Many practitioners who are very advanced in religious traditions, fine connoisseurs of repeated texts, many very skilled believers, very quick in the presentation of the
Étiquette : prayer
Dharma Rain
Monotheistic religions offer nothing less than a path of liberation through the domestication of inner energies. These are personified, incarnated to deploy all the narrative
Praying as one quits smoking
In the first degrees of prayer, it is done in the same way that a smoker seeking to get away from his addiction will chew
Guilt
Guilt is an an ex-post constructionSometimes, it rises years after the act,Sometimes only a few seconds. The fact that the individual later repeats what they
All Prayers, All Practices
If you have been looking elsewhere and inquire about prayers and practices,and that, in a breeze of memory, you sit back on the cushion,you discover
The Thing Next To The Thing
Zen is a tradition where we don’t say the thing,we prefer to talk about the thing next to the thing, wisdom,humility,mischief, or all three at
Making Little Toys
The daily mind of Man constantly seeks to make and grab these little mind-made toys and knit scenarios. The human mind is -a toy factory,-a
Edge Addiction
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
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,
Notes & Silence 