Daily Dharma

Our Urgent Task Thinking that is not rooted in awareness becomes self-serving and dysfunctional. Cleverness devoid of wisdom is extremely dangerous and destructive. That is… Read More »Our Urgent Task

Consequences of the Closed Heart If you shut down your heart because of past injuries, life becomes a painful ordeal. Even if you hold a… Read More »Consequences of the Closed Heart

Spiritual Growth Can Arise From All Life’s Circumstances? “Taking all conditions as the path” means making a commitment to recognize the ebb and flow of… Read More »Spiritual Growth Can Arise From All Life’s Circumstances?

Spiritual Friendship, the Unsurpassed Gift In his essay on friendship, sixteenth-century French writer Michel de Montaigne compares friendship to all other human relationships and finds… Read More »Spiritual Friendship, the Unsurpassed Gift

Spring Thunder Many of us are barely awake. We’re living in the world, but we can’t really see it; it’s as though we’re sleepwalking. To… Read More »Spring Thunder

The Taoteching #23 Whispered words are naturala gale doesn’t last all morninga squall doesn’t last all daywho else could make theseonly Heaven and Earthif Heaven… Read More »The Taoteching #23

The Force that Governs All Others When I proposed the theory of relativity, very few understood me. And what I will reveal will also collide… Read More »The Force that Governs All Others

A Pact to Find the Path to Deathlessness Note: Sariputta and Moggallana were the foremost disciples of the Buddha. This excerpt picks up their story… Read More »A Pact to Find the Path to Deathlessness

Coming to Abide in Tsewa One of the most basic unhealthy habits is that we easily let our mind get disturbed. Since a disturbed mind… Read More »Coming to Abide in Tsewa

Death Is a Gain? “Another part of having a positive attitude is putting things in perspective. We all feel that our lives are very precious.… Read More »Death Is a Gain?