June 17th 2025 Carl's talk:  One week ago, we met here and practiced Zazen together. Afterwards, Hamid presented us with a text on the...

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...

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...

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...

In the poem SILENT ILLUMINATION, we have the following lines : Throughout the universe, all things Emit light and speak the Dharma. They...

za-zoom chat: May 23, 2025 summary of discussion: This za-zoom session, led by Hamid, delved into the relationship between Zen practice,...

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...

(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...

zazen as a godless and objectively meditation practice.

scattered notes lifted from silence from the unspeakable in words what seemed like silence never stays ...

" Everyday is a journey and the journey itself is home." - Matsudo Basho To those of you who are joining or contemplating joining us on...

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...

wonderful! marvelous! the teachings of the insentient are inconceivable. ( chan master dongshan, 9th c.) " the ceremony of innocence is...

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...

because directly i could not, speaking obliquely of these times of ...that's how hölderlin called it over two hundred years ago: times of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

jatiluwih, bali, november 2024 master dogen: expounding a dream within a dream ________________________________________ nightfall storms...