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
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
It is true that, by the way you hit the bowl, I know everything there is to know about you.What is said there is of
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
The Master has nothing against emotional content or the expression of such material.Still, he will try to point to the suffering arising whenever emotion becomes