Daily Dharma

Each Precious Moment Our knowledge that we shall not pass this way again–almost unbearable– although it makeseach moment precious in itself,strikes even deeper of the… Read More »Each Precious Moment

Touch …and if ever I touched a life I hope that life knowsthat I know that touching was and still is andwill always be the… Read More »Touch

Commitment to Walk the Talk “Bodhicitta has two aspects in the traditional texts: the bodhicitta of aspiration and the bodhicitta of engagement. The bodhicitta of… Read More »Commitment to Walk the Talk

Compassion Is Easier to Develop Than Love? “Developing bodhicitta has to involve authentic love and compassion. Otherwise, the whole process becomes a grand, lofty, and… Read More »Compassion Is Easier to Develop Than Love?

Metta Metta (lovingkindness) is the ability to embrace all parts of ourselves, as well as all parts of the world. Practicing metta illuminates our inner… Read More »Metta

Developing Bodhicitta “Developing bodhicitta is giving rise to the most noble aspiration that a human being can hold. It is not like wishing for more… Read More »Developing Bodhicitta

Presence “Your presence is like a mantra, sacred speech that has a transforming effect. When your body, speech and mind are in perfect oneness, that… Read More »Presence

The Complete Silencing “All conditioned things are impermanent.They are phenomena, subject to birth and death.When birth and death no longer are,the complete silencing is joy.”… Read More »The Complete Silencing

“Movement Matters” “Total human movement is undergoing an exponential decline. If we represent the whole of human history with a single twenty- four- hour day,… Read More »“Movement Matters”

Being Completely Present A friend of mine once travelled to Sikkim, hoping to see His Holiness the Sixteenth Karmapa, a great Tibetan lama. The trip… Read More »Being Completely Present