17
Oct
Is the person of the master different from his teaching?
21
Dec
The new age theses.
I have just read the question of one of your disciples about his absolute mastery and I visited the site of jasmuheen. I must admit that I found it somehow worrying... I know that you met this person but I am astonished to see a Zen Master adhering to the new age theses (kind of marvellous shallow and thwarting, but this is only as for me). So ...
13
Sep
Vibrations (sequel)
Thanks for having taken the time to answer my previous question. I talked about vibrations, and you answered by a link about hyper-reality and people who are absolutely convinced that it is true, whereas it is only an image projected on a screen. Illusion of the senses, then. . . Vibrations would thus be an illusion, not to be taken into ...
18
Apr
Satori asleep?
Is it possible to get "satori" when you are sleeping ( sleeping - in the night in bed ) ??????
10
May
Loneliness
I've started a spiritual quest years ago and I realize that I've progressively departed from everything and everybody. Though my practice brought me deeper understanding, I do not feel as connected to life and to others. What should I do?
01
Oct
Shiho
I would like to know why Master Kosen received the Shiho from the lineage
of Master Niwa Zenji rather than from the lineage of Master Kodo Sawaki
or Narita Shuyu Roshi ?
03
Jul
The relationship with a Master.
This is a question which I should not perhaps even ask you, because it is related with another Master, but I will nevertheless. I will skip the details, too long. However, today, after not seeing him by a deliberated choice, I have only one desire: to go and sit with the one I consider as my Master. For different reasons, I am going through a ...
15
Sep
Mourning of the child.
How do I treat the constant mourning of the child that I wanted to bring to life because I felt she wanted to be my daughter as much as I wanted to be her mother.
18
Jun
Sinner
Hello Master Kosen,
I got question that bothers me very much and I'm somehow blocked because of it.
I did bad things Im ashamed of. Bad things I mean it is in relation to girls, relationships, my lust, desires, foolishness. My ex-girl recently broke up with me because of my mistakes I made - and Im in deep despair.
Is fact that she broke ...
23
Jul
effortless being?
After having spent much energy in Zazen and daily present moment awareness, can one reach a sustained natural state of surrender indefinitely? Do masters fall back into suffering occasionally?
02
Sep
Vibrations
Sometimes, just before going to sleep, I feel enormous vibrations in my body, and I hear roars in my ears. This is a very strong feeling, the noise in my ears could not be louder were I three feet from the Niagara Falls, and vibrations shake my whole body, with a delta rhythm, I think. On the other hand, I feel no fear, this ...
01
Apr
Why do a lot of people practice zazen alone at home without going to a dojo ?
For some months, I have been noticing that a lot of people practice zazen alone at home, without going to a dojo, without master. Some people too, who used to practice in the dojo, left it and are now practicing alone at home.I cannot understand. Why is it like this ?
26
Apr
Alzheimer
My mother suffers from Alzheimer's disease since many years. Her illness is at its final stage. Do you think she is spiritually well-off? What can I do to improve her well-being (she is bed-ridden and does not answer most stimuli)? Thanks in advance.
13
May
Hannya Shingyo
I wanted to know why in our Sangha we skip the "Gyo" syllable at the beginning of the Hannya Shingyo?
20
Aug
Awakening or not?
You say that "every day, we have to awaken again, this is endless, at any instant, a new satori", whereas the Buddha asserted that there was a "cessation, a refreshing, etc.", thus a goal. Why don't you teach the same thing as our Buddha?This lets me think that we could take the easy route, and thus miss the goal that the...
21
Apr
fear of death
Since I become a mother, I am much more aware about my fear of death, dus, my everyday fears. I know we are beings dying already.One part, as many times, knows. But another part is just scared of death, being aware about the strong attachment with my daughter and so many others.Once more, I wonder how can I work on my fear on death, which takes ...
23
Jul
Reality
Hello !Let me ask the question: Do we create our own reality ? (Like described in the movie: What the bleep do we know ? ) It would be very interesting, what your experience about it is !Thank you vey much !Oliver
29
Apr
Is the Awakening permanent?
I have just read the last question about the awakening, therefore your answer. You did not develop on a point, which is: is the Awakening permanent? I would thus like your point of view. In my opinion, I think everyone can know the awakening. The problem is not to deceive itself over, and in its desire to wake up even more the most pernicious ...
16
Oct
What is zanshin?
What is or what does zanshin represent?
22
Dec
This dialogue inter-godos.
This dialogue inter-godos, inter-disciples by consequence, it is for good. Remark: your view on the dojo of Paris is a little limited, it is not at all monolithic in this dojo and it is normal, you do not come here, one day perhaps... things change. There are several energies in this place, between Katia Robel and Philipe Coupey, they are not ...
04
Nov
Drinking
Should one avoid alcohol and marijuana completely in order to retain awareness or should one work in harmony with one's surroundings and drink and smoke when others are doing the same? I know that Deshimaru drank and seemed to not think that it is wrong. Or is moderation the way to smoking and drinking? Is it egotistical to say that one never ...
23
Jul
God
Has it ever occurred to you that the idea of God was created on earth? this is a realization to me that I cannot let loose. That this whole time we are thinking of a god that only we've created. If any other planet has inhabited intelligent life, have they created the same idea? Is there a right idea?? Or is the idea we've created only for ...
07
Nov
Osho?
Hello I'm Nancy, I have been reading Osho and its message seems to me excellent, nowadays it is necessary to be able to extract these educations and to be able to read them and to try to interpret them, in my case they have been of great help and happiness for my life. My question is: Always for one or another reason I have not had a couple, I ...
18
May
Feeling of Abandonment
My partner has extra-marital sex with several persons with whom he makes love including at home when I'm out. We don't speak of this openly. I feel like being abandoned. It hurts me. What can I do?
21
Dec
"me" the Buddha.
Some time ago you answered to my question: Who is there beyond Zen?You answered me: “there is you.” If I am only one illusion, must I understand, "me" the Buddha, the interior Master that I am supposed to discover? (We often have the answer to our questions in the question itself...) Gassho
20
May
What is non-fear ?
What is non-fear ?What is non-fear of death ?Thank you, thank you
11
Oct
Investigation of the Dalaï Lama.
Are you informed of the research carried out by two Austrian researchers on Dalaï LAMA, published under the pseudonyms of Victor and Victoria trimondi? If there is already an English translation, the French one is being prepared. It is about a rigorous investigation which seems would reveal the "hidden face" (it is the title of the work besides...
01
Apr
"Well, the ones who love so much to quote the words of Kodo Sawaki in their kusen, why don't they have the idea to imitate sometimes his acts?
"Well, the ones who love so much to quote the words of Kodo Sawaki in their kusen, why don't they have the idea to imitate sometimes his acts? Himself, he precisely received the shiho of the successor of his master, old time fellow-student. Despite the fact that in his youth there was a relationship of competition, he did it with humility, as he...
22
Apr
Is the awakening conditioned to the seated position?
When we say that zazen is the practice-realization of the awakening, this awakening remains conditioned to the seated position? Is it different from the Awakening realized by Masters when they are not on the zafu (during the Transmission of the lineage or in an answer to a phenomenon stemming from nature)? Is the Awakening impermanent? ...
07
Dec
The monk Kosen appears.
I would also say that when Stéphane the man awakens the Master Kosen who is in him, then the monk Kosen appearsEstelle