrow the path to nowhere
Back home now reflecting on our 5-day silent retreat a few days ago at Great Ocean Road in Victoria. During the talks, we delved into...
hamid ebadi
Dec 17, 20242 min read
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the healing power of silence
What a truly magical experience. This retreat was a holiday for my brain and my soul. I had no idea that there was so much healing in...
sgrut8
Dec 9, 20244 min read
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dream within a dream
jatiluwih, bali, november 2024 master dogen: expounding a dream within a dream ________________________________________ nightfall storms...
hamid ebadi
Dec 2, 20241 min read
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