Hidden behind the way followers of various traditions think that the body of texts they cherish as an inalienable block of non-negotiable truth,Inside the childish
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Less and Less
I make less and less difference between meditation and prayer. Meditation, for many, is a way of claiming to be a more « spiritual » practice than
Filtered Gray
Wisdom is the upside down portrait of Dorian Gray,With the graying of the hair, the withering of the skin,The sifting of the heart and soul.
Burial Scene
– Say, do you love me ?– Yes, you know it well-And you, do you love me?-Yes– All right, let’s bury each other now, shall
Claiming The Shiho?
I hear say… How can we go and beg for a transmission ?The transmission is transmitted before being transmitted, Thus, there is no transmission What then
Outside Like Inside
The kesa for the way,The way of the inside, the call of being, that is all.The kesa, as a piece of fabric,No use. At certain
Gratitude
I feel such gratitude towards…I don’t know. Zazen in my life is such an injection of beauty, breadth, perspective, clarity, an energetic embrace, an ocean
All Books
All books,even the most important to you.yes, even this one,are no different from the jumble of the intellect.Really, what are you still looking for ?
Come Here Alone
Whether you like it or not, the experience is one of loneliness,It must be so.To name it an experience, there must be solitude,Also, the groups
The Weaver’s Eye
Much more than answers, silent sitting offers questions,The questions, the one who does not sit down does not ask them.The emergence of these questions is
Free Yourself, Breathe At Last
This is a translation from an audio note in French : here Realize that religions are an artificial reading grid that we have just added
Relative Suffering
Two strategies consist in relativizing the suffering of a being: -By comparing this suffering to the level of suffering experienced by their peers (« it’s the
With Full Ignorance
I meditate because the world is a whirlpool machineAnd silent sitting then, is a remedy for shimmering, swirling death,A death which puts on the ten
Transparent Calmness
In the end, on the other side of event management strategies,Through ideologies and cognitive contortions of our attempts at integrating emotional content,Though emergency re-framing operations
“A Useless Gathering?”
Music robs the beauty of calmness.On deep water, nothing is built.There, light sinks in and leaves fallAnd plants slowly decompose.All of this is raining inside.
