Daily Dharma

The Giver Should Be Thankful While Seisetsu was the master of Engaku in Kamakura, he required larger quarters since those in which he was teaching… Read More »The Giver Should Be Thankful

Energy for What is Better If it is better for me to be ill,Give me the energy to be ill. If it is better for… Read More »Energy for What is Better

A Guide for the Journey Many of us in the West try to travel a spiritual path by exploring all kinds of approaches. One of… Read More »A Guide for the Journey

Your Light May Go Out A student of Tendai, a philosophical school of Buddhism, came to the Zen abode of Gasan as a pupil. When… Read More »Your Light May Go Out

Love and Affection Starts at Home The practice of metta (loving kindness), uncovering the force of love that can uproot fear, anger, and guilt, begins… Read More »Love and Affection Starts at Home

Stillness Speaks True intelligence operates silently. Stillness is where creativity and solutions are found. Eckhart Tollefrom Stillness SpeaksChapter: Silence & Stillness

The Taoteching #11 Thirty spokes converge on a hubbut it’s the emptinessthat makes a wheel workposts are fashioned from claybut it’s the hollowthat makes the… Read More »The Taoteching #11

Look Behind the Curtain The world is on fire!And are you laughing?You are deep in the dark.Will you not ask for light? For behold your… Read More »Look Behind the Curtain

The Ultimate Good Friend The Pali word “metta” (translation: loving-kindness) has two root meanings. One is the word for “gentle.” Metta is likened to a… Read More »The Ultimate Good Friend

The Misguided Quest for Perfection The idealism that leads to a desire for, or addiction to perfection on the spiritual path can be, psychologically, very… Read More »The Misguided Quest for Perfection