Daily Dharma

Next morning, going for alms, I saw a certain little girl playing with the other village children. I had often seen her before and taken… Read More »The Daily Dharma – November 8, 2021

I knew a young woman who sat with her mother during an extended bout of cancer. Part of this time her mother was in the… Read More »The Daily Dharma – November 7, 2021

This process of questioning [everything that we think and feel about our reality] may initially be conception; it may involve actually seeing something that we… Read More »The Daily Dharma – November 6, 2021

Open Your Own Treasure House DAIJU VISITED the master Baso in China. Baso asked: “What do you seek?” “Enlightenment,” replied Daiju. “You have your own… Read More »The Daily Dharma – November 5, 2021

King Akbar and the Longer Line A king in India, whose name was Akbar, drew a straight line on the ground. He asked the audience… Read More »The Daily Dharma – November 3, 2021

Letting go is a central theme in spiritual practice, as we see the preciousness and brevity of life. When letting go is called for, if… Read More »The Daily Dharma – November 1, 2021

. . . Let me tell of Patacara as an example of [one of many women who joined Buddha’s order of female Sangha]. Before she… Read More »The Daily Dharma – October 31, 2021

Continuing from The Untethered Soul . . . This may not sound frightening; it may sound safe. But it’s not. If you do this, the… Read More »The Daily Dharma – October 30, 2021