Daily Dharma

A Girl with a Face Like Jade Above the blossoms the orioles sing; kuan kuan, their clear notes. The girl with a face like jade… Read More »A Girl with a Face Like Jade

Nobody Knew Him. Nobody had Heard of Him. The Lama Ngawang Kalzang had been meditating for twelve years in various caves and retreats in the… Read More »Nobody Knew Him. Nobody had Heard of Him.

A Commendation on Life My father and mother left me a good living; I needn’t envy the fields of other men. Clack — clack —… Read More »A Commendation on Life

A Doorway to the Openness of Being (5/5) How often do you mistake knowing something conceptually for actually experiencing it? If I ask you, Do… Read More »A Doorway to the Openness of Being (5/5)

A Doorway to the Openness of Being (4/5) In the teachings of dzogchen, it is said that through thought we will never understand the truth.… Read More »A Doorway to the Openness of Being (4/5)

A Doorway to the Openness of Being (3/5) Often the inner space we perceive is announced by loss and then occupied by our nervousness, uncertainty,… Read More »A Doorway to the Openness of Being (3/5)

A Doorway to the Openness of Being (2/5) It is easy to enjoy the spacious experience of looking out at the horizon when we are… Read More »A Doorway to the Openness of Being (2/5)

A Doorway to the Openness of Being (1/5) If we ask ourselves honestly if we have appreciated the gift of this life and expressed as… Read More »A Doorway to the Openness of Being (1/5)

What will be left of all the fearing and wanting associated with your problematic life situation that every day takes up most of your attention?… Read More »Dashes on Your Gravestone

A Familiar Struggle But more than that: what is happening in Tibet is symbolic of the fate of humanity. As on a gigantically-raised stage we… Read More »A Familiar Struggle