Non-discrimination is the absence of discrimination between what is presented to us.Thus, there is no individual, no situation that we like or reject more than
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Studded Shirt
Hypersensitivity: wearing a studded shirt, the same one everyone wears.Not understanding why no one seems to suffer from the hundreds of studs on their skin.
Hannya Shingyo: The Sound of Silence
When reciting the Hannya Shingyo, I don’t know what teaches more profoundly…Is it the sound of the sutra being recited, or the sound of the
Questioning the Ground
The first row of mental blocks must be placed on calm, peaceful ground.If this isn’t the case, none of the structures located there deserve our
The Body-Impression
Tonight, I wonder whether the appearance of the body has an objective existence. Does the body exist objectively, or is there only an objective envelope,
No Stamp
Zazen is all about listening to consciousness, and, whatever anyone may say or think, it requires no authorization, no diploma, no prior stamp, no special
Everything Is Important
In Zen,Everything is eminently important,Also, every detail deserves supreme attention,and nothing really matters. ©FJ_August 2025Recueils / Participation/
A Good Slap
Zazen is still a good slapTo the Sir or Madam,That we call ourselvesAnd think we are, Every day…A good slapWhat happens to those who don’t
Gassho
Gassho : bowing before zazen,as one enters the inner temple. ©FJDec 2025Books / Participation/ Groupes
True Joy
True joy, the joy of zazen, is not excitement.It is subtle serenity,constantly renewed contemplation,delicate rapture, a petal placed on a leaf along a stream. ©FJ
The Entrepreneurial Mind
The entrepreneurial mind, when too sharp, seeks to build and, in doing so, does not allow the emergence, existence, and disintegration of everything that emerges
Great Pool
Equanimity is ultimately the great pool in which nothing is as important as we think. The great pool,The great ocean,The vast mind,The one mind ©FJ
Endless Surrender
In kinhin*, with the front foot, I return to the earth, with the exhalation, I lead into the ground.With the back foot, I release, I
All Names
What I see anchored to the heart, Heart emerging from the Heart, why must I name it? Why not give it all names? God, Mercy,
Patient Breath
The breath knows the great outdoors; it is called to return to the vast.This is what listening closely to the breath teaches.Out of respect for
Notes & Silence 