Daily Dharma

. . . This teaching about [the nature of] mind reminds me of a conversation I had with my mother toward the end of her… Read More »The Daily Dharma – January 8, 2022

A short while after this conversation with Ananda, it happened that Shariputra traveled with the Buddha and various of the Brothers to Savatthi. Some of… Read More »The Daily Dharma – January 7, 2022

Mokusen’s Hand Mokusen Hiki was lining in a temple in the province of Tamba. One of his adherents complained of the stinginess of his wife.… Read More »The Daily Dharma – January 6, 2022

Keeping Quiet And now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still. For once on the face of the earth let’s not… Read More »The Daily Dharma – January 5, 2022

[The master] is the charioteer. She has tamed her horses, Pride, and the senses. Even the gods admire her. The DhammapadaChapter: The Master

But we cannot really honor things if we use them as a means to self-enhancement, that is to say if we try to find ourselves… Read More »The Daily Dharma – January 3, 2022

If you are beyond all grasping at an object and grasping at a subject, that is the monarch of all views. If there is no… Read More »The Daily Dharma – January 2, 2022

The life that we are talking about waking up to is not this usual life that has all of these remembered stories. It is life… Read More »The Daily Dharma – January 1, 2021

Inch Time Foot Gem A lord asked Takuan, a Zen teacher, to suggest how he might pass the time. He felt his days very long,… Read More »The Daily Dharma – December 31, 2021

So the question is: What do we have to do to wake up? This is a very important question. Of course, there are many people… Read More »The Daily Dharma – December 30, 2021