Nowhere else but in soient sitting is this direct contact with Reality,This open path of investigation,This free field to unfold without lies or discourses. Protect
Étiquette : zazen
Tap-Practice
I sit in the lotus position,I don’t practice zazen like the men and women in black robes. Kesa-kolomo-oryoki… I sit in the lotus position.I don’t
Mécréance-Châtiment (2/2)
Dogen n’est que le pendant positif des centaines de versets bibliques, coraniques, de tous les textes semblant brandir la menace du feu pour quiconque ne
Dogen, Rephrasing :
To study the Way is accessing oneself.Accessing oneself is accessing something greater than oneself.Accessing something greater than oneself is being informed, fulfilled by all existences.
The Bald Man Was Right
The bald man, whom I eyed with suspicion, was right. Yet I saw in his words yet another gratuitous provocation, one for which he had
True Prayer
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
Ouvre La Porte De L’Esprit
Zazen ouvre la porte de l’Esprit,Dessille les yeux intérieurs, Assieds-toi, essaye et vois.Il faut s’asseoir pour y croire.Par zazen, le contenu profond des textes sacrés
Langue Maternelle
Je sens bien que je n’y peux rien…si les textes et paroles résonnent en lettres creuses,si les messages n’accrochent pas sur mon cœur,Zazen est ma
Nothing Necessary
To do zazen, to be penetrated by the teachings of zen, there is nothing else to do, nothing to do but to sit.There is nothing
When the Pelvis Tilts
When the pelvis tilts and the posture settles me,the outbreath that occurscarries an energy that waits to come out,which has been waiting there to be
Affection Révélée, Affection Dissimulée
Traiter quelqu’un sans égard est parfois une marque d’affection… de la même manière que les ellipses de langage indiquent une connivence… si l’on ôte parfois
Point Of Contact
The two thumbs touching,Sacred mudra, opening of the vortex,The two parts of the hertzian spectrum become sinusoid.The brain wave is the surface through which the
Kesa-Universe
Prostration is union, communion, de-two-ification,un-ification,re-union,re-unification, The Kesa-UniverseThe cosmic monastery,in a disciple’s cloth. ©FJ Jan 2025Recueils / Participation/ Groupe Discord
Immediacy
Silent sitting: there is no access to the divine more immediate.Sitting is the very definition of spiritual immediacy. ©FJ Jan 2025Recueils / Participation/ Groupe Discord
Path Back To Sanpai
If your sanpai* is heavy, it is because your head is full,empty your head and find the path of prostration. Empty sanpai: all the expectations,
Notes & Silence 