Daily Dharma

Abiding in an Engaged State of Mind Unconsciously, we often engender experiences of pleasure or pain by how we relate to events in our day-to-day… Read More »Abiding in an Engaged State of Mind

Pause for Loving, Tenderness, Joy, Appreciation, and Gratitude It is universally true that suffering is an inevitable part of human life. But there are practical… Read More »Pause for Loving, Tenderness, Joy, Appreciation, and Gratitude

The Birds Who Escape the Net This world is in darkness. How few have eyes to see! How few the birds Who escape the net… Read More »The Birds Who Escape the Net

Our Urgent Task Thinking that is not rooted in awareness becomes self-serving and dysfunctional. Cleverness devoid of wisdom is extremely dangerous and destructive. That is… Read More »Our Urgent Task

Consequences of the Closed Heart If you shut down your heart because of past injuries, life becomes a painful ordeal. Even if you hold a… Read More »Consequences of the Closed Heart

Spiritual Growth Can Arise From All Life’s Circumstances? “Taking all conditions as the path” means making a commitment to recognize the ebb and flow of… Read More »Spiritual Growth Can Arise From All Life’s Circumstances?

Spiritual Friendship, the Unsurpassed Gift In his essay on friendship, sixteenth-century French writer Michel de Montaigne compares friendship to all other human relationships and finds… Read More »Spiritual Friendship, the Unsurpassed Gift

Spring Thunder Many of us are barely awake. We’re living in the world, but we can’t really see it; it’s as though we’re sleepwalking. To… Read More »Spring Thunder

The Taoteching #23 Whispered words are naturala gale doesn’t last all morninga squall doesn’t last all daywho else could make theseonly Heaven and Earthif Heaven… Read More »The Taoteching #23

The Force that Governs All Others When I proposed the theory of relativity, very few understood me. And what I will reveal will also collide… Read More »The Force that Governs All Others