Daily Dharma

Pain is not Suffering In Buddhism, suffering means suffering of the mind, suffering that comes from the way we take things. Physical suffering is not preventable:… Read More »Pain is not Suffering

Rise and Fly! Swans rise and fly toward the sun. What magic! So do the pure conquer the armies of illusion. And rise and fly.… Read More »Rise and Fly!

Everything is Love and Nothing But Love They say that wisdom (the faculty that cognizes emptiness) and compassion are like the wings of a great… Read More »Everything is Love and Nothing But Love

Is There a Benefit to Meditation Training? Though there are three fundamental forms of suffering, as mentioned above, the ups and downs of daily life… Read More »Is There a Benefit to Meditation Training?

Respect and Courtesy for the Oldest A short while later… it happened that Shariputra travelled with The Buddha and various of the Brothers to Savatthi.… Read More »Respect and Courtesy for the Oldest

Like Clouds But it is the taste of emptiness in the body, spirit, and emotions that has meant the most to me. Knowing that what… Read More »Like Clouds

Beyond Sorrow and Regret [In the latter stages of The Buddha’s life,] he continued to carry about with him the same serene peace and unperturbable… Read More »Beyond Sorrow and Regret

Bumping, but not Melting into One Another As with us, so with everything: all things influence one another. This is how the world appears, shimmers, and… Read More »Bumping, but not Melting into One Another

Both Right and Wrong Meditation Devadatta possessed great talents and could achieve anything to which he turned his mind. He used to sit day after… Read More »Both Right and Wrong Meditation

Abiding in an Engaged State of Mind Unconsciously, we often engender experiences of pleasure or pain by how we relate to events in our day-to-day… Read More »Abiding in an Engaged State of Mind