God: the peace that you emanate,The confidence that fills youThe understanding that opens,The serene joy that radiates from you,When you reside in your center, The
Étiquette : prayer
Sitting Practice : Transmitter-Receiver
Consider the following two dimensions of our sitting practice : Both Transmitter and Receiver, the posture teaches the worlds and receives the teaching of the
Ark of Consciousness
March 2023: Many people are experiencing an inner collapse and are suffering terribly from seeing all the landmarks with which they have always built themselves
Verbal Experience
The calming of the body and mind is an essential prerequisite for divine talkingfor talking about the divine, People of a religion have, mostly, a
Suffering, Suffering
What the Buddha means by « suffering »: destruction, narrowing down of the fields of consciousness,What Christ means by suffering: purification, new irrigation of dried-up fields of
Daily Bath Of Ignorance
Heard this morning while being…normally distracted.These words like a line sent to me, hooked me out of the ignorance pool.May they hook you out as well.
Practicing zazen
One can practice zazen until zazen disappears,and reduce one’s practice so that the practice disappears. ©FJ Dec. 2024Recueils / Participation/ Groupe Discord
Footnote
Kodo Sawaki says that all Buddhism is just a footnote to the practice of silent sitting, A footnote is a complementary, accessory teaching, a potentially
Un-Veil
Religion, its beliefs and its expressions (practice/rituals) often constitute the ultimate area of attachment for the pilgrim along the Way. The last rope that keeps
Emptying Pockets
How to do without all the texts?By truly reading them.How to do without rituals?By truly accomplishing them. ©FJ Dec. 2024Recueils / Participation/ Groupe
Counter Relief
At the heart of silent sitting,the practice does not exist,where sitting is still,the heart of the practice does not express itself.In simple sitting,there is no
A question of life or death
Realizing that religions are an artificial reading grid that we add to the world.Removing the grid from in front of our eyes.Freeing ourselves This is
Am I Eternal?
Not answering,telling people they are eternal, When they are not ready to hear it, it is not helping them,nor giving them an authentic teaching, Because
No Practice
There is no practice,Practice does not exist,It is a word that is used to come and magnetize all kinds of mental constructions. No practice,No gesture,No
Posture Fuss
The strong, sometime obsessive focus on posture in Zen teaching is also an upaya, a clever means and, through a detour of pedagogical engineering, presents
