Dear friends, I'm currently in Danang, Vietnam. I'm writing to let you know that I won't be able to talk or write to you for the next 6...

An experience in Theravada Buddhism It was my father's idea: "Before arriving in Japan, you should go and experience a stay in a...

SLIDESHOWS The cities marked in red are the ones I visited A few days ago, I replied to a message from my friend H. who wondered why I...

Guatemala - January/February 2023 “The journey is a great lesson in modesty and simplicity (...) if you manage to transform yourself into...

It was during a summer camp at the Zen temple of La Gendronnière that I had heard: "Even a man tying a rope to a beam to hang himself,...

Oaxaca, Mexique OAXACA. I dare anyone to pronounce it correctly on the first try. On the phone with my relatives, it sounds like: "So?......

My dear friends, I have received many messages that are a bit worried about the valiant Zhou Zhou (my bike). The time has come when I...

August 12-24, 2022 © 2022 Dharma Rain Zen Center It takes four days to get to Portland, Oregon, from Vancouver Island, British Columbia...

July 13 - August 6, 2022 My heart is a bit tight as I drive away from Duluth (Minnesota), surrounded by high hills that keep the...

Sault Ste. Marie - Duluth June 26 - July 20, 2022 It's been three months since I left. I am lying on a big bed, my legs petrified by the...

May 26 - June 26, 2022 My friend B. writes me a text message to tell me that my blog is interesting, but that it is "very Zen oriented,...

Dear sangha, family, friends and people I met along the way, This blog post is a direct follow-up to the last one. At Zen Mountain...

Dear Sangha, family, friends, I am back with my friends Anne-Emmanuelle and Dinaw at Bard University (Annadale-on-Hudson) after 5 days at...

It took that unsuspecting shadow of me on a bike several miles away, before I realized that the moment had arrived. We had fixed the...