Daily Dharma

The incident [of having the “insane” woman mirroring myself back to me] not only gave me a first glimpse of awareness, it also planted the… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 24, 2021

Continuing from The Naked Now . . . Fundamentalism suffers from the same false seeing. It is basically a love affair with works and ideas… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 23, 2021

Continuing from The Naked Now . . . Philosophically and psychologically, a certain assent precedes all true knowing. If you watch closely, you will often… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 22, 2021

Continuing from The Naked Now . . . We See What We Are Ready to See The great teachers are saying that you cannot start seeing or… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 21, 2021

Almost all spiritual teachers say something to this effect: “Do not judge.” There is Jesus in Matthew 7:1 and Luke 6:36 – 38; there is… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 20, 2021

Because [an all-loving and powerful being] is who we are, spirituality is not something that we need to seek outside of ourselves. In a way,… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 19, 2021

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;where there is hatred, let me sow love;when there is injury, pardon;where there is doubt, faith;where there is… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 18,2021

Some people find this exercise [casting our memory back across our whole life and bringing to mind two things that we did that were good]… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 17, 2021

Cultivating Our Home, Cultivating the Holy In East Asia, we speak of the human body as a mini-cosmos. The cosmos is our home, and we… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 16, 2021