the lotus sutra says
" so you should view this fleeting world..." the lotus sutra so between two tides our lives this presence mirage on a shore appears...
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hamid ebadi
- Aug 17
- 1 min
the calling is you
" anché peye āni āni / what you seek is seeking you. " - jallaledin rūmi " the fire boy comes seeking fire." - zen koan...
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hamid ebadi
- Aug 14
- 1 min
leaving lombok
fades away the muzzin's call as we leave port lember behind old boat rust eaten traval companion true vessel of emptiness you plough a...
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hamid ebadi
- Aug 8
- 1 min
myriad voices one dharma
pantai ann, lombok, august 2024 on reading okumura roshi in the shallows of speech water words ripple over murmuring algae where light...
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hamid ebadi
- Jul 13
- 2 min
speak the unspeakable again
unusual for the season, it rained all night long. you know this because of the drizzle you heard falling in your sleep. you have lived...
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hamid ebadi
- Apr 27
- 1 min
traceless
karuna center, monchique, portugal, april 2024 silent retreat ____________________________________ everywhere hills undulating on the...
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hamid ebadi
- Apr 20
- 1 min
? passage of time
_______________________________ " If time merely flies away, you would be separated from time. The reason you do not clearly understand...
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hamid ebadi
- Dec 27, 2023
- 2 min
rain talk is dharma talk
december retreat 2023 bali it rained heavily the morning of our last day of retreat in december. i was in a contemplative mood, not...
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hamid ebadi
- Nov 27, 2023
- 1 min
eternity this interplay
candi dasa, bali, november twenty-three " as one side is illumined, the other is darkened. - master dogen" sunday you are vast and...
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hamid ebadi
- Oct 31, 2023
- 2 min
misty heights
silent retreat october twenty twenty-three monchique * no entry no exit point to silence enter or leave it you cannot * in the midst of...
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hamid ebadi
- Oct 15, 2023
- 1 min
sesshin ends
curtains drawn from the paddies sunlight pouring in cicadas screeching pouring in inside no one outside no one the dweller left his:...
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hamid ebadi
- Sep 13, 2023
- 1 min
jisei (death poem)
orange moon sailed-off before i came to the river to watch the boats light begins to turn time to prepare for fall love of summer your...
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hamid ebadi
- Aug 19, 2023
- 2 min
carnet de voyage
I rainy season sheets of water freely traveling illusion of you are going anywhere accompanying you wherever you go adds embellishment to...
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hamid ebadi
- Jul 6, 2023
- 1 min
vastness anywhere
hua hin, july 2023 carnet de voyage _____________________ seasons of rain sheets of water freely traveling anywhere the illusion of...
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hamid ebadi
- Mar 6, 2023
- 1 min
in whatever state
in whatever state the old buddha’s mind i’ve always been here sitting in the palm of his hand heart a silent flooding of grieving and love
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hamid ebadi
- Feb 28, 2023
- 1 min
disparadised
the ultimate path is not difficult just avoid picking and choosing seng t'san - hsin hsin ming circa 6th century...
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hamid ebadi
- Feb 17, 2023
- 1 min
when destinies meet
poem written about twenty years ago. it evokes meeting my teacher zen master ryotan tokuda a few years before. over a period of time i...
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hamid ebadi
- Dec 26, 2022
- 1 min
jour de noël
not time enough to practice the teachings many maybe just enough to unwrap a gift or two what are they the teachings windblown words in...
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hamid ebadi
- Nov 25, 2022
- 1 min
along with the mist
silent retreat october twenty-twenty two monchique * silence to you closer than you morning raindrops on the round black stone in front...
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hamid ebadi
- Sep 12, 2022
- 2 min
approaching silence
report from a silent retreat serra de monchique summer twenty twenty-two _____________________________ approaching silence stepping into...
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