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...
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ninamorena806
- Nov 13, 2020
- 2 min
hug your hulk
I swing them violently by the hair from side to side across my head. It's the recurrent dream again. I wake up. Hulk says good morning. I...
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hamid ebadi
- Sep 13, 2020
- 2 min
the pathless land of truth
This is what Jiddu Krishnamurti tried to explain from his earliest teachings in 1929 right until the end: " truth is a pathless land. "...
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hamid ebadi
- May 12, 2020
- 6 min
in praise of the last horse
When you stumble again, hit the wall again, stray again, disappoint yourself again, fail to learn your lessons again, hit rock bottom...
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hamid ebadi
- Apr 12, 2020
- 4 min
the net of indra
An edited version of the first talk in our online zazen sessions: the Net of Indra. Many thanks to Jen for the transcription....
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hamid ebadi
- Mar 12, 2020
- 3 min
he who knows does not speak so speak you who do not know
For over ten years now I have found myself being in a teacher's position while realizing being a student is what I feel far more...
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hamid ebadi
- Dec 30, 2019
- 2 min
nowhere 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...
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hamid ebadi
- Nov 21, 2019
- 4 min
in and out of the stream of unknowing
Reading Meister Eckhart’s sermons we learn that God is not to be found here and is not to be found there, he is not to be found anywhere...
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hamid ebadi
- Oct 9, 2019
- 2 min
living without why
asks not whether it is seen: that silent unfolding of the play
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hamid ebadi
- Aug 5, 2019
- 1 min
disappearing
karuna center, serra de monchique, portugal
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hamid ebadi
- Aug 3, 2019
- 2 min
mountain sanctuary
karuna retreat center, serra de monchique, algarve, portugal
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hamid ebadi
- Jun 15, 2019
- 2 min
on the don't know mind
here is a poem presented to master ryotan tokuda on my monk ordination day some twenty years ago in france. after a number of years of...
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hamid ebadi
- May 11, 2019
- 2 min
we stand in the passage of fires
Endearing words received from our friend Alex from Holand who has no presence on social media. Alex joined us last July at Karuna Center,...
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hamid ebadi
- Jan 29, 2019
- 1 min
the reality behind words
the reality behind words unspoken ones mostly crimson sun setting in misty sea wave after wave ash-beds in motion flags fastened to the...
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hamid ebadi
- Jan 11, 2019
- 3 min
returning to monchique
It is with pleasure that I can announce the resumption of our silent meditation and yin yoga retreats at Karuna Center in Algarve,...
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georgia morley
- Dec 19, 2018
- 4 min
this practice has a lifeline of highs and lows
It is hard to put into words my experience of the past 6 days silent meditation and yoga retreat. This surprises me as this was my 3rd...
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hamid ebadi
- Oct 25, 2018
- 2 min
ei-tai ji, temple of eternal peace
second pilgrimage of the year after visiting rumi's shrine in konya, turkey, in september. returning to ei-tai ji temple, in the lower...
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hamid ebadi
- Oct 19, 2018
- 3 min
today, i hold myself
I write this as it is approaching three months since I spent six days on a silent meditation retreat in the hills of Monchique, Portugal....
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hamid ebadi
- Oct 10, 2018
- 2 min
wind of impermanence howling
Harking the wind of impermanence howl. Howling for you, howling for me, howling for no one. Of that wind, we could say, it hardly ever...
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hamid ebadi
- Oct 9, 2018
- 2 min
mujo, when the wind of impermanance howls
photo: lorelei loveridge For some reason, I came home from work, cooked dinner, fell asleep, and woke at 1 AM. Meditated after a bit and...
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