There’s no such thing as a dark landscapeIn Zazen, it is none other than myself who darkens the landscape. The obscuring though, the initial cut
Étiquette : peace
Targetless Futures
There comes an age when the choice of an activity has ceased to be made as it has always been: as an investment in the
Someone, Nobody
The worldly path: believing to be nobody and seeking to become someone.The spiritual path: believing that you are someone and become nobody. Franck – Nov
Dig, Scrape, Pierce
Each sitting further digs the return to life,Each sitting scrapes the earth of our collapsed cave a little bit more,Until one day, the light begins
A Method ?
What’s the method to get back to that beginner’s mind ? (Cf. Suzuki, Shoshin)There is no method.The method is the non-method. If I apply a
Sourcier De Lave
Par la pratique, je sonde la croûteTerrestre du bout de mon pieu.Je tapote le maillet, ici un peu,Plus loin là, enfin : je trouve l’angleEt
A Data Rattle
The inversely proportional connection that I observe between, on the one hand, the taste for technological tools and, on the other hand, psychological immaturity is
Prayer, Meditation: Essence Bath
Even though I made,If others have madeDifferences between prayer and meditation… I no longer do,I see nothing that prevents me today from superimposing the state
Not Ageing
The irrepressible smile of awakening arising on the cheeks is ageless,The cheeks that receive the imperceptible smile of awakening are ageless. Franck – Nov 2022Recueils
Time Is Not An Issue
Zazen means seeing everything as it arises, for what it is, even if it is just for a split second.That is awakening.The nature of the
Meaning Of Truth
Truth means genuine,not a claim of objectivitynot a certificate of propertya long gone knowledge resonating again,a clogged up stream flowing again,doing what streams are supposed
Talk about God ?
So you want to talk about God.But what god do you want to talk to me about? All these words sketch a god that I
Sutra In The Garden
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
Gaseous Rings
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
Already No More
The Awakened One sees beyond thingsThe real is beyondHe sees through beings,And these cease to exist as such,His eyes pierced through things. The Buddha sees
Notes & Silence 