The first row of mental blocks must be placed on calm, peaceful ground.If this isn’t the case, none of the structures located there deserve our
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The Body-Impression
Tonight, I wonder whether the appearance of the body has an objective existence. Does the body exist objectively, or is there only an objective envelope,
No Stamp
Zazen is all about listening to consciousness, and, whatever anyone may say or think, it requires no authorization, no diploma, no prior stamp, no special
Everything Is Important
In Zen,Everything is eminently important,Also, every detail deserves supreme attention,and nothing really matters. ©FJ August 2025Recueils / Participation/
A Good Slap
Zazen is still a good slapTo the Sir or Madam,That we call ourselvesAnd think we are, Every day…A good slapWhat happens to those who don’t
Gassho
Gassho : bowing before zazen,as one enters the inner temple. ©FJ Dec 2025Recueils / Participation/ Groupes
True Joy
True joy, the joy of zazen, is not excitement.It is subtle serenity,constantly renewed contemplation,delicate rapture, a petal placed on a leaf along a stream. ©FJ
The Entrepreneurial Mind
The entrepreneurial mind, when too sharp, seeks to build and, in doing so, does not allow the emergence, existence, and disintegration of everything that emerges
Great Pool
Equanimity is ultimately the great pool in which nothing is as important as we think. The great pool,The great ocean,The vast mind,The one mind ©FJ
Endless Surrender
In kinhin*, with the front foot, I return to the earth, with the exhalation, I lead into the ground.With the back foot, I release, I
All Names
What I see anchored to the heart, Heart emerging from the Heart, why must I name it? Why not give it all names? God, Mercy,
Patient Breath
The breath knows the great outdoors; it is called to return to the vast.This is what listening closely to the breath teaches.Out of respect for
Do you hear the one within you?
Can you hear, within you, the one who is trying to get up, the one who is waiting, the release of the sound of the
At High Speed
In my daily life, the world, people, and activities pass by at high speed,everything happens so quickly before me. The passage of daily life accelerates,
The Habitats of the Mind
Zazen: quitting the habit,leaving habits, the habitats of the mind, the refuges of consciousness,and reaching the depths of depths, the space of spaces,The ample nature,
Notes & Silence 