Daily Dharma

Is External Validation Real? It is natural to want positive feedback, but we veer off the rails when we blindly chase it, when we do… Read More »Is External Validation Real?

On Nirvana And what is Nirvana? The Master [The Buddha] seldom talked to us of Nirvana. He had no need to do so, for all… Read More »On Nirvana

Brittney Hartley’s Views on Feminine Spirituality “I learned from the holy texts in the west that God with his male pronouns is the one who… Read More »Brittney Hartley’s Views on Feminine Spirituality

Awakening to Connectedness In Zen practice we are fond of not knowing. The not-knowing mind is the mind that knows that all phenomena, in being… Read More »Awakening to Connectedness

The Most Valuable Thing in the World Sozan, a Chinese Zen master, was asked by a student: “What is the most valuable thing in the… Read More »The Most Valuable Thing in the World

Pain is not Suffering In Buddhism, suffering means suffering of the mind, suffering that comes from the way we take things. Physical suffering is not preventable:… Read More »Pain is not Suffering

Rise and Fly! Swans rise and fly toward the sun. What magic! So do the pure conquer the armies of illusion. And rise and fly.… Read More »Rise and Fly!

Everything is Love and Nothing But Love They say that wisdom (the faculty that cognizes emptiness) and compassion are like the wings of a great… Read More »Everything is Love and Nothing But Love

Is There a Benefit to Meditation Training? Though there are three fundamental forms of suffering, as mentioned above, the ups and downs of daily life… Read More »Is There a Benefit to Meditation Training?

Respect and Courtesy for the Oldest A short while later… it happened that Shariputra travelled with The Buddha and various of the Brothers to Savatthi.… Read More »Respect and Courtesy for the Oldest