Sophie walked a little bit closer to the group of people talking and heard the prominent disciple, the one everyone would swear he would succeed
Étiquette : master
Syntax Of Life
There are two ways to place oneself in a relation to life.The intellectual difference between grammar and linguistics has something to teach us. Grammar proposes
A Master’s Game
Would we recognize a true master if we met one ?Could you admit, with me, that one has to have played this game, thought about
The Teacher, the Teaching, The Disciple
The belief in our status as “awakened beings”,the maintenance of this beliefor questions about the so-called achievements towards this status.These are reliable indicators of the
Minimalist Wisdom
There is no need to inform at all costs, whether we are in a didactic context (student information), therapeutic situation (physiological information), teaching wisdom (information
Anger Master
Stories teach me that anger,Anger that holds sleep hostage,Is also my master.A cruel, radical, uncompromising master,But a master whose teaching is unfathomable. Anger shows me
Sit And Let Die
Sitting Zazen is dyingTruly. Sit down and die. And when masters know their last hour has arrived,They sit zazen before passing away,There is nothing surprising,They
The Preferred One
It is normal that each of the actors claiming themselves to be disciples of Christ, spontaneously consider themselves to be among the first, the closest
Belated Smile
Do not try to understand all this apart from Zazen.It is incomprehensible.When all this manifests during Zazen, there is nothing to understand.At most, a belated,
Zen Like Water
Collective gesticulationsSlow and glittery movesImitating a myth,Worshiping habits, This is not ZenThis is not my practice. Simply sitting ?Very little sitting, and scarce simplicity.Paintings to
A Single Practice
If Buddhism speaks to me, it is because, when I read the texts or when I listen to the talks, they reflect practical experiences I’ve
Tormented Sitting
« Master, I feel so helpless, the onslaught of my thoughts seems to have doubled in vigor lately.Even if I sit zazen, they totally draw me
He is Walking Among Us
30 minutes of sitting, Matthew gets up slowly and his legs are numb. Only two candles illuminate the practitioners who, one by one, stand up
The Awakening Soup
As ingredients are added to the brew, a chef will regularly plunge the ladle in the pot and keeps an eye on the overall texture.
Does It Matter ?
When questioned about Mahayana, Theravada Buddhism, Zen,Ch’an or transmissions,On the chronological order of this and that,The master is getting a bit confused. The impulse to
