It is true that in spirituality, literalism is particularly annoying, both for its tedious idiocy (limiting the scope of spiritual expression) and for the tiring
Étiquette : community
Practice: shut up and leave.
3 types of people in spiritual circles: Among disciples, the three most common profiles are found successively in the same person (or even synchronously): -Those
Am I Eternal?
Not answering,telling people they are eternal, When they are not ready to hear it, it is not helping them,nor giving them an authentic teaching, Because
Drawer Zen
If the Zen you practice doesn’t allow you to pass through all the categories,If the Zen you practice is just another drawer, a category of
Solitary Practice ?
I have always been a fervent defender of making silent sitting a solitary practice.I now recognise the tendency towards formal disintegration that such a practice
No Status
Neither priest nor master,I am happy that I have no status to hide behind.In all these functions, I am certain that I would have become
Fragility (1/2) – Fragile Master
If it is not within the framework of a very precise teaching, which he considers adapted to the need for the disciple, on the moment,
Piercing the Monk’s Crust
There are nights, like this night,when I wonder if, in the end, never having achieved what I wanted to, is not the greatest grace of
Symbol Eater
I once knew someone terribly greedy. Along his quest for unity, he would pick up all the symbols he encountered along the way and put
Time To Eat
You are invited to share the practice of Zazen as you share a meal with friends.Each guest eats in a solitary way the food that
Sowing in the opening
« Zazen, if you don’t want it, you need it. »Envy from the superficial strata of consciousness,The need – here, of fulfillment and harmony, is not the
Passing Birds
Beware of the exhilarated,His enthusiasm is a weapon of seduction. This overflowing fervor is what you wish you displayed ?There you are, hooked. What then is
Watch Where You Sit
Zen is pre-cultural.The error of assessment committed by many neophytes – and unfortunately by many title holders is to associate Zen with Japanese culture, or
« Don’t Call Me Master »
For the self-proclaimed master, the claim to experience matters more than the experience itself.The authentic master has actually gone through the experience.The claim to a
Shaping Zazen
It is true that the zazen of someCarries the zazen of others.A blow in the glass gives the shape of sitting,Collective and individual,Through an invisible
Notes & Silence 