Daily Dharma

Compassion for Our Obstacles “Someone might imagine spirituality to be a form of biting the lip, becoming a sort of spiritual soldier facing a formidable… Read More »Compassion for Our Obstacles

Ryonen’s Clear Realization The Buddhist nun known as Ryonen was born in 1797. She was a granddaughter of the famous Japanese warrior, Shingen. Her poetical… Read More »Ryonen’s Clear Realization

Memento Mori I once heard a story about a man who had been skiing in the French Alps. With no warning, a blinding snowstorm enveloped… Read More »Memento Mori

Compassion Toward Our Shadow and Neuroses “Suffering is cut when we have compassion toward our shadow and neuroses, when we are able to see them… Read More »Compassion Toward Our Shadow and Neuroses

Pleasure Comes from Impermanence In Nubri [when I was a boy], I used to love to watch the seasons change — the green summer grasses… Read More »Pleasure Comes from Impermanence

They are Bad. Therefore, I am Good I was able to see that every move I made, from a blink, to a breath, to buying… Read More »They are Bad. Therefore, I am Good

To Be Empty and Everything In the Bodhisattva path there is a stage called omniscience. Omniscience means that you can see everything. But it’s not… Read More »To Be Empty and Everything

Black-nosed Buddha A nun who was searching for enlightenment made a statue of Buddha and covered it with gold leaf. Wherever she went she carried… Read More »Black-nosed Buddha

The Body Keeps the Score “It was at about this time that I met Antonio Damasio at a small think tank that Dan Schacter, the… Read More »The Body Keeps the Score

Transforming Neuroses Through Love and Wisdom “At the inception of Western psychology, when these forces were first being explored, named, and recognized as obstructive patterns,… Read More »Transforming Neuroses Through Love and Wisdom