Daily Dharma

The Problem Isn’t Somewhere Else When we meditate we see our mind very intimately. So much that we have not wanted to acknowledge comes into… Read More »The Problem Isn’t Somewhere Else

On Difference and Dharma Note: The following is from a 1999 essay by Norman Fischer titled “On Difference and Dharma” In our city streets there… Read More »On Difference and Dharma

Violence A noble horse rarelyFeels the touch of the whip.Who is there in this world as blameless? Then like a noble horseSmart under the whip.Burn… Read More »Violence

Preparing for Rebirth A big question that exists in the West is whether or not something of us continues when we physically die. If we… Read More »Preparing for Rebirth

Our War of Inner Conflict and Fear Our war against life is expressed in every dimension of our experience, inner and outer. Our children see,… Read More »Our War of Inner Conflict and Fear

The word “Sangha” means “spiritual community” According to what I have said, the Sangha is the door of our true home. Therefore, Sangha-building must be… Read More »The word “Sangha” means “spiritual community”

My New Life Begins, and I Am Ready to Receive In addition to min-deaths that come with glimpses of emptiness, sleep offers a deeper experience… Read More »My New Life Begins, and I Am Ready to Receive

The Taoteching #9 Instead of pouring in morebetter stop while you canmaking it sharperwon’t help it last longerhouses full of treasurecan never be safethe vanity… Read More »The Taoteching #9

Stopping the War The unawakened mind tends to make war against the way things are. To follow a path with heart, we must understand the… Read More »Stopping the War

Accurate Proportion Sen no Rikyu, a tea-master, wished to hang a flower basket on a column. He asked a carpenter to help him, directing the… Read More »Accurate Proportion