Sitting as a Buddhist,Really sit as a Buddhist,Sitting without holding the Buddhist reading grids with one hand and with the other what is happening or
Étiquette : silence
Stars Of Zenitude
I do not seek to define Zen.Yet, there would be enough here to keep one busy a full lifetime.I have no interest in knowing what
Burning Zazen
Zazen, act of compassion, toward ourselves and the world.Not in a two-step movement,But in a single moment.Through this sitting, emerges an opportunity for all fires
Laying Hands
I realize the beauty of a job consisting in laying my hands on something, and letting them takeAn animal, a wooden board, a human body,
The Taste Of Life
Whenever the taste of life rises to my mouth,Without a reason why, without anything extraordinary going on,One stick of incense in a hand, one candle
« Penser, Vouloir, Entendre… »
La note en Vipassana (*) est sans objet. Intransitive : penser, vouloir, entendre. La forme anglaise, en ing me semble plus proche car elle revoie
One Coin of Wisdom, Two Sides
-Christ’s version : Truth will set you free.-The Buddha’s version Lies will lock you up. Franck Joseph – ©FJ Dec 2021Recueils / ParticipationsTelegram (Publications et
Greater Than Our Heart
‘…For whenever our heart condemns us,God is greater than our heart’ (St John) Sitting Zazen, I learn what it means to be greater that my
The Encounter
Systems and ideologies may as well disappear and engulf their share of books, titles, credentials, and words.The grace of the encounter, the appointment with The
Réseau De Peau
Si je transpose les modalités de communication contemporains en un seul de nos sens — le toucher –, cela correspond à être frôlé, par des
Subtle Dial
At the bottom of sitting,There is a dial,In which a subtle needlePoints toward attachment,Pitfalls or drifts. ©FJ Dec 2021Recueils / ParticipationsTelegram (Publications et Pratique)
Drop The Flask !
Inner life can only be…alive.A deadened inner life is the promise ushered by ideological fences and well-groomed concepts.The teaching at the heart of Zen is
The Lord You Read About
The Lord that you read about and the Lord that you experience in alignmentare as different from one another as the word “food’ and the
I Had Forgotten
Along the paths of forgetfulness, I had reached the point where it had become impossible to reach out to the beginning of any genuine Way.Along
Spiritual Hygiene
Non-attachment to the external forms of religion (including our relation to rituals, to conceptual colors or linguistic mechanisms) in general, and non-attachement to a certain
Notes & Silence 