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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 1418 min read
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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 715 min read
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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 2413 min read
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birds in the sky, joyfully
. ZAZOOM 1 st July 2025 Carl: Here we are as I called us last time, the thinkers. Ahmed: Â Is it a good thing or a bad thing to think?...
carlzimmerling
Jul 324 min read
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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 1916 min read
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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 1216 min read
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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 317 min read
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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 2613 min read
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