No Idea
How can it last, this headline world of shortcuts carved daily in no space and time?
How can it last, this headline world of shortcuts carved daily in no space and time?
Two days of Zen practice in Paris with the Wild Flower Zen Sangha and Amy Hollowell April 6 (Sunday) May 17 or 18 (Saturday or Sunday, date to be confirmed) 9h30-17h30 Beginners and experienced practitioners welcome. Registration (required) and information: zenscribe@free.fr
"...ce secret n'est que la présence intérieure, silencieuse, insondable et nue, qu'une attention toujours donnée aux mots (aux objets) nous dérobe..." Georges Bataille, L'expérience intérieure (Gallimard) ("...this secret is nothing but the inner presence, silent, unfathomable and naked, which is hidden from us by our constant attention to words (objects)...")
Outside the window beyond the kitchen sink narcissus in yellow bloom.
I might say that having never left, I am back again. A long weekend in Portugal and now return to Montreuil, Paris, Neuilly. There was a second jukai ceremony, with photos to come, either here (soon) or on Wild Flower Zen Sangha-Portugal site: http://sanghazenpt.wordpress.com. Also gave a conference at the Literary Circle of Porto, "Shikantaza [...]
Amy Tu es cela Hollowell Sensei in Lisbon, September 30th, 2007
Have been off in the North Sea, on a windswept island, in an unending swirl of the 10,000 things, studying with my teacher's teacher and the extended Great Maha Sangha. Thus, my silence here. "There's no language that isn't the Dharma," Bodhidharma said in his Wake-Up Sermon.
Realize the world of impermanence; this is indeed rare and unthinkable. Jacques Lacan said of it, "Le réel est impossible." Alberto Giacometti said of it, "Le jamais vu est la réalité qui est autour de moi."
Weekend de méditation, 8-10 février/Meditation weekend, Feb. 8-10 Au cours de ce weekend, pour la première fois je vais faire une cérémonie de jukai, en présence de mon maître, Catherine Genno Pagès Roshi. Recevoir jukai c'est recevoir les précepts; c'est reconnaître sa vrai nature. C'est une étape importante sur le chemin pour un pratiquant et [...]
"Immortel je suis et infini, et vous tous avec moi. Telle est la vie." Alberto Giacometti ("Immortal I am and infinite, and you all with me. Such is life.")