(transcription of an audio note) I read a page of Gérard Pilet this morning, in which something is written that invites us to consider emptiness
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Subtle Things
Subtle, the sound ripples that emanate from the singing bowlAt the beginning of sitting practice,participate in your centering,do not neglect them. Subtle, the wood that
Sitting, Moon, Text, Finger
The important thing is sittingnot the texts in which it is reflected, sitting, moon,text, finger Let us not forget. ©FJ Nov 2024Recueils / Participation/ Groupe
And The Mind Rears Up
Thought is often an emergency exit.Great calm frightens.Planted in zazen before the abyss of serenity, the mind rears up and builds up in thoughts,then escapes.
I’m not a Buddhist, I just sit.
I did not become a Buddhist, in the sense that there has never been a moment in my life when I was put in relation
Food In Your Body
The ingestion of each food, each drinkis an entry of energy that you authorize in your body.When it enters, it starts circulating and runs through
Final Judgment
The common way of presenting the Final Judgment has undeniable educational virtues. However, another reading allows us to understand this ultimate moment as access to
Choosing the Right Religion
If you understand the nature of the religions’ figures… Saint, gods, bodhisattvas,Angels, spirits, prophets,Then the fear of having chosen the wrong religion immediately fades,as well
Accumulation of Emptiness and Fullness of Nothing
When you take a close look, you realise one must be ignorant to accumulate material elements, then spend one’s life setting up systems to perpetuate
Non-Sitting
What makes you want to interrupt the sitting practice is precisely the indicator that the sitting has not begun. Thus, you do not interrupt anything,Since
Neither God, Nor Buddha
It is neither God, nor Buddha, nor anyone that you do not honor by not truly bowing or praying.It is this in yourself that, once
Come back! (3/3)
Part 1/3Part 2/3 Here, nothing begins, nothing ends,Here, you already were before being,Here, fabrication does not exhaust.The eyes, the ears, the nose, the skin, the
Come back! (2/3)
Part 1/3 It is not reality that must come to you: it is there all the time,But you who must perceive it, hear it, let
Come back! (1/3)
Don’t forget – come back! – that under the veil of the mind that so often covers everything, things happen. The flame of the candle
Tempter
The personification of the Tempter is also a narrative detour to illustrate the infernal attraction that reigns in our mind and repeatedly tries to install
Notes & Silence 