Daily Dharma

Your ETA Early in the journey you wonder, “How long will the journey take?” and whether you will make it in this lifetime.   Later you… Read More »Your ETA

Attention, Curiosity, and Wonder The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He… Read More »Pause to Wonder

The Dharma of All Movements Under Kachenla’s [who mentored the author during his brief stay in a monastery in Tibet] kindly guidance, I soon learned… Read More »The Dharma of All Movements

Attention, Curiosity, and Wonder Attention is essential for sparking curiosity. Attention is how the brain neurologically controls and directs consciousness, and this happens primarily in… Read More »Attention, Curiosity, and Wonder

What’s Up? Or Is That Down? Further strengthening our sense of up-down is the cultural coding worked out over millennia in terms of which the… Read More »What’s Up? Or Is That Down?

Be an Island Unto Yourself Note: In this excerpt from the Cunda Sutra, Buddha is gently reproaching Ananda for his grief over the passing of… Read More »Be an Island Unto Yourself

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