Daily Dharma

We see what we are ready to see, expect to see, and even desire to see. There is some kind of mutual influence between subject… Read More »The Daily Dharma – November 10, 2021

Do not ask for family or power or wealth, Either for yourself or for another. Can a wise person wish to rise unjustly? The Dhammapada

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