In Zazen, all my incompleteness passes, without hurting meThe once lamentable, leaves an evanescent trace,In a boundless landscape, They can wane and vanish, The instant
Étiquette : meditation
Refuge In Non-Refuge
The conceptual scaffolding of religions/philosophies,Are constructions, more or less skillful, subtle and cumbersome,Behind which we take refuge.Should we then take refuge in non-refuge ? ©FJ
Landing In Zen
This is why I chose the Land of Zen to settle my refuge. The absence of preliminary beliefs, of non-negotiable ideological bouquet prior to any
Not In This, Not In That
The beauty of prayer is not in the candle.It is a prayer in the beauty of your heart when you approach the candle to light
No Leaves
It is true that prayer effectively picks up dead leaves in the garden.It is also true that the practice of Zazen uproots the tree from
Cut the Ties In Front Of You
I thank life for giving me elements from which I can free myself.‘Bonno Muji Seigan Dan’This liberation is the goal of our existence.The great letting
The Edge Of Vulnerability
In Zazen, I find myself free from all social influence,pulled out of the relational mud in which I had bogged down,extracted from the psychological games
One Thing And Its Opposite
I write this short article to say one thing and the opposite of this thing.Without deciding, without trying to reconcile the two terms, without resolving
Awakening Emergency
“It has never been so urgent to awaken”This sentence, always true, has never been so true. ©FJ September 2022Recueils / ParticipationsTelegram (Publications et Pratique)
The Arrows Shot At You (2/2)
It is our liberation that liberates the world.The Bodhisattva can only free himself if he wants to save the world.He can only save the world
The Arrows Shot At You (1/2)
Could you, when faced with the nocturnal arrows of the stupidity of all the assailants, how to not oppose a brutal aggressiveness ? Could you
Observe ‘Being Done’
Sitting zazen : scouring the pipes and brewing the thoughts that hang on edges…You, watch. Don’t look for a technique to apply, a sequenced protocol
Down The Trenches Of Practice
Through this sitting practice, the practitioner leans to the left, to the right,Layers, thereby, begin to fall down to the ground,On both sides, he lets
A Path, A Guide
The practice is my guide.Zazen is my way,My guide is silentand static, my path – ©FJ August 2022Recueils / ParticipationsTelegram (Publications et Pratique)
You, The Great Unsteady
See what has happened to you, when you forget to look at what’s going on in the Great Hall of Thoughts…Once more, you have been
Notes & Silence 