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invitation au voyage
silent retreat april 2024 welcome words before stepping into silence : ' invitation au voyage ' here we are gathered at the onset of a...
hamid ebadi
Apr 30, 20242 min read
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you have to say something
' You have to say something!' This is the title of a book of talks given by Dainin Katagiri, one of the pioneering figures of Zen in the...
hamid ebadi
Feb 4, 20244 min read
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sunrise at mount bromo
mount bromo, java timur, january twenty-four _________________________________________ carnet javanais awakening to emergence of light /...
hamid ebadi
Jan 20, 20242 min read
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what you leave behind is what you take with you
What you see on this image is a view over the valley and the rolling hills on the last day of our silent at Karuna Center in Monchique a...
hamid ebadi
Nov 10, 20232 min read
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letting go of what we know
In Mysteries, Yes, a poem by Mary Oliver from her book Evidence we read: ' Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they...
hamid ebadi
Oct 14, 20234 min read
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some thoughts on meditation
It's something to look forward to whenever I get the chance to sit with others an intensive silent meditation retreat as this allows me...
hamid ebadi
Oct 2, 20233 min read
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what for a silent retreat
Our one week silent Zen retreat at Karuna Center in Monchique, Portugal, is four weeks away. Is a silent retreat an event? The word event...
hamid ebadi
Sep 25, 20233 min read
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closing words on a september silent retreat
Awareness has more to do with the quality of attention we bring to something rather than what we give our attention to. It’s not so much...
hamid ebadi
Sep 19, 20233 min read
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silence is your home
a report from a week of silent sitting ____________________________________ the deeper silence reaches within, the lesser your...
hamid ebadi
Sep 1, 20232 min read
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the art of making mistake after mistake
There is a Zen expression: shoshaku jushaku that is rendered in English as; to succeed wrong with wrong or, one continuous mistake. In...
hamid ebadi
Aug 15, 20234 min read
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turning the light inward
" learn to take the backward step that turns the light and shines it inwards. " it's with these words that master dogen speaks about the...
hamid ebadi
Jun 15, 20232 min read
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traceless practice
in the end it is in silence that we have our questions answered for it is in silence that all our questions come to dissolve. the one who...
hamid ebadi
Feb 4, 20231 min read
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buddha alone sees buddha
Immersion in silence and stillness in the company of others during a meditation retreat can be a profound and potentially...
hamid ebadi
Jan 15, 20232 min read
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what ashes tell us about silence
our first silent retreat in bali after four years ended last sunday. it was a gathering of friends, old and new. one of the gifts of...
hamid ebadi
Dec 21, 20222 min read
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my death verse
my death verse early to be written too late to be read winds sweep the mountain prairie unfurling waves through wild grass no one came...
hamid ebadi
Sep 1, 20223 min read
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the guest of seasons
Our summer retreat in Monchique begins on Sunday and I'm on my way to Portugal to welcome our guests coming from many different lands....
hamid ebadi
Jul 7, 20222 min read
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words of radiance the heart can see
In zen, it is said that a dharma talk is obscure to the mind but radiant to the heart. In Saint-Exupery's 'the Little Prince' we read:...
hamid ebadi
May 30, 20223 min read
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from your heart to my heart
puget-thénier, alpes de haute provence, april 2022 visiting ei-tai ji temple and meeting master ryotan tokuda after a long time. he does...
hamid ebadi
May 8, 20222 min read
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the three jewels
In Buddhism we have the three jewels; the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. They are indissociable from one another and form an...
hamid ebadi
Mar 21, 20212 min read
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in reverence of the unknown
" Comment vivre sans inconnu en face de soi? How can we live without the unknown in front of us? René Char - Le poème pulverisé. " In...
hamid ebadi
Feb 14, 20213 min read
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