I distinguish two ways of looking at thoughts: – One consists of analyzing the content to be questioned, the substance of each thought, and the
Étiquette : practice
Silent Songs
Before zazen, I couldn’t hear the birds. ©FJ Nov 2025Recueils / Participation/ Groupes
Nothing Left to Do
Zazen,The leavesThe wind, Zazen,The wind in the leaves,Joy regained.So I have nothing left to write. ©FJ Nov 2025Recueils / Participation/ Groupes
Not wanting [not thinking]
When Dogen says that the Dharma is “obtained neither by thought nor by the absence of thought,” this means that one must not “not think.”
Dissolving The Floor
When the floor of the mind seems to have solidified so much that no breakthrough can take place,Is it through breathing that we manage to
Who Locked You In ?
The veil of beliefs is so thick that it is already very rare to be able to perceive the presence of a veil.We mistake this
Invoking the angel, bowing before the cushion
Invoking the angel, a devotion to a particular saint, Ultimately, these are inner practices, just as when a zazen practitioner comes to bow before a
My Friends Here, My Friends There
Practicing zazen alone is important,if only to realize that we need others. The true dojo is held together by the pillars of practitioners.A single pillar
Religion of Noise
You have made a religion of noise.You have made noise a religion.Your relationship with noise and the environments that generate it is religious. The noise
Of course we see you
Imposing hyper-positioning on people’s identity results from the frenetic segmentation of markets and minds.Describing this hyper-positioning as a manifestation of the spirit of inclusion and
Jumping Off A Cliff
Each ontological incompleteness of language is in itself an invitation to silent sitting,A hand that invites to stretch a dotted line lost into half a
The Jewel
Direct presence is a jewel.This jewel is penetrated by the light of the teachings of authentic wisdom. How can one come to lose such a
Breast Heat
The absence of dilation of the heart is a reliable criterion for the withering of the path we are on. Dilation of the heart is
Seed of the Saint
To use Buddhist vocabulary, each time we re-center before a medal or image of a particular saint, we water the corresponding seed or the most
God of the Curtain
In zazen I will finally see what is happening beyond the curtain of the mind. To prevent people from investigating the realm beyond the mind,
Notes & Silence 