Dire qu’il ne se passe rien en zazen, cela revient à se trouver sans le savoir dans une pièce tout en ignorant que, derrière la
Dire qu’il ne se passe rien en zazen, cela revient à se trouver sans le savoir dans une pièce tout en ignorant que, derrière la
Zazen: quitting the habit,leaving habits, the habitats of the mind, the refuges of consciousness,and reaching the depths of depths, the space of spaces,The ample nature,
God is to the soul what water is to fish,what the sky is to birds.We have forgotten this immediacy, this natural evidence, and the soul
The spiritual obstacle for the meditation practitionner may consist of seeking outside validation for what he finds within.The obstacle for the religious person may consist
What keeps me at a distance from the Christian religion, and others…., sometimes to the point of losing the ability to find inner meaning, is
« Forgive us… as we forgive… » There is indeed a double movement necessary for the effectiveness of this statement: -You cannot truly forgive if you are
Quel que soit le système, il encouragera nécessairement l’ascension des éléments les plus représentatifs et les plus respectueux du système, puisque l’auto-préservation est in fine
If the materials from your religion are part of what blocks the path to Being, this is an indicator of the distortion of these materials,
In light of what is experienced in the depths of sitting meditation, everything that is said,external and internal dialogues, is nothing but fragmentary, illusory, and
Ce n’est pas parce qu’une institutions prétend être garante d’une tradition,Ce n’est pas même parce que, dans une certaine mesure, elle serait la garante des
See: Buddhism, like any other body of knowledge, is so cumbersome in the practice of simple sitting,Leave it all thereand walk beyond with a lightened
Miles Davis said that he did not recognize his instrument in the « trumpet-trumpet »… In the same way, I do not recognize my practice in Zen-Zen.As
It is absolutely necessary that the observation of mental material be the first practice so that the disciple can become sufficiently familiar with this material,
Just as we carry the prophet within us, we alone are the community, the community of ears that receive within us all the voices that
The prophet is within us.The one who listens, the one who hears.In us, the prophet is that which listens, that which hears, that which receives