This review is really aimed at people who are ‘Umming and Ahing’ as to whether a silent retreat is the right thing for them. I first...

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:...

A note from my diary on the retreat: A homecoming. Silence is a homecoming. The first day on the first sit Tears fell down my face I felt...

karuna center, monchique silent retreat, april 2022 ___________________________ seeker path goal merge into silence and disappear...

puget-thénier, alpes de haute provence, april 2022 visiting ei-tai ji temple and meeting master ryotan tokuda after a long time. he does...

I shave my head and pack my suitcase. Tomorrow the retreat in Karuna begins. I hear a pigeon calling: "You see it". There is a saying in...

A silent retreat is not an isolated event. There is a string of events, internal and external developments which prompt the call for...

I just finished my 5th retreat and what a profound experience it was. It was so healing. My thoughts were, as I had anticipated, quite...

sleepless from a mountain hut looking out the window the morning star shimmers alone from the pond ceaseless croaking it is the morning...

it was april remember standing side by side on the temple terrace the cherry-tree abloom an easterly breeze unpetalling white flowers as...

first words then silence let silence ripen said the master said master who ripening of silence as the mind fasts fasts on words in other...

Linda & David from Art of Euphoria share an intimate glimpse into their first silent retreat experience, with daily personal input.

notes from a silent retreat I early hours waking up in the early hours sitting here with you you unbeknown to me closest though late for...

By Jennifer van der Toorn - So, there I sat, Monday morning at 6AM on a meditation cushion in the temple of Karuna Centre in Portugal....

after long travels facing black letters on the wall white the wall behind the letters colorless the empty all around reading my way...

keep telling leo not to get confused zazen and relaxation being two things pourtant les instructions sont simples simple and sparse sit...

then comes this drop into silence. with the suspension of time, everything is fluid, everything, mountains too, their imperceptable...

sesshin ends. last sit together. sitting with those here. sitting with those who left. with those who never came. with those who couldn’t...

Zazen makes you look at the stuff you don't want to see, the things you've been hiding from yourself, sometimes in plain sight. This is...

end of our silent retreat, monchique 23 april 2021 a poem inspired by the dharma talks during the week __________________________________...