At this very moment
Individuals, just as they are, reveal the unity of Buddhas and beings, without inside or outside. It is wholly manifested at this very moment, in this very place. Gesshu Zenji, 17th-century Zen master
Ignorance, la suprême connaissance (the supreme knowledge)
"Qu'est-ce que le Tao? Au-dessous de toutes les formes, ce qui n'a pas de forme, ce qui voit sans yeux, ce qui guide sans savoir, l'ignorance qui est la suprême connaissance." Paul Claudel (dans Cinq méditations sur la beauté, de François Cheng) ("What is the Tao? Above all forms, that which is formless, which sees [...]
« Ulysses, » episode 6, reading notes
Homeric link: Hades/Hadès Scene: The Graveyard/la cimetière Hour: 11 a.m./11 heures Organ: Heart/coeur Art: Religion/religion Colors: White, Black/blanc, noir Symbol: Caretaker/gardien With this visit to the underworld - Glasnevin Cemetery, the heart of Dublin, the city of the dead - Joyce concludes his second triad of episodes. Here the seemingly separate movements of Stephen and [...]
Tu es le jardin/You are the garden
L'automne va plus vite, en avant, en arrière, que le râteau du jardinier. --- René Char, extrait du poème A.M.H. (The autumn goes faster, forward, backward, than the gardener's rake.)
The very beginning mind itself
"The very beginning mind itself is the most accomplished mind of true enlightenment." (Avatamsaka Sutra) Present once more after absence imposed by the technicalities of our information age. Im-posed? Only im-position is that of the unposed stillness of ever-never-moving in endless motion. Now: time and place is always right. Just trust it. Ulysses: still: work [...]
« Ulysse, » notes de lecture: Épisode 5
Lien avec Homère: Les Lotophages Scène: le bain Heure: 10 heures Organe: Organes génitaux Art: botanique, chimie Symbole: eucharistie Voici de nouveau Bloom, qui, ayant quitté sa maison, commence à tracer son chemin à travers la ville. Il ne retournera au 7 Eccles Street que bien plus tard, fatigué par ses méandres jusqu’au coeur de [...]
Back from the Old Country
Back from an inspiring pilgrimage to the old country, to the mother temple, ZCLA. How marvelous! So many, so much, Simply All one. Have a look at how/who we were/are (thanks to Peter/Kuku): www.stilltv.com/2007/zcla/ *** This, from Dogen Zenji on the Lotus Sutra (in The Hazy Moon of Enlightenment by Taizan Maezumi and Bernie Glassman): [...]
Ulysses, reading notes: Episode 5
Homeric link: The Lotus-Eaters/Les Lotophages Scene: The bath /le bain Hour: 10 a.m./10 heures Organ: Genitals/Organes génitaux Art: Botany, Chemistry/botanique, chimie Symbol: Eucharist/eucharistie Here again is Bloom, who, having left home, begins making his way about the city. He will return to No. 7 Eccles Street only much later, weary from his wanderings, deep in [...]
The all-pervading triptych
Three fundamentals of meditation, which correspond to Joyce's three points concerning appreciation of a work of art (see "Beholding" entry below) and also three points of a triangle, and an egg, for that matter: - Do not centralize your attention inward, do not cling to or identify with thoughts, sensations, perceptions. - Do not seek [...]
Séminaire « Ulysses » de Joyce
Joyce, le Turc (Ali Baba Bakchich Rahat Loukoum Effendi) Merci à Timour Muhidine (INALCO) et Altan Gokalp (CNRS) de m'avoir reçu dans le cadre de leur séminaire "Traduire la Turquie," où il a été question le 25 avril de la traduction d'Ulysses. Formidables échanges, réflections, remarques sur un classique. Un oeuvre et une discussion plus [...]