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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 282 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 55 min read


shikantaza, just sitting
zazen as a godless and objectively meditation practice.
hamid ebadi
Apr 137 min read


nyepi
scattered notes lifted from silence from the unspeakable in words what seemed like silence never stays ...
hamid ebadi
Apr 23 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 226 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 252 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 85 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 51 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


where we stand is where we flow
Zen Master Nansen is asked by a student about the Way. “Ordinary mind is the Way”, replies the teacher. “Do I need to direct myself...
hamid ebadi
Jun 13, 20243 min read


entering the way
Reading Meister Eckhart’s sermons, we learn that god is not to be found here, not to be found there. She is not to be found anywhere or...
hamid ebadi
Jun 1, 20242 min read


they hear your heartbeat the old carps in the pond
yogi's garden, payangan, bali, march 2024 ___________________________________________ fragments from a silent retreat stepping into this...
hamid ebadi
May 22, 20244 min read
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