Whatever a fool learns,It only makes him duller.Knowledge cleaves his head.For then he wants recognition,A place before other people,A place over other people. The DhammapadaChapter:… Read More »The Daily Dharma – August 9, 2021
As Walpola Rahula, in What the Buddha Taught, pointed out, Buddhism has always maintained that spirituality is not the possession of any one tradition. In… Read More »The Daily Dharma – August 8, 2021
The Illusory Self (continued) Some people never forget the first time they disidentified from their thoughts and thus briefly experienced the shift in identity from… Read More »The Daily Dharma – August 7, 2021
A Mother’s Advice Jiun, a Shingon master, was a well-known Sanskrit scholar of the Tokugawa era. When he was young he used to deliver lectures… Read More »The Daily Dharma – August 6, 2021
Yes and noAren’t so far apartLovely and uglyAren’t so unlikeWhat others fearWe too must fearBefore the moon wanesEveryone is gayAs if they were at the… Read More »The Daily Dharma – August 5, 2021
To understand more deeply what evokes this sense of [the] preciousness [of all things] and how it gives meaning to a path with heart, let… Read More »The Daily Dharma – August 4, 2021
For months the fool may fast,Eating from the tip of a grass blade.Still he is not worth a pennyBeside the master whose food is the… Read More »The Daily Dharma – August 3, 2021
Continuing from Mystical Christianity: A Critique from Within In my own Catholic tradition, the official church has invariably kept mystics, hermits, charismatic types, and “prayer… Read More »The Daily Dharma – August 2, 2021
Continuing from Mystical Christianity: A Critique from Within Throughout history, contemplative seeing appears to be the minority position, which is probably what Jesus is so… Read More »The Daily Dharma – August 1, 2021
Continuing from Mystical Christianity: A Critique from Within A large percentage of religious people become and remain quite rigid thinkers because their religion taught them… Read More »The Daily Dharma – July 31, 2021
