A good question any teacher should consider is :Am I ‘offering’ this teaching through myself or am I ‘selling’ myself through this teaching ? Franck
Étiquette : zen
Seul dans l’Ascenceur
Inspirer, expirerLes pensées aussi ont leurs cyclesEt puis soudain, l’une disparaît et l’autre ne renaît pas.On l’attend, elle n’arrive pas. L’inspiration s’élèveComme un ascenseur vide…Aucune
Shorter Than A Koan
The oak tree in the temple yard, (1)Calling the Earth to witnessSame anchoringSame simple mindSame footprint in realitySame resolution to lifeObvious choice of happiness within
Alone in the Elevator (?)
Breathing in, Breathing out,Thoughts have their own cycles.Suddenly, one disappears and the next one does not arise.A bit of waiting, it does not come. The
Toujours Plus Large
Mes plongées depuis la plage dans les eaux chauffées de la religiosité chrétienne se sont toujours soldées par une échappée vers le large. Dès que
Present Past
Zazen counts years backwardsSitting soflty sands sediments off our eyes Dogen mentioned that time flowed from the present to the past.What his vision was, as
Où est ton Trésor ….
Mais amassez-vous des trésors dans le ciel, où la teigne et la rouille ne détruisent point, et où les voleurs ne percent ni ne dérobent.
A Grateful Body
Something, in the grace of of your pace, in the lighthearted smile as you approachLets me know you’ve changed. Your body is now thankfulAfter decades
Pilgrims In Spiritual Lands
I’m reading the worlds’ architecture as revealed by the Kabbalah, and I see the reflections of Buddhist Pure Earth(s),In the explanations of the various forms
Tell me, why do you even talk ?
Among all this illusory unfurling of existence, what is the role of language ?Is it the raw materials, the necessary supply to set all connected
Note to Christians, Buddhists, Believers ….
The reason why I can’t resolve to subscribing to some beliefs is because those beliefs can never actually resolve me. They do not dissolve the
La Rivière du Dharma
La vie devait pivoter pour se montrer limpide et ondulanteEt rien ne se passa. L’impasse n’est pas dans le lit de la vie mais dans
Swimming or Drowning Lessons ?
How unskillful that is,Using others’ errant ways to cover our own wanderings,to take the blanket they would like us to tuck them in with,and try
Where Your Treasure Is…
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For
L’Eveil Même
Quoi que tu dises et quoi que tu fassesQuoi que j’en pense ou quoi que j’en ignoreJe suis éveilléJe suis éveillé même si je ne
Notes & Silence 