To say that nothing happens in zazen is like finding oneself in a room unaware that, behind the door, stands a person, holding the destiny
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Gratitude, no object nor recipient,
Gratitude is without recipient,Gratitude towards the infinite is infinite gratitude. The gratitude that invades me through the posture, flows to and beyond my master, his
Beneath the Cultural Surface
The heart of the teachings: we enter it when we stop twisting and turning within the cultural surface of the tradition we inhabit to pierce
Thumb on Forehead (note)
By placing the thumb on the forehead, the Breath of the Lungs dissipates the clouds that obstruct perception (Crown) Why isn’t this said more often?
What is a mind at peace ? (1/2)
The peaceful mind will no longer burn all the wood for itself.The psychologic wood will be there. The inner forest, verdant, sheltering passing beings.The peaceful
Consciousness and Rice Paper
The layers of consciousness are like layers of rice paper on the windows.We pierce them one by one, or all at once in the process
Sacrilege
The true sacrilege consists of not practicing when your consciousness allows it.However, if you don’t practice when you have the possibility to do so, it’s
Heaven and Hell
Read in Thich Nhat Hanh in one of the Commentaries on the 50 Stances of Consciousness.This resonates with the childhood intuition recounted elsewhere in these
Let the Bird Enter
Awakening is a bird entering the room, meditation is the open window.Sometimes, put a few crumbs on the windowsill. Once a year may be enough
Dogen, Rephrasing :
To study the Way is accessing oneself.Accessing oneself is accessing something greater than oneself.Accessing something greater than oneself is being informed, fulfilled by all existences.
Through The Island
Zazen is the ultimate posture.All other beliefs, traditions, and expressions are stations prior to zazen. Zazen is the universal foundation, transcending all religions and yet
The Bald Man Was Right
The bald man, whom I eyed with suspicion, was right. Yet I saw in his words yet another gratuitous provocation, one for which he had
Amputating The Soul
Prayer is, in essence, an act of harmonization between the practitioner and reality, the universe, deep nature, God.It is the practitioner’s response to the constant
True Prayer
A prayer that does not involve the bodywill tend toward barren repetition. Prayer will stimulate the mind all the more easilybecause it does not invite
Do You Know How to Fall?
In judo, one of the first lessons is learning how to fall.Thus, when the practitioner is in a real fall situation,he will remember the repeated
Notes & Silence 