A prayer that does not involve the bodywill tend toward barren repetition. Prayer will stimulate the mind all the more easilybecause it does not invite
Étiquette : spirituality
The Breath-Through
Silent sitting is the ultimate adventure in the land of spirituality.The practice includes the 10,000 gates that the pilgrim crosses, in this, silent sitting is
Awakening: The Last of the Class
Intelligence is not an aid…. on the path to awakeningOn the contrary, it is a factor of opacityThe thickness of the intelligence filter is a
Always Vaster
I have always had this attraction to wide open spaces,Since I was little, I have been attracted, physically, by the opposite of confinement.The emptiness of
Zen
I am a complex man,I need a simple practice. I am a cerebral being,I need to be taught through the body. I am a scattered
Psychological Threshold of Sitting
In the practice of zazen, there is a psychological dimension… this is absolutely necessary in that it constitutes a modality, if not of refining, of
Spiritual Success
In a spiritual approach, what to do with this more or less persistent or discontinuous will which consists of ‘wanting to receive’ ? In the
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
For Man
“Shabbat is made for Man and not Man for Shabbat”Rituals, practices and beliefs are tools to connect Man to the depths of his conscience,To the
Always New, Always the Same
1: Doesn’t the Holy Book writes Itself our hearts at every moment ?While sitting, I can see this.Has the one who calls this a lack
3 times to The Infinite
When tradition locks up the disciple,it is because in reality, the disciple has once again allowed himself to be locked up by his own atrophies
Do Not Name
It is not useful to understand the content of the Hannya Shingyo,reciting the sounds of this text is enough to orient the soul/consciousness of the
The Foot in the Stirrup
Sometimes we think we have got off the horse of thoughts,In reality, we have remained stuck with one foot in the stirrup,We imagine ourselves freed
Meeting and Disappearing
Shido Bunan, master of the master of Hakuin:« There is no instruction, no particular method to study the way,It is enough to see and hear directly.By
The Beyond All That
When I say Buddha,I say that which sees beyond,the ineffable source of consciousnessand when we speak of the awakened,we aim at the very nature of
Notes & Silence 