A dry meditationReveals how deeply trapped we’ve allowed ourselves to become In ideas, both barren and fertile,In unclear, diffuse anxieties,In entertaining chorusesOn childhood and old
Catégorie : English Versions
God Means ..
God means the bottom of your soul, your most intimate self, as Meister Eckart put it.You can look elsewhere, but be prepared for inconsistencies and
One Flash Here
‘This little light of mineI’m gonna let it shine’ With such a fragment of lightSet ablaze in our inner tubeA result of a supple moveUnfurled
Ceremonial Wisdom
What do I care to ‘look wise’ ?Why would I want to dress with the attire of wisdom ?This sounds like an absurd objective to me. Yet,
Practice Beyond Combat
Practicing Zazen, just sitting,Is answering ‘mu’ to all questioningsSubtle and non-subtle onesThat are stirring up our minds. By sitting Zazen, we practice ‘not entering’.Sitting on
Zen Knows
From the bottom of the nightHe laid a hand on the notebookHolding on to a creviceOn a rocky face of the mountain,A desperate grip to
Left Un-Named
More than anything elseHe didn’t want to have anything to name. For he knew that, as he would pin a tag to this new phenomenon,He
‘No Place To Sit, Nowhere to Rest’
Once his visitors have mentioned the absence of any possibility to sit, as they come to meet Vimalakirti, he asks the the following question : ‘Have
I’m Scared Of You
As she sighed, Thelma sat down, grabbed the pen and let it flow I’m scared of living,This is why I keep saying ‘no’Why I yell
The Path Is Clear
A French version is available here : La Voie Est Libre ! I feel sorryFor people who love to stuff their mindswith new age sauce
Echoes in Gratitude
As a balance to Christianity’s protection and tenderness of a family atmosphere,Buddhism offers Mahayana’s wide open spaces of freedom and wilderness. As an answer to
Zero Degree Of Poetry
The sea had recededOnce again, she found herself stranded on the sandbank of the weekend. Soon enough, a wave swelling from the horizon will come
Analog Development
When I take the emo-graphic platesout of the chest vessel,What do they reveal ?(The chemical bath is complex and the eyes, uneducated.) The flowers and the
The Counter Of Psychological Transactions
Guilt often fulfills a concealed function :-It covers our intention not to change. Any action, word or even thought regretted with guilt may be the implementation
Digestion (In Progress)
Once they have soaked long enough in Zazen PoolEven the largest chunks, though difficult to digest,End up dissolving.They later reach the flow of nutrients,Travel around
Notes & Silence 