Physical & mental unrests during meditation Physical and emotional unrests are unavoidable during meditation. They are not signs of weakness, or obstacles to overcome, but as an opportunity to learn to shift from negatively to witnessing, accepting , and letting them go. It is very important to remember that body and mind are ONE in […]
Be Here Now Picture this: we've just finished a meditation session,the bell goes off, we get up from our cushion and move on with our day. Yet even in that brief transition, from the cushion to daily life, we may have already lost touch with the breath and the presence we cultivated during meditation. Awareness […]
EGO: How Zen is perceiving our ego? Part 1 In Zen, the ego should not be viewed as an entity to be destroyed; if we try to do so, we will not survive very long. Besides, fighting your ego to make it smaller is another ”ego trip”. Part 2 will be the ego as the […]
REALITY: ARE WE CREATING IT? the Zen perspective will answer :yes. That is one of the ultimate questions of philosophy and cognitive science, and the answer depends entirely on how you define the words “existing, real, fictional, truth”. I will not talk about realities that we experience from our sensorial imputs such as what we […]
I am awareness. I see, yet I am not the light. I witness the candle flame, not the fire; I know the sun, but not its dazzle. The body vibrates, yet I feel no pain. The eardrum moves, yet I do not hear. The subtle breath moves, catching quiet molecules, sending signals to the brain— […]
JUST BEING: What does it mean in Zen philosophy & practice.? Student: What is the core of Zen philosophy and practice in a few words? “ Just being,” I replyed. But I am thinking, doing stuff, I am being”.....as Descartes wrote replies the student. YES : you are a non-stop 24/7 thinking / feeling / […]
Buddhism and Zen: what are the differences? Zen is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that developed in 6th-century China from a cultural blending with Taoism & Confusianism. It spread to Vietnam, Korea, and finally Japan. It is called Chan in China and Zen in Japanese which means meditation. Key Differences in Approach & practice: While […]
Meditating on silence : Its positive impacts on your brain as if you were inside it. During meditation we focus on a specific target such as breathing to anchor our mind to slow down its flow of thoughts and feelings besides achieving a relaxing effect. There are already few Dharma talks on our website describing […]
Heasy path to happiness We all seek happiness and naturally avoid suffering. Yet most of us look for happiness outside ourselves—in possessions, achievements, relationships, or recognition. The challenge is that everything external has limitations. It is temporary and cannot last forever. Even when we obtain something we greatly desire, the pleasure often fades with time. […]
Do you exist without an ego? A Zen perspective. The answer depends entirely on which lens you look through. If you talk to a Zen practitioner, a Western psychologist, or a neuroscientist, you will get 3 completely different answers. To make sense of it, it helps to first separate the two terms, because we often […]
