My teacher used to say that it was useless to always read the sutras of the past.Besides, he had great respect for them. He said
Étiquette : life
Prizen (quote)
Le problème du Zen, c’est qu’il est prisonnier du Zen. ©FJ Nov.2021 Pratique – Recueils — ParticipationsMany thanks to all
Drunk With Life
No need to wait for this or that to happenNo need to avoid such or such occurrence,To be drunk with life. Being drunk with life,
Free Your Zazen
My friends, this is what, without authority or legitimacy, I enjoin you, I invite you to do.Free your Zazen,Free yourself. Your practice is under control.
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,
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
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
See Death
It is because people are not able to look Reality in the eyes, that they identify so much with surface elements.Doing so, they cut themselves
A Thousand Times, Still…
A thousand times, I’ve been ready for surprises,A thousand times, surprises did not come.Today I no longer expect it,I might well be surprised ©FJ June
A Recipe By Jesus (3/3)
The Heart of Man is baked on a cushion.There, it holds seeds and landscapes of Nature, When the Heart appreciates beautyWithout saying a word,Man ripens,
A Recipe By Jesus (2/3)
Read part 1 here In these few lines from Christ,I find the call of the practice of Zen : The invitation to turn our attention
A Recipe By Jesus (1/3)
Throughout the Gospels, Jesus gives us the answer to the question he asks:“The kingdom of God, what to compare it to ?”« To a seed giving
Rock Of Calculations
One might think that non-attachment inhibits decision-making.Indeed, in the mind of the disciple then, none of the possible outcomes is privileged,and nothing ever comes up
When The Ship Is Stuck in a Dead Channel
It is always fear that solidifies the status quo.It allows the development of strata when the flow of energy is broken. Fear is a dam
Fire Door
By living in the rapids of the world,The doors of the soul remain closed. The sizzling fire and the rising heatRemain unreached Far off in
Notes & Silence 