Daily Dharma

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 29, 2021

It is apparent that the mere knowledge that a [person] was either a camp guard or a camp prisoner tells us almost nothing. Human kindness… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 28, 2021

During the war in Vietnam, I saw communists and anti-communists killing and destroying each other because each side believed they had a monopoly on the… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 27, 2021

If the traveler cannot findMaster or friend to go with her,Let her travel on aloneRather than with a fool for company. The DhammapadaChapter: The Fool

The good news is: If you can recognize illusion as illusion, it dissolves. The recognition of illusion is also its ending. Its survival depends on… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 25, 2021

“Wondering” is a word connoting at least three things: Standing in disbelief Standing in the question itself Standing in awe before something Try letting all… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 24, 2021

Happy Chinaman (continued) Whenever [the Laughing Buddha] met a Zen devotee he would extend his hand and say: “Give me one penny.” And if anyone… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 23, 2021

Happy Chinaman Anyone walking about Chinatowns in America will observe statues of a stout fellow carrying a linen sack. Chinese merchants call him Happy Chinaman… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 22, 2021

How should we be able to forget those ancient myths that are at the beginning of all peoples, the myths about dragons that at the… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 21, 2021

How long the night to the watchman,How long the road to the weary traveler,How long the wandering of many livesTo the fool who misses the… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 20, 2021