The immediate contact with the depths of their being :This is what they’re all scared about. As soon as they can sense its emerging premises, it
Étiquette : practice
Lame Ducks And Myself
Sophie walked a little bit closer to the group of people talking and heard the prominent disciple, the one everyone would swear he would succeed
All Reality Down The Singing Bowl
Have you come to realize that all the words you are reciting,Matter much less than the quality of your presence as you are reciting them ?Rituals,
Days Like This
There are days when the sitting practice is the only moment of authenticity.Our surge of tears rises once we realize the black hole of vanity
Nectar Of Life
Mindfulness is not another practice to be threaded into a necklace,Even if it the most beautiful of all pearls.Mindfulness is awareness of life. On every
The Cross Here, Now
The Cross represents the action of the divine,The Nature of Buddhadharma.It welcomes the full spectrum of infinite action (horizontal axis)and the depths of this action
The Door Within Rituals
Behind every gesture, every ritual, chant,Behind every practice of a small religion,You’ll find a door opening onto the Large Religion, To all appearances, small religions
The Horse-King
That mental strength…Harness it with the right saddlery.In itself, it is already a serious difficulty, for some people’s horses can be so young, excited, so
Fleeing Process
As long as you do not reside in the Absolute, you are fleeing,Don’t start chasing the Absolute, for you’d be fleeing,You need to see the
True Practice
Whenever you sit, genuinely,When you disarm all gears and stop entrenching yourself behind the codes maintaining the structures of others’ sitting practice. Whenever the last
Mind-Biting At Reality
Could it be this initial feeling of betrayal by our physical body — ours and others’– , which drives us to deepen our medical knowledge ?Is
Night Sand
The limitations of your mind are the bricks against which you keep banging,without necessarily knowing it,Bricks that will eventually crumble down.Walls and floors alike block
Pure, Not Pure
The Heart of Being can never linger on the questions of what is pure and not pure.This is incomprehensible for such a Heart. The one
Nothing About Buddhism
The true monk has no title and wears no robe.The true disciple of the Buddha knows nothing about Buddhism. ©FJ Jan 2022Recueils / ParticipationsTelegram (Publications
Stars Of Zenitude
I do not seek to define Zen.Yet, there would be enough here to keep one busy a full lifetime.I have no interest in knowing what
Notes & Silence 