Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;where there is hatred, let me sow love;when there is injury, pardon;where there is doubt, faith;where there is… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 18,2021

Some people find this exercise [casting our memory back across our whole life and bringing to mind two things that we did that were good]… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 17, 2021

Cultivating Our Home, Cultivating the Holy In East Asia, we speak of the human body as a mini-cosmos. The cosmos is our home, and we… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 16, 2021

I don’t see how there can be Life after death. There can’tbe any; there is no Life after death because there is no death.It is… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 15, 2021

By the time I was 40, I had attended more than 1,000 funerals, wakes and viewings. As a child, I learned quickly to fear and to… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 14, 2021

It’s strange that we expect acknowledgement and warmth from others but don’t offer this to ourselves. We want others to be kind to us, but… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 13, 2021

Drink Deeply.Live in Serenity and Joy.The wise person delights in the truthAnd follows the law of the awakened. The DhammapadaChapter: The Wise Person

Continuing from When you Greet Me I Bow . . . The Buddha respected sexuality very deeply, I think, and saw its potential for disaster.… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 11, 2021

Continuing from When you Greet Me I Bow . . . I am sure that what I am saying here [about intimate connection] is so,… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 10, 2021

Continuing from When you Greet Me I Bow . . . It is a wonderful and a necessary thing to hold your child next to… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 9, 2021