Preliminary note : The prayer of the heart, or Jesus Prayer, is a very important practice in Eastern Christianity. It constists in pronuncing the name
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The Scent from the Refuge
There is a scent in Buddhism,Emanating from the RefugeAt the heart of the woodsAlong the hike, we have the firm hopeTo find there some food,
Hostile Figures on the Cushion
What do we do when difficult personalities show up ?When people hard to love at first glance or people with whom we have shared a
I believed the Night
I once believed the Night was darkUntil she lifted the curtainAnd showed her ways to let light pierceThrough its bleak filters and black frames I
Buddhism and Christianity : the Heart is One
Mahayana Buddhism and Christianity both say the same thing, ultimately. The difference is that Christianity sinks deeper in transitional material. There, it carves niches to
The Power Behind Fear
In a large part of stressful situations or inhibiting reactions implying a phenomenon of fear, we can see it is due to the level of
Sexual Sitting
The experience of ‘just sitting’ is physical, instinctive, orgasmic There’s nowhere else to look. From the place of sitting, directly, the body speaks. The being
Headlamp Adventure
We move through life the way we advance in a cave, with a headlamp beaming forward. As we enter the room of our thirties, we
Live Forever
Zazen : seeing DeathComing forth as inner eyes adjust. Zazen : agreeing to stay putAnd sit one-on-one with Life Singing in tune, at last,With what
To the Teacher Who Wanted More
There are few people who meet so many eyes, as they go about their lives. Today, you’re telling me that you wished more for yourself,
This is Real, This is Unreal
Our soul, angels, hungry ghosts, parallel worldsThey are all real. They’re all illusory. Paradise, hell, pure earths, …Everything is true. Until the ultimate truth unveils
Cushion Diving (3/3)
See Cushion Diving (1/3) and Cushion Diving (2/3) I’m asking you to move down a few notches below words.Down enough to see what words do
Cushion Diving (2/3)
Down, where names lose their artificial soothing properties,You name objects to keep track of them in your mental chaos. You organise this chaos with tags
Cushion Diving (1/3)
Thich Nhat Hanh says : ‘Mindfulness and the Holy Spirit both help us touch the ultimate dimension of reality’.These are elements allowing us to experience
The Eternal Soul and the Buddha
The Buddha does not eclipse nor does he deny the questions on the existence of a soul.Through his silent answers, he reveals the scope of
Notes & Silence 