If you are worried about knowing how many will be present at the sitting session,If you repeat in your thoughts the sentences from teachings,If you
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The Posture and You
One of the fundamental points we need to question is that of our relation to the practice of sitting. Is it an honest relationship?Isn’t our
Do Like The Schoolteacher
When kindergarten children are rolling on the carpet, screaming and bumping into each other, all in perfect chaos, sometimes the teacher, with a single clap,
The Lighthouse and the Heart
The man’s lighthouse has gone out. Or maybe it appeared.The Buddha shines flawlessly with an ever-new sun.The lighthouse is always on the groundAnd the sky
My Body In Reality
Buddhism was this brilliant, spacious teaching,Zen, lively and breathing, creates my body in reality. And the Buddha is not the Buddha,That’s why I call him
Raked with Breath
The depth of life experience has nothing to do with anything which can ever be written.Life, however, is always the same.It is inhabited in a
Healing Space
Mahayana Buddhism offers a healing depth of field.It may find its counterpart in the Judeo-Christian tradition, as Divine Mercy. In either case, this space must
Dazzling Haiku
The artificiality of a behavior is a convocation of the form by thinking of aggregating a substance. Sometimes, the coarseness of behavioral traits is such
Buddhist Parasite
It is not because Zen leans quite easily on Buddhism, or because both ended up getting along, that Zen is Buddhist. Zen, which accepts everything,
Walking Out Of Non-Buddhist Ways
In the Lankavatara Sutra, the Buddha, on many occasions, positions his words away from “non-Buddhist ways”.This is not to be understood strictly speaking, it is
Peeling God
Once the nonsense and projections about God are peeled off, remains suchness, the depth of the soul and consciousness,As our encounter with suchness approaches, we
You are not abandoned
It is because the being of the depth does not abandon you,You, the little one, the clumsy one, the awkward one, the angry one,You, the
Silence and Noise
Wonderful, wonderful silence,Which lets me find my inner noise.Wonderful, wonderful noise,That leaves me to dive in silence – ©FJ Dec 2021Recueils / ParticipationsTelegram (Publications et
Pierce Through Hypocrisy
A great practice is to see the hypocrisy of the practice of passing practice off as practice.Sitting for form,The drifting substance. Thus, I turn non-practice
Facing Life’s Phenomena
People often complain there is nothing they can do.It’s actually not true.Mindfulness. This is what we can do.Offering presence to the moment, any moment, is
Notes & Silence 