Daily Dharma

True Dana (True Generosity) There’s an old story about heaven and hell. You’re invited to a banquet with all sorts of delicious foods, prepared by… Read More »True Dana (True Generosity)

Everything is Emerging The gap between thoughts — like the gap between breaths or moods — allows us to glimpse the naked mind, the mind… Read More »Everything is Emerging

The Human Route Coming empty-handed, going empty handed — that is human.When you are born, where do you come from?When you die, where do you… Read More »The Human Route

Love is Freedom “Love is the only freedom in the world because it so elevates the spirit that the laws of humanity and the phenomena… Read More »Love is Freedom

Faith is a Living Thing, Part 5 When you have faith, you have a lot of energy in yourself. When you believe in the Buddha, the… Read More »Faith is a Living Thing, Part 5

Faith is a Living Thing, Part 4 Concentration is the food of understanding. You have to be concentrated for understanding to be possible. When you… Read More »Faith is a Living Thing, Part 4

Faith is a Living Thing, Part 3 As faith and understanding are living things, there is something in our understanding and faith that dies in… Read More »Faith is a Living Thing, Part 3

Faith is a Living Thing, Part 2 All of us practice walking meditation. First you receive some instructions from a teacher, or a brother, or a… Read More »Faith is a Living Thing, Part 2

To Make Beauty “To really make beauty, art, or to live artfully one must do it from a particular place, something focused that we get… Read More »To Make Beauty