Daily Dharma

Shantideva Says… “In The Way of the Bodhisattva, Shantideva says, May I become a protector for those who are helpless.May I become a guide for… Read More »Shantideva Says…

The Trap of the Eight Worldly Concerns “Some of our suffering comes from our relationships to the external world and people. Because we are social… Read More »The Trap of the Eight Worldly Concerns

Just Do It? “In modern society, we are told that we can be anybody we want to be. This aspiration tends to inflame narcissism, though.… Read More »Just Do It?

If We Don’t Learn from Our Mistakes . . . Living among the compassionate Buddhist cultures of Asia had brought undeniable insight and wisdom to… Read More »If We Don’t Learn from Our Mistakes . . .

Dying Before We Die The recognition of luminosity is the experience of dying before we die, dying within the bardo (i.e., transitional period, or intermediate… Read More »Dying Before We Die

Waiting without Expectation I said to my soul, “Be still, and wait without hope . . .For hope would be hope for the wrong thing.”… Read More »Waiting without Expectation

Fully Immersed “To become fully immersed in the Self, to experience the Self as it is — pervasive and boundless — we need to penetrate… Read More »Fully Immersed

The Thread of the Self “Unlike the ego, which comes and goes, inflating or deflating according to its position in relationship to other egos, the… Read More »The Thread of the Self

You are Not the Filthy Rags In the Uttaratantra teaching by Maitreya, a treatise on the Buddha nature, a number of metaphors for the presence… Read More »You are Not the Filthy Rags

Loving Kindness for Ourself In certain philosophical systems in India during the time of the Buddha, it was believed that if the body was tortured… Read More »Loving Kindness for Ourself