Daily Dharma

Your Light May Go Out A student of Tendai, a philosophical school of Buddhism, came to the Zen abode of Gasan as a pupil. When… Read More »Your Light May Go Out

Farmers, Fletchers & Carpenters The farmer channels water to his land.The fletcher whittles her arrows.The carpenter turns his wood.And the wise person masters herself. The… Read More »Farmers, Fletchers & Carpenters

The Truth About Fear Fear — convincing as it may seem — is actually a conceptual mistake. What is there to be afraid of anyway?… Read More »The Truth About Fear

The Hundred-Character Tablet of Lu Yan Nurturing energy, forget words and guard it.Conquer the mind, do non-doing.In activity and quietude, know the source progenitor.There is… Read More »The Hundred-Character Tablet of Lu Yan

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