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    So you're thinking about joining this silent retreat.........
    hoolsdelosrios
    • Jun 19
    • 7 min

    So you're thinking about joining this silent retreat.........

    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...
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    words of radiance the heart can see
    hamid ebadi
    • May 29
    • 3 min

    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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    Is Binn Béal ina Thost (Irish saying) - Silence is Golden
    Leila Worth.
    • May 23
    • 2 min

    Is Binn Béal ina Thost (Irish saying) - Silence is Golden

    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...
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    stepping into not knowing
    hamid ebadi
    • May 15
    • 1 min

    stepping into not knowing

    karuna center, monchique silent retreat, april 2022 ___________________________ seeker path goal merge into silence and disappear...
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    from your heart to my heart
    hamid ebadi
    • May 7
    • 2 min

    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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    seven-day silent retreat in Karuna
    carlzimmerling
    • May 5
    • 4 min

    seven-day silent retreat in Karuna

    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...
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    Concentration
    jmcdekker
    • May 3
    • 1 min

    Concentration

    A silent retreat is not an isolated event. There is a string of events, internal and external developments which prompt the call for...
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    A reflection from the April 2022 Sesshin, Monchique
    georgia morley
    • May 2
    • 4 min

    A reflection from the April 2022 Sesshin, Monchique

    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...
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    monchique
    hamid ebadi
    • Apr 16
    • 1 min

    monchique

    sleepless from a mountain hut looking out the window the morning star shimmers alone from the pond ceaseless croaking it is the morning...
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    mujo
    hamid ebadi
    • Apr 11
    • 1 min

    mujo

    it was april remember standing side by side on the temple terrace the cherry-tree abloom an easterly breeze unpetalling white flowers as...
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    first words then silence
    hamid ebadi
    • Mar 21
    • 1 min

    first words then silence

    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...
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    A Week of Zen & Holy Silence
    david217581
    • Jan 7
    • 19 min

    A Week of Zen & Holy Silence

    Linda & David from Art of Euphoria share an intimate glimpse into their first silent retreat experience, with daily personal input.
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    notes from a silent retreat
    hamid ebadi
    • Dec 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    notes from a silent retreat

    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...
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    Just sit and breath
    jvandertoorn
    • Dec 17, 2021
    • 2 min

    Just sit and breath

    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....
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    on the vanity of traveling
    hamid ebadi
    • Aug 28, 2021
    • 1 min

    on the vanity of traveling

    after long travels facing black letters on the wall white the wall behind the letters colorless the empty all around reading my way...
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    the fly in the bottle
    hamid ebadi
    • Aug 28, 2021
    • 1 min

    the fly in the bottle

    keep telling leo not to get confused zazen and relaxation being two things pourtant les instructions sont simples simple and sparse sit...
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    approaching silence
    hamid ebadi
    • Jun 12, 2021
    • 1 min

    approaching silence

    then comes this drop into silence. with the suspension of time, everything is fluid, everything, mountains too, their imperceptable...
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    a radiance hidden in the heart of darkness
    hamid ebadi
    • Apr 30, 2021
    • 2 min

    a radiance hidden in the heart of darkness

    sesshin ends. last sit together. sitting with those here. sitting with those who left. with those who never came. with those who couldn’t...
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    Letting go of your treasure
    davidwim
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 6 min

    Letting go of your treasure

    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...
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    ephemeral
    hamid ebadi
    • Apr 25, 2021
    • 1 min

    ephemeral

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