The zazen posture is the archetype.Every posture in our lives can embody this archetypal posture.In each of our postures, zazen can express itself. Listen, engage.
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Return to Simplicity
My friend,Don’t spend too much time in dojos.Don’t be captivated by the terminology and the monks’ robes. For then you would miss the eternal freshness
Gate Gate
Here is the voice of deep consciousness,of the nature of awakening that calls you,and others,to join it. It calls you through your voice, through the
Awakening Is Silent
The truly awakened one has no need for questions about awakening,for he has let go of the need to claim awakening. To speak of one’s
Outside of Time
Consciousness that is outside of timeHe who looks at the wrinkled hand of todayis the same as he who looked at the hand of yesteryear.
Gone Gone Zen
When everything has been subtracted from the practice of zazen,there remains the task of removing zazen from zazen,so that simple sitting is empty of simple
Mental Body 3
When investing consciousness in the physical body to repel mental invaders (in reality, it’s more a case of a panicked fleeing child, a lost child
Mental Body 2
An emotion can also be at the root of the inflammatory phenomenon of the mental body. Fear has a powerful potential to invade the mind.
Dream Reality
From a certain angle, the dream, in the sense of the nocturnal experience in general, is much more tangible and objective than all the books,
Mental Body 1
The mental body (body of thoughts) is sometimes the victim of an overload of activity.It can then overflow, being awkwardly released onto the physical body.
Thought-Pisces
A school of thought, like a school of fish, brings together mental activities which have gotten into the habit of moving together, driven by the
Aging and Happy
42 years old.*I’ve never felt so old. And I might as well get older, yet I’m not getting any older today than I was at
The Breath of Silence
Spirituality is composed of layers.Sometimes clearly superimposed,other times, they interpenetrate. The layers are populated by a thousand characters, filled with stories and references.The layers tend
Presence Here or Samsara
Consciousness is the thread,;attention, the needle,and the moments of our lives are the sum of the holes along the stitching line. Attention is the visible
Still Thought Suffering
All these philosophical and theological speculations, just like the least noble thoughts, contribute to distancing us from the fusion of consciousness in the present moment.
