Daily Dharma

The Buddhist teachings on the workings of the mind, called Abhidharma, teach us that there isn’t a body per se, just a variety of momentary mental… Read More »The Daily Dharma – November 16, 2021

Few cross over the river. Most are stranded on this side. On the riverbank they run up and down. But the wise person, following the… Read More »The Daily Dharma – November 15, 2021

While religious traditions tend to some extent to be exclusive regarding our experience, the path of radical questioning is a universally inclusive process. In this,… Read More »The Daily Dharma – November 14, 2021

No Water No Moon When the nun Chiyono studied Zen under Bukko of Engaku, she was unable to attain the fruits of meditation for a… Read More »The Daily Dharma – November 13, 2021

The Tao had never had a name simple and though small no one can command it if a lord upheld it the world would be… Read More »The Daily Dharma – November 11, 2021

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