To soar towards the assemblies of Buddha and Bodhisattvas with which the sutras abound,is to nourish, to call upon the same source energy as the
Étiquette : prayer
Nothing Else
The lotus posture is the invitation and the making of contact and the invitation to return,But it goes further and at the same time, it
First Zazen
First Spring zazentruesocks offgarden door half-open,the bird is singing,it has sung for several moments,Yet, I only hear it now. Its song is beautifulsimple, infinitely complex,The
Prayer Worm
Prayer, like a worm, must dig through the compacted earth of the jumble of religious and spiritual concepts. The earth becomes denser and denser as
Split Second
Hands joinedand eyelids closed,a split second,meeting the Buddha’s eyes ©FJ March 2025Recueils / Participation/ Horaires des SéancesGroupes De Pratique (Audio, Sessions)
What is a mind at peace ? (1/2)
-What is the agitation of the mind ?-That which burns everything that passes because it is afraid of disappearing. -Why is the mind afraid of
Tap-Practice
I sit in the lotus position,I don’t practice zazen like the men and women in black robes. Kesa-kolomo-oryoki… I sit in the lotus position.I don’t
What is a mind at peace ? (1/2)
The peaceful mind will no longer burn all the wood for itself.The psychologic wood will be there. The inner forest, verdant, sheltering passing beings.The peaceful
The Bald Man Was Right
The bald man, whom I eyed with suspicion, was right. Yet I saw in his words yet another gratuitous provocation, one for which he had
Amputating The Soul
Prayer is, in essence, an act of harmonization between the practitioner and reality, the universe, deep nature, God.It is the practitioner’s response to the constant
True Prayer
A prayer that does not involve the bodywill tend toward barren repetition. Prayer will stimulate the mind all the more easilybecause it does not invite
The Breath-Through
Silent sitting is the ultimate adventure in the land of spirituality.The practice includes the 10,000 gates that the pilgrim crosses, in this, silent sitting is
Awakening: The Last of the Class
Intelligence is not an aid…. on the path to awakeningOn the contrary, it is a factor of opacityThe thickness of the intelligence filter is a
Musical Wind
The musical wind, sitting zazen, in front of the still incandescent logs.I am here to hear it,otherwise the wind would play for nothingotherwise the wind
Welcoming the Sound
Me, a musician, my whole life… I, who have spent so many hundreds of hours trying to tame exercises and scales, trying to appropriate the
Notes & Silence 