It is very important to perceive that this ‘listo-mania’ that seems to haunt the Asian / Indian mind, giving teachings a form of lists of
Étiquette : Buddhism
Bonnos of Light
Bonno(s)* are the specks of dust and dead skin revealing the beam of light, otherwise invisible.If you become familiar with this sun ray, the sand
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
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
Nothing About Buddhism
The true monk has no title and wears no robe.The true disciple of the Buddha knows nothing about Buddhism. ©FJ Jan 2022Recueils / ParticipationsTelegram (Publications
Sit Like A Buddhist
Sitting as a Buddhist,Really sit as a Buddhist,Sitting without holding the Buddhist reading grids with one hand and with the other what is happening or
Spiritual Hygiene
Non-attachment to the external forms of religion (including our relation to rituals, to conceptual colors or linguistic mechanisms) in general, and non-attachement to a certain
From Logos To Dharma
From ‘logos’ to ‘dharma’, I am not convinced that there is a single step to take. The logos, in its etymological meaning, is the order
Paradises
When I was ten years old, I believed in paradise.The Christian one,The Muslim oneThe Jewish paradise,And I believed in the ‘reincarnations’ of Tibetan Buddhism…I believe
Mahayana Welcome
Rather than the frenzied application of a necessarily fragmentary and ‘aposterioric’ prism, the spirit of Mahayana makes it possible to welcome, to hear and to
Pilgrims On The Wide Path
Mayahana Buddhism allowsAn area to breathe between two consecutive focal points,and the embracing of all patterns.The coexistence of realities can never unsettle a wide heart.Refusal
Dharmic Emergence
Chosen by the context,Meaning, here, reality,Which could not open ontoAnything else than this here and now,This person : a dharmic emergence ? ©FJ Nov 2021RECUEILS/
Zen Prayer
If someone ever says there is no prayer in zazen,That person knows nothing about zen, and nothing about prayer. ©FJ Oct 2021RECUEILS/ ParticipationsTelegram (Publications et
Sky, Water And Dogen
A few words regarding Dogen’s reference to the sky and the water in Zazenshin :The bird in the real sky and the fish in the
Notes & Silence 