Daily Dharma

Giving Gifts with Infinite Love In the following excerpt, the author is caught in a ferocious snowstorm and takes shelter in a Buddhist monastery. He… Read More »Giving Gifts with Infinite Love

The Taoteching #27 Good walking leaves no tracks good talking reveals no flaws good counting counts no beads good closing locks no locks and yet… Read More »The Taoteching #27

They Are Awake The world cannot reclaim them Or lead them astray, Nor can the poisoned net of desire hold them.   They are awake!… Read More »They Are Awake

Disassociating with the Voice in Your Head When each thought absorbs your attention completely, it means you identify with the voice in your head. Thought then… Read More »Disassociating with the Voice in Your Head

Muddy Road Tanzan and Ekido were once traveling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was still falling.   Coming around a bend, they… Read More »Muddy Road

A Girl with a Face Like Jade Above the blossoms the orioles sing; kuan kuan, their clear notes. The girl with a face like jade… Read More »A Girl with a Face Like Jade

Nobody Knew Him. Nobody had Heard of Him. The Lama Ngawang Kalzang had been meditating for twelve years in various caves and retreats in the… Read More »Nobody Knew Him. Nobody had Heard of Him.

A Commendation on Life My father and mother left me a good living; I needn’t envy the fields of other men. Clack — clack —… Read More »A Commendation on Life

A Doorway to the Openness of Being (5/5) How often do you mistake knowing something conceptually for actually experiencing it? If I ask you, Do… Read More »A Doorway to the Openness of Being (5/5)

A Doorway to the Openness of Being (4/5) In the teachings of dzogchen, it is said that through thought we will never understand the truth.… Read More »A Doorway to the Openness of Being (4/5)