pantai kedungu, bali, 2026 talk 2 / silent retreat May 2026 Bali We continue our talk from yesterday and inquire more into this practice of zazen. As I mentioned yesterday — and this is perfectly normal and understandable in the context of living our everyday lives — we develop skills, we improve the skills we have learned, we perfect them, we move on to new sets of skills and new ways of understanding and approaching things, and we become masterful, skillful, expert in som

talk 1 , silent retreat Bali, May 2026 As you may have noticed, because we’re a small group, Lucas and Nora were not able to join us today, as they are both sick. We wish them a quick recovery. It’s not pleasant to come to a retreat and fall sick on the first day — but such is life. We will have three talks during this retreat. They won’t be very long. In these talks, I’ll try to offer some context for those of you who may be new to the practice zazen so that you may have som

The aim of these talks is to offer, as there will be no other instructions besides the one given during the opening ceremony, some...