Daily Dharma

“‘If a sage contemplates rightly on a mountain peak, the effects are perceptible a thousand miles away.’ Is that a ‘useless and selfish shutting away… Read More »On Service

. . . Whenever you experience difficulties, you hear the words of the guru. This is the point at which one begins to gain independence… Read More »The Evolution of Your Relationship with Your Spiritual Guide

Do you carry feelings of guilt about something you did — or failed to do — in the past? This much is certain: you acted… Read More »On Guilt

In the detachment of this solitude [of trekking through the Himalayan Mountains] I could see how little in our life depends on brain-made decisions and… Read More »A Benefit of Stilling the Intellect

Reverend Upali, the minds of all living beings have that very nature (i.e., the nature of ultimately being immune from affliction). Reverend Upali, passions consist… Read More »The Intrinsic Nature of the Mind

in mirrored realitieslove begets loveand negativity creates fearold and tired of memoriesyet large enough to contain oppositeshormones fluctuate wildlydissolving into myriad events, disappointments,hopes and fantasies… Read More »The Way Home

Fierce Love is loving in spite of your fears and judgments. Don’t wait for a better version of you.  Adyashanti

I call to my friends, picking lotus,wonderfully afloat on the clear river,and forget in my delight how late it grows,till gusts of evening wind whirl… Read More »Mallards in Endless Streams

He who shelters in the wayAnd travels with those who follow itComes to see the four great truths Buddha from The Dhammapada

In your dealings with people, can you detect subtle feelings of either superiority or inferiority toward them? You are looking at ego, which lives through… Read More »Comparison; The Work of Ego