The art and power of resting In this talk, resting is a relaxation exercise, different from meditation despite some similitudes. We are always running around and struggling with time. Fighting time has become a kind of addiction. We cannot resist being active, running around like a hamster on its wheel, giving us the feeling of […]

                                                   Happiness, serenity, and equanimity                                         Equanimity: the key to happiness: A Zen perspective Let us start with a definition: Happiness:      The intermittent positive emotional feeling of joy and pleasure is triggered by an external source. Serenity:     State of mind combining calmness, contentment, composure..... only when everything is OK. Equanimity:     Permanent even-tempered […]

                                              If you doubt fully, you will awaken fully            Japanese Zen teacher Hakuin loved to repeat: "At the bottom of great doubt lies great awakening. If you doubt fully, you will awaken fully, if you never doubt you will stay asleep with a frozen mind"    This is one of these paradoxical, and obscure Zen statements […]

 Dharma: Nothing is permanent, except impermanence    When asked what was the most important message of his 50 years of oral teaching, the Buddha replied these words. “Everything is transient, live and work diligently to appreciate and experience your impermanence.” There were his last words a few minutes before dying from mushroom poisoning. The key teaching […]