Daily Dharma

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

Patience? “There is a story about the Tibetan monk Patrul Rinpoche in which he wanders somewhere in Tibet and comes across a monk in a… Read More »Patience?

Bigger than Us “Without the transcendent and transpersonal, we get sick…. or else hopeless and apathetic. We need something “bigger than we are” to be… Read More »Bigger than Us

Sky, Earth, Sun and Moon “the sky coversthe earth carriesand the sun and moon shine upon,no one in particular” ~San Wu

Home is Embrace “Home is all embracing, a continuous inclusion of all events: this too and this too and this too and this too. Home… Read More »Home is Embrace