What I observe externally is what I am able to observe.What I am able to observe corresponds to what I am internally.What does not correspond
Étiquette : prayer
You’re getting bogged down all by yourself.
It’s nobody’s faultif you get bogged down and exhaust yourself in the literal understanding of the teachings.If the structures within were all in place, the
Holy Pictures and Mandalas
Pious images, mandalas, objects of piety, are all external occasions of impulse, an internal dynamic allowing the deployment of light. The confusion consists of believing
Land Use And Phone Fasting
What percentage of your mental space is occupied by this or that aspect of your life, this or that product? It may be surprising to
Zazen Is Nothing
Zazen during the day is the hub of the wheel.It is nothing, but without the sitting practice, nothing ever comes together.Inactivity gives way to activity.Without
Naming God?
There are people for whom it is very important to give God a name, others for whom the name given to God doesn’t really matter.Still
Unsinkable
Sometimes the amplitude of the mind’s movements changes,It increases,Don’t be fooled,The breaking waves that rock the hull in all directions, that seem to threaten to
Christmas 2025
And while you chase after cheap teachers,Your Lord is within you and awaits your presence. It is none other than God who teaches you heart
Sitting, On the Way to the Stable
The body in zazen is the horse that leads us back to the stable,The mind, the rider who searches but doesn’t know where he’s going,So,
The Path to Peace
Non-discrimination is the absence of discrimination between what is presented to us.Thus, there is no individual, no situation that we like or reject more than
Studded Shirt
Hypersensitivity: wearing a studded shirt, the same one everyone wears.Not understanding why no one seems to suffer from the hundreds of studs on their skin.
Hannya Shingyo: The Sound of Silence
When reciting the Hannya Shingyo, I don’t know what teaches more profoundly…Is it the sound of the sutra being recited, or the sound of the
Gassho
Gassho : bowing before zazen,as one enters the inner temple. ©FJDec 2025Books / Participation/ Groupes
True Joy
True joy, the joy of zazen, is not excitement.It is subtle serenity,constantly renewed contemplation,delicate rapture, a petal placed on a leaf along a stream. ©FJ
The Entrepreneurial Mind
The entrepreneurial mind, when too sharp, seeks to build and, in doing so, does not allow the emergence, existence, and disintegration of everything that emerges
Notes & Silence 