Let the redeemed of the LORD tell their story— those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,those he gathered from the lands, from east
Let the redeemed of the LORD tell their story— those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,those he gathered from the lands, from east
Whatever you read and whatever path you choose to quench your thirst for knowledge,there will most certainly come a day when you will regret all
Non-self is not a zone to be reached, some inner geography that we must conquer. Non-self is non-selfthat which is not self,The self is not
Enlightenment is not something one has, but something one is. Therefore, any attempt to acquire enlightenment or to become enlightened is necessarily futile and doomed
Your body is the tool for practice.Practice while your body can.Walk, sit. One day your knees, your pelvis, your back, your shoulders, and your neckwill
Religion can also be a corner of spirituality, a room in the cosmos where we feel at home.I have no problem with that understanding, as
Listening to the Master,May you encounter the words of the one who will be able to pivot the cognitive-emotional tool, invite himself into the illusory
Before going to sit in zazen, as I do every evening, I ask those around me and invite each of them to accompany me.Like every
Do not address the object of desirethis aspect is unimportant.Understand that it stems from the same impulseregardless of the nature of the object. ©FJ August
The Great Resolution must be understood as the end of tension, in the musical sense.Tension aggregates sounds and attention toward a single sonic point then
Whatever the situation, external or self-generated, which sets fire to our mind’s forest,Whatever the winds of chaos that are blowing in our skull, we are
When one has understood the modality of things, that is, the place from which things are expressed,When the manner in which things are expressed has
Imagine the house you’re in, the one that serves as the framework for your entire existence, where you built your life, your person, your family…
Zazen:-become familiar with the workings of the mind,-realize the intrinsically illusory nature of mental phenomena-identify the origin of the phenomena that occupy most of our
The dojosThe three chimes of the bell,The rituals,The teachings,The stories of the Buddha’s life,All are allegories, all are invitations to enter the inner temple,When the