Welcoming GodWelcoming you Buddha NatureIs one silent, inner phenomenon,An inner process. There are no words for this,And it is incredibly simple Words make things complicated,This
Étiquette : thoughts
Sitting : Long format
The time given to practice acts as an agent of dilution on mental phenomena.A swirling thought in a 15 millimeter puddle becomes a hurricane that
You, The Great Unsteady
See what has happened to you, when you forget to look at what’s going on in the Great Hall of Thoughts…You were made to believe
Do Like The Schoolteacher
When kindergarten children are rolling on the carpet, screaming and bumping into each other, all in perfect chaos, sometimes the teacher, with a single clap,
A World Of Saucepans
Constellations do not exist.Even if I can see the saucepan,I know there is no such thing as a saucepan in the sky.Neither as such nor
Lung Crackles
Experience the physiological parallel between the superficiality of phenomena linked to thought (“the mind”) and superficial breathing.The means of action is bilateral: – dis-sinvesting the
Beyond Listening To Thoughts
It’s not because we talk about « just sitting » and of “not doing” that zazen consists of “simply waiting”.It is not because in zazen we are
The Workers of the Mind
By straying too far from practice, one would almost forget the futility of all exogenous knowledge.Through the practice of just sitting, we reside (‘abide’) on
Mind The Candle ?
My mind, a flickering candle light,My inner eyes, the endless tranquility of the night. ©FJ June 2022 —Groupe de PratiqueRecueils — Participations
Backstage Stress
It happens often that a trivial event, without great importance and relating to everyday life more than to the breach of normality, comes to occupy
Importance Matters
To the central adage of the practitioner according to which “thoughts have no existence”, I propose to substitute this one: “thoughts are not important”. It
Illusory Thoughts
One could object to the argument according to which all thoughts are illusory that this argument is also a thought, and therefore illusory.Thus, all thoughts
Ultimate Wisdom
Before, after the cushion,Listen to the wisdom between two hasty movements, On the cushion,Listen to the teaching between two foggy thoughts Gestures and thoughts are
Gestures – Movements – Thoughts
There is a continuum between awareness to gestures, movements and observation of thoughts.One leads to the other and conversely. Gestures are thoughts in movement,Thoughts are
Climbing the Zafu With Bare Hands
During sitting meditation, Man walks on a ridge, the winds of thoughts sweep him left and right, send him twirling in the distance,For a minute
Notes & Silence 