Thoughts

If a thought arises many times in one minute, if I am very attained to the thought, how can I cut this attachment? How should I end the habbit of controlling this thouht if it's very strong?
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Reincarnation

I ask a question: the buddha spoke openly about the reincarnation; why thus the Zen, which comes from the Buddhism, does not believe in it while his leader spoke about it?
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What to do with the pain during zazen?

What to do when almost every time we sit in zazen we feel spasms in the back, the shoulder blades etc.... Would the attitude a bit martial and rigid of the posture such as one teaches it in Zen be in question? And the pain, nobody speaks about it about the pain, nevertheless it is there, even if we observe it, it invades then all the landscape,...

Tibetan master and zazen practice?

I have met buddhism when I was very young through tibetan and zen traditions. I could never tell these two traditions apart in my practice. So, I took refuge in a tibetan master ( I follow teachings of this traditions) but I also practice zazen. Recently, I have met Roland Yuno Rech who told me that if I want to make progress on the Way, I will ...

Count or observe the breathing?

I would like to know if one should count the breathing or it is only necessary to observe it.when I count the breathing I get anxious and when I only observe it I have arrived into samadhi.thanks for your kind answer
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Osho?

I've read a book from osho that speaks about zen, but in those books he never explains who taught zen to him, and being something you learn from practising, he should have a Master, shouldn't he?What do you think about osho and his books? is he a fake?
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The traditionnal Norwegian cooking

The traditionnal Norwegian cooking can be splitted up in two parts : the first one : frying the second one : coal cooking. Which one seems to you the nearest to the spirit of the true Zen of Master Deshimaru ?
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This gesture towards the other.

Rebel in the words, shocking in others, tender from time to time or quite simply sweeping the answers of long origins... the way of thinking is close but the means of expressing it pushes us back towards reality sometimes violent and aggressively, generally directing us towards a wall without end... through the Net I discovered your site which ...


Saint, either as awakening, doesn't exist ?

When girls treated St Francis of Assisi as a saint, he used to answer: I am not a saint, I could make you a child. For me, it is a koan, and my interpretation is that holiness, just like awakening, do not exist. One who claims to be awaked, can he be sure of his reaction facing the death of his/her child, the news of a cancer, its own death or ...




Can zazen help me to go beyond in my work of clinical presentations concerning the autistic and psychotic persons?

Salut, Je travaille dans un centre thérapeutique de recherche en analytique. Je fais des présentations cliniques à propos d'autistes et de psychotiques, le centre où je travaille fonctionne beaucoup avec les travaux de Lacan, mais je dois avouer que parfois mes interprétations reprennent le dessus. Est-ce que zazen peut m'aider à aller au ...

The shade of desire.

Hello, here my question: during zazen, is not carnally necessary to be inhabited by the shade of desire so that in full light, we can try out its inconsistency
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If thoughts come up from vacuity...

If thoughts come up from vacuity and there they return, how are they formed? According to the law of causality, it is needed several causes to produce a result, therefore where is the origin of these causes? Sincerely,
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Certain questions remain unanswered.

I’ve recently started practising Zazen (a month ago) in the dojo Zen of Toulouse. I also meditate alone at home. Certain questions remain unanswered. I need a guide I believe who could answer some of my questions. How can I become disciple? Yours sincerely,
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