Daily Dharma

Spreading Mindfulness Philip Snyder, executive director of Contemplative Mind in Society, and an anthropologist is fond of saying that a thousand years ago our civilization… Read More »Spreading Mindfulness

The Dhammapada – Chapter: Mischief A fool is happy Until his mischief turns against him. And a good person may suffer Until his goodness flowers.… Read More »The Dhammapada – Chapter: Mischief

The Five Remembrances The Five Remembrances I am of the nature to grow old. There is no way to escape growing old. I am of… Read More »The Five Remembrances

Silence and Stillness When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose touch with… Read More »Silence and Stillness

Mindful Emails Many of the practices that I use [in the “Search Inside Yourself” program], and in the other trainings I do, are simple extensions… Read More »Mindful Emails

Reaching the Source Too many steps have been taken returning to the root and the source. Better to have been blind and deaf from the… Read More »Reaching the Source

In the World Barefooted and naked of breast, I mingle with the people of the world. My clothes are ragged and dust-laden, and I am… Read More »In the World

Both Bull & Self Transcended Whip, rope, person, and bull all merge into no-thing. This heaven is so vast no message can stain it. How… Read More »Both Bull & Self Transcended

The Bull Transcended Astride the bull, I reach home. I am serene. The bull too can rest. The dawn has come. In blissful repose within… Read More »The Bull Transcended

Riding the Bull Home Mounting the bull, slowly I return homeward. The voice of my flute intones through the evening. Measuring with hand-beats the pulsating… Read More »Riding the Bull Home