« Leave the body-mind » Dogen’s body-mind, the one that must be « left » according to the famous injunction given to monks in zazen, can also refer to
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The Below, The Above (1)
Leaving the mindthrough the floor,through the ceiling,are two different experiences.The investigation of the infra-mental and supra-mental spheres are two different journeys. Infra, here, means « not
The First Gate
It is because in zazen we are supposed to have already traversed everything that the practitioner can be given the illusion of having indeed traversed
Les Yeux Dans Le Noir
Ouvrir les yeux dans le noir complet est une pratique très reposante, à laquelle on ne prête pas suffisamment attention. Les yeux et le mental
Words Do Not Make Zen
Zen is silence above all.It has nothing to do with the reconstruction of more or less fantasized traditions.When you sit in silence and stand in
Liberating Fish
I think of the symbol of infinity, the lying ‘eight’ figure.Few people know that it is also a symbol of hell because this loop is
Sunflower
Zazen: I listen to my body set up, sit in class, prepare to receive the teaching.I watch the hollow sections align to form the conduit
Assis Devant La Vitre
Le mental attire à lui l’énergie intérieure, physique et psychique et les consume dans le brasier de la salle des machines.L’utilisation conventionnelle du mental est
‘A Person’
How can we understand a personal God, a God in whom Christians are supposed to believe, to adhere to a personal God, not as a
Telles Qu’Elles Sont
Voir les choses telle qu’elles sont signifie à la fois…les voir sans les filtres opacifiants de l’activité du complexe psycho-emotionnel ,Mais également, voir les choses, celles
Little arrangements and self-interest
Non-self is not a zone to be reached, some inner geography that we must conquer. Non-self is non-selfthat which is not self,The self is not
A Change In Modality
Méditation, prayer, mantra chanting,Our Father, ….it is all about contacting the Divine andWhat matters is not how you contact the DivineBut to actually contact the
Too Late.
Your body is the tool for practice.Practice while your body can.Walk, sit. One day your knees, your pelvis, your back, your shoulders, and your neckwill
The Master Inside The Book
Listening to the Master,May you encounter the words of the one who will be able to pivot the cognitive-emotional tool, invite himself into the illusory
What has seen has seen
When one has understood the modality of things, that is, the place from which things are expressed,When the manner in which things are expressed has
Notes & Silence 