Requesting people’s undivided attention is too high an expectation for our modern world, for this has become the scarcest currency around.Attention-dividing agents are so pervasive
Étiquette : prayer
At the Edge of The Sitting Practice
What the three strokes of the singing bowl at the beginning of silent sitting teach me, The way they baptize the moment, the way they
Lay Down Buddhism
See: Buddhism, like any other body of knowledge, is so cumbersome in the practice of simple sitting,Leave it all thereand walk beyond with a lightened
Heart of Wisdom
The heart of wisdom teaches :The summary of this armada of concepts is their uselessness, So go beyond,go, and take with you,Those who will have
Skillful Sneaking
Obviously, the sudden tightening of living conditions due to a political change such as the one we are currently experiencing constitutes a hostage-taking. It is
It Is the Book
Posture is not an idolit is a holy book that we consult to read the Word,It is the paper on which the Holy Book is
Zazen-Trumpet
Miles Davis said that he did not recognize his instrument in the « trumpet-trumpet »… In the same way, I do not recognize my practice in Zen-Zen.As
Foundational Simplicity
Nudity consists above all in listening to the energy flows in and around one’s body – physical and mental flows. For many, whether beginners or
Digging With a Pen
I dig my soul with the pen.Each letter, each word is a shovelful in the earth of consciousness,A few extra centimeters of furrow dug in
Beliefs As Identity / Identity As Belief
It is absolutely necessary that the observation of mental material be the first practice so that the disciple can become sufficiently familiar with this material,
What Does Zen Do?
Zazen reduces the framework of practice to the bare minimum. This approach of radical simplification is what is necessary to become aware of what is
The Inner Prophet 2/2
Just as we carry the prophet within us, we alone are the community, the community of ears that receive within us all the voices that
The Inner Prophet 1/2
The prophet is within us.The one who listens, the one who hears.In us, the prophet is that which listens, that which hears, that which receives
The Body-Mind Shackles
Zazen gives you the opportunityto feel the body-mind shackles from which you must free yourself. All other words are useless if you don’t see it,
Zen: Refuge in the Woods
The extreme dematerialization of Zen operates both externally (rituals…) and internally (concepts, representations…). It is what makes Zen a refuge, a point to which we
Notes & Silence 