Daily Dharma

The Misguided Quest for Perfection The idealism that leads to a desire for, or addiction to perfection on the spiritual path can be, psychologically, very… Read More »The Misguided Quest for Perfection

Engaging With the World to Help People “It is important here to understand that developing bodhicitta is not merely a grand ideal for taking beings… Read More »Engaging With the World to Help People

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