Daily Dharma

Tough Love from Aghori Vimalananda What is fate, after all, but the sum of your past karmas? And what are karmas except debts to be… Read More »Tough Love from Aghori Vimalananda

Stages of the Guru-Student Relationship In the beginning, when you first meet your guru and you are trying to receive teachings from that guru, it… Read More »Stages of the Guru-Student Relationship

The Folly of Investing in Unsustainable Happiness Having done my own research on [observing my experiential application of Dharma and arriving at my own conclusions],… Read More »The Folly of Investing in Unsustainable Happiness

On Spiritual Friendship The Meghiya Sutta [Sutra]  is my favorite Pali text about friendship. It tells the story of the eager young monk Meghiya, who… Read More »On Spiritual Friendship

The Taoteching #21 The expression of empty virtuecomes from the Tao alonethe Tao as a thingwaxes and wanesit waxes and wanesbut inside there is an… Read More »The Taoteching #21

The Vastness of Consciousness The realm of consciousness is much vaster than thought can grasp. When you no longer believe everything you think, you step… Read More »The Vastness of Consciousness

What are You Doing! What are You Saying! In modern times a great deal of nonsense is talked about masters and disciples, and about the… Read More »What are You Doing! What are You Saying!

See the World as it Is Follow the way of virtue.Follow the way joyfullyThrough this world and on beyond! For consider the world —A bubble,… Read More »See the World as it Is

Conducting Business with Equanimity and Empathy When you do business with someone, you are entering into a relationship with that person. You could see the… Read More »Conducting Business with Equanimity and Empathy

Precious Teacups The truth is, what we call “materialism” isn’t really materialistic; it is idealistic. In other words, it is not the objects that we… Read More »Precious Teacups