I hear say… How can we go and beg for a transmission ?The transmission is transmitted before being transmitted, Thus, there is no transmission What then

I hear say… How can we go and beg for a transmission ?The transmission is transmitted before being transmitted, Thus, there is no transmission What then
(Quick note on my way to Sakamoto area, Otsu, Shiga, while reading the first pages of Zen Ritual, by Steven Heine…) If I write « this
In the fields of ‘spirituality’,He who reaps is he who affirms. The more a protagonist will be assertive and peremptory,The greater the influx and ardor
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
Part 1 : Fragility (1/2) – Fragile Master Many of these speeches are cemented with sugar. Sugar is a violent material. The benevolence distilled on
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,
Self-certification,Artificial mastery is a powerful means of concealing the psychological realities of the person concerned. This seeks to sublimate an undigested content.This person projects into
From my first master,I’ll remember that we must always create, at every moment, our tradition.Practice is a meeting of living beings,I saw the momentum, the
True ordination does not take place from the outside.The outside cannot make a bodhisattva, a monk.Ordination is a birth from within.It is the agreement and
« 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
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
I look around at my brothers and cousins and I say to myself that the practice of zazen, abrupt, naked, dry, sometimes,spares us many worries
If you are worried about knowing how many will be present at the sitting session,If you repeat in your thoughts the sentences from teachings,If you
Many spiritual writings seek to attest to the authenticity of their experience. Authentic experience does not need to be attested. It is.There is no one
Books, masters and teachings,Are mirrors in front of which you standTo see the color of your eyes. Nothing is more natural than the color of