Daily Dharma

Letting Go Letting go involves being aware of a feeling, letting it come up, staying with it, and letting it run its course without wanting… Read More »Letting Go

Sacredness “Sacred” means set apart. Special. Exclusive. Different. There’s a built-in difficulty here: for it seems as if the sacred, to be the sacred, must… Read More »Sacredness

Identifying with Those Who Suffer Alone Without doubt, there is great value in spirituality that emphasizes and supports withdrawal from society. But in our time, with its special… Read More »Identifying with Those Who Suffer Alone

The Taoteching #18 When the Great Way disappearswe meet kindness and justicewhen reason appearswe meet great deceitwhen the six relations failwe meet obedience and lovewhen… Read More »The Taoteching #18

Balancing Commitment and Impermanence People often wonder how it is possible, in the face of impermanence, to make a commitment to a relationship. It certainly… Read More »Balancing Commitment and Impermanence

Your are Purity/Impurity You are the sourceOf all purity and impurity. No one purifies another. The DhammapadaChapter: Yourself

Gudo and the Emperor The emperor Goyezei was studying Zen under Gudo. He inquired: “In Zen this very mind is Buddha. Is this correct?” Gudo… Read More »Gudo and the Emperor

A Key Spiritual Practice: Maintaining a Sense of Humor Then there is the approach of surrender or humbling yourself to get in touch with goodness.… Read More »A Key Spiritual Practice: Maintaining a Sense of Humor

Murmuration

To Fall in Love There is nothing more miraculous to me than the experience of looking at a baby, especially if the baby is your own,… Read More »To Fall in Love