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a tribute to david chadwick
david chadwick, at talking leaves library, sanur, bali, 8 february 2026 erring cloud sangha/ talk transcript / february 10, 2026 Yesterday, April 14, I contacted David's wife Katrinka, to ask if I could go to their house to pay David a visit as I knew he was ill. She got back to me to announce that David had passed on February 24 and that a big ceremony was held for him at Green Gulch Farm (Green Dragon Temple), in Marin County, California, on Sunday April 12. In light of his
hamid ebadi
Apr 1614 min read


earlier this morning : miettes de rêve
silent retreat, payangan, bali, february 2026 parole ebréchée pour mieux dire rêve émietté pour mieux voir ce qui ne se dit ne se montre pas non par refus non non par refus qui ne le peut le dire autrement le non le dire il le faut des mots tu n'es pas quittes souviens-toi même en silence des mots tu n'es pas quittes à même le silence le dire autrement cette langue d'emprunt karma d'emprunt
hamid ebadi
Feb 185 min read


practice and realization are one
ninh binh, vietnam, august 2023 An idea dear to Zen Master Dogen that he speaks with emphasis about as an essential part of his expounding of the dharma is : shushō-ittō. In Japanese, shu means practice, and shō means realization or verification. And ittō means equality or oneness. Translated into English, that would mean practice and realization are one. They are not two separate and distinct phenomena. This view turns the traditional Buddhist approach of a linear path, the
hamid ebadi
Jan 242 min read


proclaiming the dharma
In the poem SILENT ILLUMINATION, we have the following lines : Throughout the universe, all things Emit light and speak the Dharma. They...
carlzimmerling
May 28, 20252 min read


thank you
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...
hamid ebadi
May 5, 20255 min read


shikantaza, just sitting
zazen as a godless and objectively meditation practice.
hamid ebadi
Apr 13, 20257 min read


nyepi
scattered notes lifted from silence from the unspeakable in words what seemed like silence never stays ...
hamid ebadi
Apr 2, 20253 min read


by way of introduction
" Everyday is a journey and the journey itself is home." - Matsudo Basho To those of you who are joining or contemplating joining us on...
hamid ebadi
Mar 22, 20256 min read


you go wherever the rain goes
wonderful! marvelous! the teachings of the insentient are inconceivable. ( chan master dongshan, 9th c.) " the ceremony of innocence is...
hamid ebadi
Feb 25, 20252 min read


and the rest is silence
because directly i could not, speaking obliquely of these times of ...that's how hölderlin called it over two hundred years ago: times of...
hamid ebadi
Feb 8, 20255 min read


pilgrimage to borobudur
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...
hamid ebadi
Jan 5, 20251 min read


narrow the path to nowhere
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...
hamid ebadi
Dec 17, 20242 min read


through all colors of fall the dharma speaks
We are at Karuna Center, in Monchique, Portugal, starting our Autumn 8-day silent retreat. When we sit together in silence, what...
hamid ebadi
Oct 20, 20242 min read


the journey of not knowing
ei-tai ji temple, la rochette, 13 august 2000 here is a poem i presented to my teacher, ryotan tokuda roshi, on my monk ordination day...
hamid ebadi
Oct 12, 20243 min read


no where to go and nothing to become : we just are
ultimately the journey makes us understand that there is no going from here to there and no becoming for us. the journey begins and ends...
hamid ebadi
Sep 19, 20242 min read


still the tree stirs
dôgo and zengen went to a house to express condolences. zengen rapped on the coffin and asked, "alive or dead?" dôgo said, "I won't say...
hamid ebadi
Aug 31, 20242 min read


just sitting
After two days and many hours of sitting in zazen, the incessant thoughts of my every day life, the distractions and desires finally...
Ahmed M
Jul 31, 20243 min read


as the sheets of water roll in
m’illumino d’immenso - giuseppe ungaretti at the end of your long journey, you may well take note that the journey never had a beginning...
hamid ebadi
Jul 20, 20242 min read


as long as she tunes in to the wind singing in the pines
daybreak silent retreat payangan bali To sit with others in silence and stillness, what is it? An experience for each person to...
hamid ebadi
Jul 3, 20242 min read


we are never lost even when
Practice and its integration in daily life cannot be about reaching a sense of perfection at some point in time. It is not that there is...
hamid ebadi
Jun 26, 20242 min read
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