partie 1 Ce n’est pas le réel qui doit venir à toi : il est là tout le temps,Mais bien toi qui doit l’apercevoir, l’entendre, te
Étiquette : presence
Reviens ! (1/3)
N’oublie pas – reviens !- que sous le voile du mental qui si souvent recouvre tout, les choses se passent.La flamme de la bougie vient de
In Every Moment
The words of Christ are true for all time. At all times and at every moment.Not once only in history,Nor once only in our lives,Throughout
Présence Au Sommeil
Où que je m’endorme,Je me remets dans les bras d’une présencequi veut mon bien, m’aime et me protège, Cela n’est pas une impression,C’est une certitude
At the bottom of the garden
If I become visible, making my presence known through sounds and movements,The fauna falls silent, it seems distant, non-existent, In the dojo at the back
Textes Irrespirables
Les textes ne savent pas s’empêcher de devenir irrespirable. S’il semble que cela soit plus fort qu’eux, qu’en dépit de toutes les bonnes volontés, ils
Beneath the Cultural Surface
The heart of the teachings: we enter it when we stop twisting and turning within the cultural surface of the tradition we inhabit to pierce
Musical Wind
The musical wind, sitting zazen, in front of the still incandescent logs.I am here to hear it,otherwise the wind would play for nothingotherwise the wind
Teaching the World
Zen walks in the opposite direction of the worldThe world teaches absence,Zen teaches presence,Outside of zen, no life,Zen must teach the world. ©FJ Feb. 2025Recueils
Rituals for Difficult Times
Rituals are to practice what posture is to consciousness,In the same way that deep consciousness is also investigated outside of posture,Authentic practice is also realized
Divine Vector
The practice of zazen does not fight against God,On the contrary, it is His great vector. In that it rids the disciple of all the
Still Looking Outside?
Once you have seen the center, the alignment, that you have let the well of consciousness gush through your eyes, stream to your lips, why
Non-Sitting
What makes you want to interrupt the sitting practice is precisely the indicator that the sitting has not begun. Thus, you do not interrupt anything,Since
Neither God, Nor Buddha
It is neither God, nor Buddha, nor anyone that you do not honor by not truly bowing or praying.It is this in yourself that, once
Come back! (3/3)
Part 1/3Part 2/3 Here, nothing begins, nothing ends,Here, you already were before being,Here, fabrication does not exhaust.The eyes, the ears, the nose, the skin, the
Notes & Silence 