A French version is available here : La Voie Est Libre ! I feel sorryFor people who love to stuff their mindswith new age sauce
Étiquette : buddha
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
Winter Gusts
There are times in a life,Crossroads in the nights,When the energies passing throughCan be upsettingly violent. The practice of Zazen, sitting meditation, Creates conditions for
Not From The Buddha
The Buddha taught a disengaged watching of the mind.Any other teaching is not from the Buddha. Franck Joseph©FJ Fev 2021- All rights reserved.Articles are available
Naked Buddha (2/2)
Part 1 is available here : Naked Buddha (1/2) Watch the mindNow, watch the one you are. This is your teaching,Your path, your reality. Everything
Naked Buddha (1/2)
I can’t assert that there actually is such a thing as Buddhism.I do not assert Buddhism exists. A few gestures, attitudes, words, a couple of
Be a Timeless Buddha
The Buddha’s approach is beyond space and time.Targeted by questions and scratches in the Fabric of Reality, A Buddha simply sits and allows the Dharma
Dharmakaya (note)
As long as you are notTotally devoted to realityAs long as your devotion remains lukewarmYou have not set a single foot on the Way.Your body
Before Awakening
Beauty lies in the slightest moveIt sizzles behind every sound,But you don’t see it yet. One spoonful of instant coffee in hot water. Franck Joseph©FJ
A Broken Zen
Like an ageing actor, playing out of tuneAs he tries on poses and reflexes from his brighter years,We sometimes sit a broken zen. Like a
Shooting Impulses
The posture of Zazen is a boundless night skyWhere we watch impulses as they tear darkness apart.From the knees up to the summit of our
Feeling Adventurous ?
Meditating is observing the mind…Nothing else, really…And observing the mind is the wildest adventure on Earth(and beyond) Franck Joseph©FJ Jan 2021- All rights reserved.Articles are
Awakening Behind The Bottle Label
Meditating is a bit like trying to scrape the corner of an old label stuck on a glass bottle.Some will tease it with the tip
Splash of Joy
Stepping on the threshold of quietusSatori : wholly enteringWithin reach of awakening, being spattered With a single drop, a bath of plenitude,In one second of
Meeting with a Friendly Vampire
Imagine that, by inserting a plug upside down and inverting polarities, devices would then functionTherefore, vacuum cleaners would start expelling air through their pipes. We
Notes & Silence 