Daily Dharma

The Taoteching #19 Get rid of wisdom and reasonand people will live a hundred times betterget rid of kindness and justiceand people once more will… Read More »The Taoteching #19

Kasan Sweat Kasan was asked to officiate at the funeral of a provincial lord. He had never met lords and nobles before so he was… Read More »Kasan Sweat

Your Work Never neglect your workFor another’s,However great his need. Your work is to discover your workAnd then with all your heartTo give yourself to… Read More »Your Work

The Dry Place Note: The following excerpt is from the chapter titled, “Stages of Monastic Life,” from When You Greet Me I Bow, by Norman… Read More »The Dry Place

The Yoga of Devotion For the yogi there are two meaningful truths, closely intertwined with each other, that each serios practitioner must contemplate and take… Read More »The Yoga of Devotion

The Importance of Spiritual Elders The most precious value that the world religions have in common is their accumulated experience of the spiritual journey. Centuries… Read More »The Importance of Spiritual Elders

You Don’t Need to Convert Others If people are determined to convert others into their mold, then they are attempting to reassure themselves by using… Read More »You Don’t Need to Convert Others

Searching for Conclusive Knowledge from a Place of Limited Capacity The living entity has a deep-rooted desire to gain comprehensive knowledge of the world she… Read More »Searching for Conclusive Knowledge from a Place of Limited Capacity

A Consequence of Knowing that We Know Now, if the gulls and the fish [and other animals] do not philosophize, they have no consciousness of… Read More »A Consequence of Knowing that We Know

Realism in a Monastic Community Note: This excerpt, from the chapter titled “Stages of Monastic Life,” has to do with the various stages of insight… Read More »Realism in a Monastic Community