Daily Dharma

Taking Down the House “Vainly I sought the builder of my house Through countless lives. I could not find him… How hard it is to… Read More »Taking Down the House

Who, or What is Looking? When you look at a tree or a human being in stillness, who is looking? Something deeper than the person.… Read More »Who, or What is Looking?

Honestly and Openly Addressing Our Emotional Struggles There is a term in Tibetan, “nge jung,” that is often translated as “renunciation,” but which literally means… Read More »Honestly and Openly Addressing Our Emotional Struggles

Being Intimate with . . . Yourself! A pearl goes up for auction. No one has enough,so the pearl buys itself. Rumi Love exists in… Read More »Being Intimate with . . . Yourself!

The Last Will & Testament Ikkyu, a famous Zen teacher of the Ashikaga era, was the son of the emperor. When he was very young,… Read More »The Last Will & Testament

To Grow in Wisdom The ignorant [person] is an ox.He grows in size, not in wisdom. The DhammapadaChapter: Old Age

Death is Life Before I had gotten sick, everything unfamiliar had made me a little uptight. I had felt separated from the people on the… Read More »Death is Life

The Formlessness of Stillness Stillness is the only thing in the world that has no form. But then, it is not really a thing, and… Read More »The Formlessness of Stillness

The Changeless Spirit of Purity You are a house of bones,Flesh and blood for plaster.Pride lives in you,And hypocrisy, decay, and death. The glorious chariots… Read More »The Changeless Spirit of Purity