Daily Dharma

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

Yielding like the earth Joyous and clear like the lake, Still as the stone at the door, The master is free from life and death.… Read More »The Daily Dharma – December 29, 2021

How beautiful it is to wake up in the early morning and begin to interact with this world of miracles. We hear the sound of… Read More »The Daily Dharma – December 28, 2021

The Radical Perceptual Shift: Is it True? In all situations, of course, the all-important question is: “Is it true?” Not: “Is it from my group?”… Read More »The Daily Dharma – December 27, 2021

Still, the desire to be free from suffering is useful now and then. What kind of motivation or aspiration should we hold if not the… Read More »The Daily Dharma – December 26, 2021