In the Buddhist tradition, we practice taking refuge instead of receiving baptism. With a teacher and Sangha, or spiritual community, surrounding you, you join your… Read More »The Daily Dharma – November 28, 2021
Thoroughly examine mundane things, or things of the world. If you do, you will see that none of them persist, none of them are capable… Read More »The Daily Dharma – November 27, 2021
Letting go and moving through life from one change to another brings the maturing of our spiritual being. In the end we discover that to… Read More »The Daily Dharma – November 26, 2021
Continuing from Spontaneous Creativity . . . “The idea of leaving it as it is, leaving what is in its own place, is a beautiful concept, a… Read More »The Daily Dharma – November 24, 2021
Continuing from Spontaneous Creativity . . . Our hesitation to express ourselves fully and creatively in life comes from our conflicted emotions or mental pain. Basically, negative… Read More »The Daily Dharma – November 23, 2021
Continuing from Spontaneous Creativity . . . I encourage you to explore and trust these ancient teachings. Follow them with an open heart and apply them whenever… Read More »The Daily Dharma – November 22, 2021
Continuing from Spontaneous Creativity . . . Again, the advice in meditation in relation to any emotional experience is: Leave it as it is. My teacher repeated… Read More »The Daily Dharma – November 21, 2021
Our emotional energy can derail us or be dynamic fuel for creative expression. Through meditation we can explore our emotions and give a spacious, luminous,… Read More »The Daily Dharma – November 20, 2021
On the night of his enlightenment, the story goes, the Buddha was visited by the forces of Mara, the Evil One, who was determined to… Read More »The Daily Dharma – November 19, 2021
