The shadow of the leavesFrom a garden over the fenceSlowly set in motionBy the wind of spring Beauty struckDoubt has vanishedWalking through lifeOn such a
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Truth Over Fraud
For many years I have tried — as you were giving away those statements coming from another world.– to back my feelings with reason,You held
Empty Shell
Losing the spirit of simplicity generates a shallow practice : one more empty shell,one more eggshell on the side of the path, whose living animal is
Just
The only thing we should remember in our practice is how easy it is to forget the ‘just’ in ‘just sitting’. FJ Fev 2022Recueils /
Buddha Zazen
Deshimaru, when commenting the Shin Jin Mei :‘An individual zazen will remain inefficient for the rest of our life,A cosmic zazen can be called ‘Buddha-Zazen’ Who
Contacting Fragility
Arrogance is often the stark outcome of a fragility which has been disconnected from reality.This is as painful as the screeching sound of an engine when
The Grace Of Unfairness ?
Ending up as a victim of unfairness, is a suffering place where people experience an acute feeling of loneliness.If there is such a pain at
The Remedy Of Vacuity
Thich Nhat Hanh reminds us that the Buddha talked about the concept of Ku / Empliness / Vacuityin order to neutralize the concept we have
Lame Ducks And Myself
Sophie walked a little bit closer to the group of people talking and heard the prominent disciple, the one everyone would swear he would succeed
The Gift Of Freedom
It takes a freight of bravery, a serious hint of boldness,A disarming truckload of grace, a wild gift of freedom,To play one’s way through diverse
All Reality Down The Singing Bowl
Have you come to realize that all the words you are reciting,Matter much less than the quality of your presence as you are reciting them ?Rituals,
Nectar Of Life
Mindfulness is not another practice to be threaded into a necklace,Even if it the most beautiful of all pearls.Mindfulness is awareness of life. On every
The Cross Here, Now
The Cross represents the action of the divine,The Nature of Buddhadharma.It welcomes the full spectrum of infinite action (horizontal axis)and the depths of this action
The Door Within Rituals
Behind every gesture, every ritual, chant,Behind every practice of a small religion,You’ll find a door opening onto the Large Religion, To all appearances, small religions
Syntax Of Life
There are two ways to place oneself in a relation to life.The intellectual difference between grammar and linguistics has something to teach us. Grammar proposes
Notes & Silence 