The Student, portrait painting study by Seamus Berkeley “Every day on our television screens and in our nation’s newspapers we are brought news of continued… Read More »The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by bell hooks
[The certainty of death and the uncertainty of its timing] is not a lesson to be put off. One great teacher explained it this way:… Read More »The Daily Dharma – February 13, 2022
Karma, then, is the arrangement of our life so that we learn. It is not some impersonal mechanism that just lands on us. In this… Read More »The Daily Dharma – February 10, 2022
There is no curriculum and no particular format [in the Soto Zen tradition]. This has suited me because I find I resist things that are… Read More »The Daily Dharma – February 9, 2022
Why do people love so well the fetters that make them slaves to their passions? Yasa (the sixth disciple of the Buddha)from Footprints of Guatama… Read More »The Daily Dharma – February 8, 2022
The Lost Ring (Continued) When she started speaking again there was a smile on her face, and she seemed at peace. “The last question made… Read More »The Daily Dharma – February 7, 2022
The Lost Ring (Continued) The quickness of her response and the anger and defensiveness in her voice were indications that she had not yet become… Read More »The Daily Dharma – February 6, 2022
The Lost Ring When I was seeing people as a counselor and spiritual teacher, I would visit a woman twice a week whose body was… Read More »The Daily Dharma – February 5, 2022
Every-Minute Zen Zen students are with their masters at least ten years before they presume to teach others. Nan-in was visited by Tenno, who, having… Read More »The Daily Dharma – February 4, 2022
What makes us miserable, what causes us to be in conflict with one another? It’s our insistence on our particular view of things. Our view… Read More »The Daily Dharma – February 3, 2022
