In my eyes, as soon as compassion starts showing the first sign of ostentation, it is off-track…And stops being a path I want to follow.That
Étiquette : zazen
Bénédiction de l’Agacement
En Zazen, c’est souvent la distraction qui rappelle à l’ordre, l’objet qui tombe, et nous échappe de la torpeur.Le pratiquant qui tousse, renifle, avale sa salive :Il
Telles Qu’elles Sont (quote)
« Voir les choses comme elles sont, c’est surtout voir qu’elles ne sont pas.Cela ne peut se produire que lorsque le rapport s’inverse entre illusion et
Great Freedom
Doubt, stress, anxiety, are the expression of our ‘small self’.The great freedom is calm and loving.Having faith in the Way means opening to the infinitude
Spilling Words
People who talk a lot, all the time,Tell us about the reason of never-ending logorrhea.To discover it, you need to listen very carefully while they
Inspection Hole
Meditation is the inspection hole, opening on all the waste as it keeps running along the underground pipes.The one who has lifted the cover sees
Quelle Importance ?
Questionné sur le Mahayana, le Ch’an, le Théravada, le Zen japonais, sur les lignes de transmission, sur l’ordre chronologique des époques…le maître s’embrouille un peu.
In This Word of ‘Dharma’
Travels, big and small alike, those across the globe and those across my Northern French area,Mind-blowing Japan and the campground of Ypra, Belgium,In the end,
Therefore I’m Bored
The boredom generated by those mass movies (those massively produced, targeting the widest possible audience) is not the result of some kind of a sudden
Entends L’Appel
L’aventure à laquelle invite le Christ : “Effata” n’est pas différente de celle que le pratiquant de zazen découvre en lui.En s’ouvrant ainsi, il élargit
All Individual, All Collective
What a detour through Japan allows to understand: Focusing on the individual level is a bottomless pit of suffering.Westerners are constantly questioning and further wrapping
Stealing Back Time
Banging my head in your narrow minds is suffocating : I need to get out.And I’ve withered long enough in the dullness of your aspirations.Your complacency
Declaration Of Freedom
Now, it is doneI officially enact this in the ages old grimoire of laws,I dictate time measurements to the instruments of the wise,I impart the
Duperie
L’éparpillement des arguments, de même que l’approche multidirectionnelle de l’argumentation, en dépit de la possible véracité des éléments ainsi soulevés, sont souvent un indicateur majeur
Around Noises
How could we listenTo the silence waiting between noises ?Silence contains all noises. ©FJ August 2021 – All Rights ReservedArticles are available as books and
Notes & Silence 