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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


turn the light
' learn the backward step that turns your light inwardly to illuminate your self.' fukenzazengi / eihei dogen light does it enter does go out does it ever leave the dark take the light and turn it inward we heard the master say moving inward the outer moving outward the inner is this movement is movement another name we give to what we can not grasp inscrutable for incessable turning it in is what returns you to emergence of light where inward and outward inflow this is th
hamid ebadi
Dec 14, 20251 min read
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