Daily Dharma

Perceiving the Bull I hear the song of the nightingale. The sun is warm, the wind is mild, willows are green along the shore, Here… Read More »Perceiving the Bull

Discovering the Footprints Along the riverbank, under the trees, I discover footprints! Even under the fragrant grass I see his prints. Deep in remote mountains… Read More »Discovering the Footprints

The Search for the Bull In the pastures of this world, I endlessly push aside the tall grasses in search of the bull. Following unnamed… Read More »The Search for the Bull

The Radical Perceptual Shift — Part 4 Presence is experienced in a participative way, outside the mind. The [thinking] mind is, by nature, intent on… Read More »The Daily Dharma – The Radical Perceptual Shift — Part 4

The Radical Perceptual Shift — Part 3 — Most writers in the early Christina era called this radical perceptual shift away from the judging and… Read More »The Daily Dharma – The Radical Perceptual Shift — Part 3

The Radical Perceptual Shift — Part 2 St. Thomas Aquinas said in the thirteenth century: If it is true, then it is from the Holy… Read More »The Daily Dharma – The Radical Perceptual Shift — Part 2

Mischief Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, And you will be filled with joy. The DhammapadaChapter: Mischief

Mindfulness What we call meditation — sitting quietly without moving — is a particularly focused form of mindfulness. But mindfulness practice goes beyond conventional meditation.… Read More »The Daily Dharma – Mindfulness

Gisho’s Work Gisho was ordained as a nun when she was ten years old. She received training just as the little boys did. When she… Read More »The Daily Dharma – Gisho’s Work