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The Darkening Skies of Parenting

février 14, 2021 Notes And Silence

As children move along the maturing process, they often have their newly gained wisdom level preceded by a more or less chaotic and regressive phase.

Winter Gusts

février 13, 2021 Notes And Silence

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

Naked Buddha (2/2)

février 12, 2021 Notes And Silence

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)

février 11, 2021 Notes And Silence

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

février 10, 2021 Notes And Silence

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

Words : A Footbridge To Nowhere

février 9, 2021 Notes And Silence

Here is a strange belief, both highly common and yet quite surprising :The belief according to which words would withhold elements of truth. We would therefore

A Broken Zen

février 4, 2021 Notes And Silence

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

Three Questions

février 1, 2021 Notes And Silence

Before every attempt at communicating, it is healthy, in order not to let ourselves be dragged away by one of the powerful hooks hung on

Shooting Impulses

janvier 31, 2021 Notes And Silence

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

Eternally Away

janvier 29, 2021 Notes And Silence

Spaced. One by one, preoccupations dripDown on the water surface From the extreme tip of the stalactiteTo the underground reservoir. In the echoing lapping,true happinesseternally

Useless Thoughts

janvier 28, 2021 Notes And Silence

There is a fundamental equality in the way our mind material is useless.Not a single thought worth being a source of preoccupation,Even though variations in