Silent sitting,entering the divine cave and sitting there,sitting from another place.sitting from another place is not zazen, . The divine cave is the holy place.The
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All Prayers, All Practices
If you have been looking elsewhere and inquire about prayers and practices,and that, in a breeze of memory, you sit back on the cushion,you discover
The Thing Next To The Thing
Zen is a tradition where we don’t say the thing,we prefer to talk about the thing next to the thing, wisdom,humility,mischief, or all three at
Sitting Among Crumbs
The practitioner of the Way has seen in himself this insatiable desire to seize toys, his own, those of others. He perceived the error and
Making Little Toys
The daily mind of Man constantly seeks to make and grab these little mind-made toys and knit scenarios. The human mind is -a toy factory,-a
“Read”
Heels near the groin,The back of each foot on the opposite thigh,This is how the inner book,From which I copy,Opens ©FJ OCT 2024Recueils / Participation/
Edge Addiction
Can you feel that what keeps you out of the state of practice, what de-centers you again and again,What makes you an armchair disciple or
Where Are You Listening From?
-Where Are You Listening From?-The Lower Center Much more than the actual content of the text or the teachings, it is the heart with which
Recognizing Freedom
The great freedom I am talking about is an indicator of the springing forth of a real practice.The inability to let this freedom take shape,
Opening the Door of the Spirit
Silent sitting opens the door of the Spirit,Lightens the inner eyes,Sit down, try and see. You have to sit to believe it.Through zazen, the profound
Mother Tongue
I really feel like I can’t do anything about it…if those texts and words resonate in hollow letters,if those messages don’t do not adhere to
Modern Sadness
The contemporary world persists in muddying the waters of the soul and maintaining them troubled.Thus, our being is kept away from his deep aspirationsand condemned
The Hidden Face of the Eye
The first step of the famous Return is the Turnaround,The eye is at the door,The eye is at the door of the eye, The eye
Who else but God to lift the veil of God?
The veil represents the opacifying set of concepts aggregated around the divine. The veil is adhesive because these concepts are striking and emotionally very charged:
Spreading the Cloth of Consciousness
It is only in Zazen that I find the space to spread the cloth of our deep nature,The cloth of consciousness, because zazen has made
Notes & Silence 