Kinhin* is trust,transferring the weight,daring to transfer the weight,and leaving everything behind, Kinhin is non-attachment,taught in the body,without words,directly. All Zen, all the teachings of
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Nowhere Else
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
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
The Secrets of the Universe (Whatever…)
To say that nothing happens in zazen is like finding oneself in a room unaware that, behind the door, stands a person, holding the destiny
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
Gratitude, no object nor recipient,
Gratitude is without recipient,Gratitude towards the infinite is infinite gratitude. The gratitude that invades me through the posture, flows to and beyond my master, his
Beneath the Cultural Surface
The heart of the teachings: we enter it when we stop twisting and turning within the cultural surface of the tradition we inhabit to pierce
Sacrilège
Le véritable sacrilège consiste à ne pas pratiquer alors que ta conscience te le permets.Pourtant, si tu ne pratiques pas, alors que tu as la
Une Vie A Minauder
Le souci avec la relation superficielle comme seule modalité de communication est qu’elle prend la place d’une relation authentique.Pendant que les manières de surface, de
In Deum
Le nirvana, comme résolution harmonique d’une tension, au sein d’un accord,Dans l’accord résolu, la tension n’est plus,Dans le nirvana, l’être souffrant n’est plus,En Dieu, où
What is a mind at peace ? (1/2)
The peaceful mind will no longer burn all the wood for itself.The psychologic wood will be there. The inner forest, verdant, sheltering passing beings.The peaceful
Consciousness and Rice Paper
The layers of consciousness are like layers of rice paper on the windows.We pierce them one by one, or all at once in the process
Du côté de la joie
Cette tristesse noire que j’observe ce soir en regardant ce documentaire sur le zen…le silence de plomb, l’écoute obsessionnelle,je ne sais pas ce que c’est.
Sacrilege
The true sacrilege consists of not practicing when your consciousness allows it.However, if you don’t practice when you have the possibility to do so, it’s
Heaven and Hell
Read in Thich Nhat Hanh in one of the Commentaries on the 50 Stances of Consciousness.This resonates with the childhood intuition recounted elsewhere in these
Notes & Silence 