Daily Dharma

Is There a Benefit to Meditation Training? Though there are three fundamental forms of suffering, as mentioned above, the ups and downs of daily life… Read More »Is There a Benefit to Meditation Training?

Respect and Courtesy for the Oldest A short while later… it happened that Shariputra travelled with The Buddha and various of the Brothers to Savatthi.… Read More »Respect and Courtesy for the Oldest

Like Clouds But it is the taste of emptiness in the body, spirit, and emotions that has meant the most to me. Knowing that what… Read More »Like Clouds

Beyond Sorrow and Regret [In the latter stages of The Buddha’s life,] he continued to carry about with him the same serene peace and unperturbable… Read More »Beyond Sorrow and Regret

Bumping, but not Melting into One Another As with us, so with everything: all things influence one another. This is how the world appears, shimmers, and… Read More »Bumping, but not Melting into One Another

Both Right and Wrong Meditation Devadatta possessed great talents and could achieve anything to which he turned his mind. He used to sit day after… Read More »Both Right and Wrong Meditation

Abiding in an Engaged State of Mind Unconsciously, we often engender experiences of pleasure or pain by how we relate to events in our day-to-day… Read More »Abiding in an Engaged State of Mind

Pause for Loving, Tenderness, Joy, Appreciation, and Gratitude It is universally true that suffering is an inevitable part of human life. But there are practical… Read More »Pause for Loving, Tenderness, Joy, Appreciation, and Gratitude

The Birds Who Escape the Net This world is in darkness. How few have eyes to see! How few the birds Who escape the net… Read More »The Birds Who Escape the Net

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