Do not hear the words of othersUnless you’ve taught yourself perfect silence. Do not grasp and consider any conceptUnless you’ve entered non-thinking. When you have
Étiquette : zazen
Daily Dance
Every day, every move is a danceMindfulness to the body moving through spaceBrings esthetics and fluidity to steps and gestures. It colors the most ordinary
What a Virgin Does
Reducing the virginal figure to the spectrum on sexuality is a regrettable development.This is always the result of persisting ignorance and refusal to enter the
Summoning Death
Mary often appealed to her great freedom as a determining feature of her personality.She would therefore try to present a socially acceptable side to substitute
Subtlety for a Teacher
By endlessly quibbling over the details of the outer posture, don’t we trap ourselves in a suffocating deadend street ? We need to allow the
Les Robes au Vent du Zen
De l’autre coté, Le désir se lève toujours Mais il a cessé de planter ses dents. Et lorsqu’il court devant moi, Il ne me traîne
Au Sol sans Limites, enfin Marcher
Ce n’est nul autre que moi qui érige une barrière me séparant de la nature, un muret au dos duquel je me retiens haletant espérant
Sitting With Jesus (note)
In Matthew 6:6, when Christ invites you, as you pray, to ‘go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is
Simplify Your Life Equation (2/2)
I am not this house
I am not this money.
Ancestral Choir (The Mantra)
You’re never alone when you sing a mantra.Even when there’s only one cushion in the dojo. Whenever you pronounce a mantra or recite the four
Le Monde Sans La Grille (quote)
L’œil ancien se ferme, l’œil nouveau s’éveille.
Zenious of Humour (Jokes of a Bodhisattva)
Humor offers a possibility to sneak into parallel universes.In a flash, the author of a joke tears apart the painting of our representations of reality.
the Heart-Ocean
Identity is frothThose bubbles hypnotizeThe eyes of our being. They sparkle, fizzle,Agglutinate and burst. Wide, tranquil, emergency-freeThe heart-ocean does not change a thingTo its peaceful
Viser le Vase (note)
Toujours surprenante, la décorrélation entre confort matériel et détachement spirituel. Elle n’en finit pas de rafraîchir le visage du pratiquant. La sphère des objets gonfle
A Smile of Light
Do not try to understand these words aside from the posture.They are incomprehensible. When all this appears in zazen, there is nothing to understand.Maybe a
Notes & Silence 