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When anger, cruelty and guilt go hand in hand. A samurai of quite high rank and haughty dignity was riding through the Japanese countryside in the … Read more >

An integral part of the canonical Buddhist literature, the jâtakas (or "lives") relate the many past lives of Buddha Shakyamuni, during which he experienced... Read more >

It is not uncommon to see someone who begins to walk the long path of enlightenment expecting too much from practice, cultivating daydreams... Read more >

On the way to redemption. A very proud samurai was obsessed with the idea of ​​hell and heaven. Lulled by the stories of old... Read more >

Or how to free oneself from any moralizing spirit. In ancient Japan, two monks set out and left their monastery to undertake a… Read more >

Or how to persevere to fill your net. Li Luang was born into a fishing family by the big water. As far as … Read more >

Talking about compassion is good. Applying it is better. Scenario with our 50 million friends. There are many Buddhists who, more or less... Read more >

It's the story of a funny cat… or the usefulness of keeping a critical mind. He tells himself a story: a great Zen master had... Read more >

This is the story of the llama who saved animals. No, it's not a fable that I'm about to tell you. Just an episode of... Read more >

Or how to find your Buddha nature. This very old story says that one day a tiger who made incursions into a village and decimated … Read more >

A Tibetan variant of the watered sprinkler. In Tibet as elsewhere, children are sometimes turbulent. Even when they are small children. That winter, from the … Read more >

A memorable illustration of the action of habits taken voluntarily or not. In Buddhism, the notion of karma is fundamental, but it is also strong... Read more >