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in the hoisting of the sail lies the wind's blessing
talk on 2 december, 2025 erring cloud sangha Summary: This Dharma talk on December 2, 2025, led by Hamid, explores Master Dogen’s Genjo Koan ("Actualizing the Fundamental Point"), using the metaphor of fanning oneself to illustrate that while Buddha nature is inherent—like the wind—practice is the necessary action of "hoisting the sail" to actualize it in the present moment. Hamid: As you may have seen from the group post yesterday, we're going to talk about the end
hamid ebadi
Dec 21, 202519 min read


the echo of silence
ZAZOOM erring cloud sangha 25th of November 2025 Carl: Today's talk, I would like to return again to the topic of silence. We could call it an echo of silence, as it is a reaction, a response to the lecture from two weeks ago, which was about silence and the main question, "What is silence ?" At that time, two weeks ago, I read a text by John Millington Synge , Gerry wrote me that I spelled the name right, but Gerry, you never heard it, because you just read it in the scri
carlzimmerling
Nov 28, 202513 min read


silence, what is it ?
Carl: So, where is my talk? I'll need a moment to find my talk. Where is it? It's funny. Please patient. There it is. Okay. So now I see only Hamid. Good. Okay. So, my friends, this talk is a kind of . . . it's about silence. It is an echo of silence from our last retreat in Karuna. In the last talk on Saturday afternoon, Hamid spoke about silence. This talk should be different. It should be a talk where the audience, we who were sitting around, could also take part answering
carlzimmerling
Nov 14, 202518 min read


confusion, mother of wisdom
talk transcript, edited version : June 24, 2025 I would like to explore today ways in which dissonant notions such as confusion and...
hamid ebadi
Sep 7, 202515 min read


cultivating the empty field
zazoom on tuesday 22 nd of july 2025 Carl: So, good morning again. Do you hear me clearly? Okay. Because that was a problem some weeks...
carlzimmerling
Jul 24, 202513 min read


birds in the sky, joyfully
. ZAZOOM 1 st July 2025 Carl: Here we are as I called us last time, the thinkers. Ahmed: Is it a good thing or a bad thing to think?...
carlzimmerling
Jul 3, 202524 min read


fear and the unfolding of life and death
June 17th 2025 Carl's talk: One week ago, we met here and practiced Zazen together. Afterwards, Hamid presented us with a text on the...
carlzimmerling
Jun 19, 202516 min read


on samsara's edge invited to sing
June 10th, 2025 Hamid’s talk: Today I would like to talk about what came up in the presentation Carl gave about this notion of...
hamid ebadi
Jun 12, 202516 min read


a circle drawn / a circle erased
za-zoom gathering: the circle drawn, the circle erased may 30, 2025 Hamid's talk: Greetings to those who joined us after we had already...
hamid ebadi
Jun 3, 202517 min read


the arc of language: from silence to expression
za-zoom chat: May 23, 2025 summary of discussion: This za-zoom session, led by Hamid, delved into the relationship between Zen practice,...
hamid ebadi
May 26, 202513 min read
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