The Pure Land is in me,By sitting, I create itPlow it and open itTo disciples, to the Sangha,To the neighborhood, to the world. Find the
Étiquette : peace
Our Silence Answers
In Zen and Catholic or Evangelic Christianity alike, among others, it is not unusual to come across this peremptory tone, the same insane assertiveness…Unexpectedly, this
Benevolence Crust
Benevolence and surface compassion,as well as a forced cult for egalitarianismCreates an opaque crust under whichThe least benevolent and compassionateActions become possible. See through the
Run Away !
Run away before this ever happens to you. The problem that many people encounter in the so-called ‘professional’ slice of their lives, is the normalized
Aquarium Visit Vs. Ocean Dive
Night reading, as a strategy to bringing back inner calm, to carry us back in the sand of sleep, is highly interesting.Night reading allows to
Mind Parasites, / Unconscious Host
The wickedness that you attribute to others,the positions, the intentions, the strategies that you ascribe to them,At this moment : when they are eating you
Summer Field
1In the Summer field,Sitting meditation cannot beginWithout removing small branches and pine apples from under the blanket 2In the middle of the Summer field,Sitting practice
Zen Includes
Understanding sitting meditation as a form of mind training, is a form of misunderstanding of what zazen is. Zazen includes this form of meditation,It does
When Suffering Vanishes
Stop feeding attachment to wished-for outcomes, and suffering will vanish. ©FJ March 2022Recueils — ParticipationsTelegram (Publications et Pratique)Many thanks to all.
2 Modes Of Existence
There are two modalities to actually experience an event,This statement can be broadened to two manners of going through life.Each modality comes in a wide
To The Word Juggler
Unfortunately for the recipients of these lines, handling contradictions may not be sufficient to master Zen.Not even to start setting foot on the Zen path.
An Experience of Timelessness
After so many years spent living it, following its flows and back-flows, all these thousands of hours trying to understand it and improve its articulation,
Nothing Up My Sleeves
Look at Man:He spends his life creating a diversion.Man is nothing but a salon magician.Ignorant enough to delude himself, to be amazed, to applaud his
My Mind On Other Things
I wish that, on this evening, May 30th, 2020,That the whole Cosmos,Everything it carries, and everything that carried this planet,Forgave me for not having been
Karma and Illusions (note)
Deshimaru, in his commentary of Shodoka : “Because of our karma and our illusions, we each have a different perspective on everything that surrounds us”.
Notes & Silence 