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
Étiquette : prayer
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
The Same Jewel
This sitting practice is the language of my being,my body has known the way, for a long time,long before the posture was even taught. The
The Mother of All Colors
A life of presence consists of existing not from the color specific to this or that tradition but from the center from which each of
Salat Zazen
On evenings like this evening, I can say that in truth, as soon as the practitioner reaches a certain level of depth, the form that
From the Depths of the Soul
The similarities are sometimes such that it becomes difficult to speak of a difference between two practices. We will then prefer to emphasize the identity,
Daily Gehenna
The fire of Gehenna that is wielded in the Bible and the Koran is nothing other than Samsara.The absence of nirvana (extinction)Fire is that which
Dead Cat
Cut short all rantings, and post-mortem constructions, Those encapsulate the Living,They stifle Life and let you walk around, eventually,Carrying in your arms,a dead cat. Join
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:
Misery of Wandering
When it is said of God that He is the » Ultimate Truth » (S. 24, 25), just after the condemnation to the « terrible torture », (S.24, 24),
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
Kneading With Your Feet
By kinhin, meditative walk in Zen, you knead the dough of awakening.By zazen, sitting meditation, you cook it Outside the cushion, you offer bread to
Notes & Silence 