I really feel like I can’t do anything about it…if those texts and words resonate in hollow letters,if those messages don’t do not adhere to
Étiquette : tradition
On the side of joy
The vague sadness that I observe tonight while watching this documentary on Zen…Heaviness, dullnessI don’t know what it is.This is foreign to me, now. I
Lumière et Prisme
Il n’est pas de tradition, qui ait le monopole de la vérité, Celui qui touche la vérité la reconnait en chacune d’elle, ne serait-ce que
Ni Choix, Ni Rejet
Avant l’amour, la haine, le choix, le rejet, En amont se tient le ‘ni’ de “ni amour, ni haine, ni choix, ni rejet”, Ce ‘ni’
Zen Museum
In zazen, our sitting practice must be emptied of zen.The speeches, the supports of speeches, however prestigious they may be, must all disappear.As long as
Unfaithful to God
Truly sitting in the heart of Being,there can be no infidelity to any god whatsoever.Experiencing spiritual life in terms of infidelity to…is not having penetrated
Lac Des Rituels
Supports de conscience,où s’en irait–elle sans vous ?Gestes d’atterrissage.Points de rassemblement Marche, assise,Beauté d’un être au monde ritualisé. Le rituel apparaît alors comme l’opposé de
Comme la Tique
Comme la tique pique l’animal au creux de sa fourrure et s’abreuve à la source sanguine avant qu’il ne s’ébroue ou ne se frotte contre
Neither Love Nor Hate
Before love and hate,before fear and rejectionAhead of those words isNeither ….Neither love nor hate, neither choice nor rejection. This «neither » is not a negation,
Mercantile
It is fundamental that a tradition offer a sufficiently broad framework to accommodate the reality of spiritual expression.All traditions feature trapped areas where the floor
Zazen Before Zazen
As we start sitting in the lotus posture, appears the impulse which sets the whole energy-burning machine in motion. When the back of the foot
A Lake of Rituals
Consciousness supports, Who knows where it would wander without you ? Landing gestures,Inner assembly points Walking, sitting, The beauty of being in a ritualized world.
Pockets of Hysteria
In every tradition, there is a pocket of hysteria in which believers lock themselves and nervously, relentlessly repeat the same loops of language, ad nauseum,
Zen Heresy
The emptier my practice,The more I’m able to welcome all practices.This is the heart of true Zen.Any arrangement of a systemic ‘Zen’is a total heresyabsolute
Tick Bites
As the tick bites the animal at the bottom of its fur and drinks from the blood source before it shakes itself or rubs against
Notes & Silence 