Awakening is a bird entering the room, meditation is the open window.Sometimes, put a few crumbs on the windowsill. Once a year may be enough
Étiquette : zen
Spiritualité Vivante
Je suis vivant.Ma spiritualité est vivante,Je pratique la spiritualité qui croise mon chemin et me révèle la vie qu’elle contient.La spiritualité que je pratique est
Through The Island
Zazen is the ultimate posture.All other beliefs, traditions, and expressions are stations prior to zazen. Zazen is the universal foundation, transcending all religions and yet
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
Amputating The Soul
Prayer is, in essence, an act of harmonization between the practitioner and reality, the universe, deep nature, God.It is the practitioner’s response to the constant
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
Do You Know How to Fall?
In judo, one of the first lessons is learning how to fall.Thus, when the practitioner is in a real fall situation,he will remember the repeated
The Whole World In Your Eye
When the Master teaches the posture, he brings him nothing new.The master is the sculptor who reveals the statue contained within the stone.The master pierces
The Breath-Through
Silent sitting is the ultimate adventure in the land of spirituality.The practice includes the 10,000 gates that the pilgrim crosses, in this, silent sitting is
Le Rituel Vivant
Dans le zen, le rituel est partoutDès que l’attention se pose sur l’objet que je tiens,le pas de ma marche,les mots de mon discours,le rituel,
Awakening: The Last of the Class
Intelligence is not an aid…. on the path to awakeningOn the contrary, it is a factor of opacityThe thickness of the intelligence filter is a
Cordages et Rituels
A faire disparaître tous les cordages du maintien de la pratique que sont les rituels,La pratique disparaît : elle perd son galbe et tend à devenir
Complex Body, Simple Body
The human body is so much more complex than what the so-called modern medical sciences can understand.It goes beyond and tears apart the categorical blocks
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
Musical Wind
The musical wind, sitting zazen, in front of the still incandescent logs.I am here to hear it,otherwise the wind would play for nothingotherwise the wind
Notes & Silence 