daybreak silent retreat payangan bali To sit with others in silence and stillness, what is it? An experience for each person to...

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...

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...

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...

yogi's garden, payangan, bali, march 2024 ___________________________________________ fragments from a silent retreat stepping into this...

silent retreat april 2024 welcome words before stepping into silence : ' invitation au voyage ' here we are gathered at the onset of a...

karuna center, monchique, portugal, april 2024 silent retreat ____________________________________ everywhere hills undulating on the pathless path whom or whatever we may meet we meet as fellow travelers no one walks here alone even when at times walking feels lonely treading the same footpath with ants looking up at the stars and moving thunderstorms maybe it's in their slumber that we are sleepwalking

_______________________________ " If time merely flies away, you would be separated from time. The reason you do not clearly understand the time-being is that you think of time only as passing. / uji - master dogen ___________________ ? passage of time rather we are the same time of both being the passage where time slides and the oblivion carrying its traces along... ? passage du temps plutôt nous sommes à la fois le chemin chemin par où passe le temps et l'oubli qui porte s

' 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...

mount bromo, java timur, january twenty-four _________________________________________ carnet javanais awakening to emergence of light /...

december retreat 2023 bali it rained heavily the morning of our last day of retreat in december. i was in a contemplative mood, not surprising given the stillness and silence and the many hours of sitting during the week. the downpours were compelling. i wrote the lines below when it struck me that the common expression; it is raining outside, was no longer the experienced reality of that moment as i could no longer say something is happening outside for it no longer felt th

The aim of these talks is to offer, as there will be no other instructions besides the one given during the opening ceremony, some...

candi dasa, bali, november twenty-three " as one side is illumined, the other is darkened. - master dogen" sunday you are vast and without limit your midnights unstoppable you are of time true yet released by time sound of waves breaking on the reefs out of the ocean's breath to just be this succession of what arises and falls this bottomless blue where shadows play with the breeze supreme messenger our sole remembrance of earth blowing us to the far and near

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...

silent retreat october twenty twenty-three monchique * no entry no exit point to silence enter or leave it you cannot * in the midst of noise it never leaves you it is what carries you wherever you go * it is what carries along everything unnoticed unheard in a silent way * in the midst of silence we are forgetful of it lest we listen to raindrops pattering on the roof to a crow’s cawing as it flies over treetops on hillside slopes * forgetful of it though it indwells the dee

This silent retreat was GORGEOUS. And I mean gorgeous, luxurious, and delightful to the senses. Hosted in an incredible location, there...

curtains drawn from the paddies sunlight pouring in cicadas screeching pouring in inside no one outside no one the dweller left his: nowhere a dwelling will you find in praise in waves golden to no end pouring in

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...

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...

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...