Daily Dharma

Letting Go of What’s Unnecessary We can travel a long way and do many different things, but our deepest happiness is not born from accumulating… Read More »Letting Go of What’s Unnecessary

Take refuge “Take refuge in yourselves, not in anything else. In you are Buddha (trust), Dharma (wisdom), and Sangha (community). Don’t look for things that… Read More »Take refuge

Touch the Real “Nirvana means extinction — first of all, the extinction of all the concepts and notions. Our concepts about things prevent us from… Read More »Touch the Real

Dream World Experiences — Waking World Experiences Note: In this writing, the author refllects on and compares recent experiences of his sleeping/dreaming state with those… Read More »Dream World Experiences — Waking World Experiences

Observe and Tolerate the Heartbreak “Generally the rational brain can override the emotional brain, as long as our fears don’t hijack us. (For example, your… Read More »Observe and Tolerate the Heartbreak

At the End of the Day, We Don’t Know What’s Going to Happen The frightening possibilities [of the world’s current situation] cannot be denied, but… Read More »At the End of the Day, We Don’t Know What’s Going to Happen

Sour Miso The cook-monk Dairyo, at Bankei’s monastery, decided that he would take good care of his old teacher’s health and give him only fresh miso,… Read More »Sour Miso

The Mystery of Grace “I do not understand the mystery of grace–only that it meets us where we areand does not leave uswhere it found… Read More »The Mystery of Grace

Respect for Earth’s Beings “We need acts of restoration, not only for polluted waters and degraded lands, but also for our relationship to the world.… Read More »Respect for Earth’s Beings

Keep Me Away “Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not… Read More »Keep Me Away