Daily Dharma

Your Intellect’s Spiritual Assignment One of the deepest themes in western philosophy, beginning with Plato, is that the world of appearance isn’t real. So the… Read More »Your Intellect’s Spiritual Assignment

Ram Dass interview with Thich Nhat Hahn Ram Dass: You spoke the other day about holding anger and emotions like that in a tender way.… Read More »How Can We Hold Our Anger with More Love?

Who Are Truly Genuine in Our Lives? When luck is on our side, and we have wealth, health, and family around us; when our jobs… Read More »Who Are Truly Genuine in Our Lives?

Being a Lamp Unto Yourself Note: This part of the story of the life of the Buddha picks up as he is approaching his final… Read More »Being a Lamp Unto Yourself

Our Earth Bodies Our human bodies are expressions of the earth’s creative force. Everything that makes human life — breathing, eating, elimination, perception, feeling, language… Read More »Our Earth Bodies

The Work Remains the Same

Can Trauma Keep Us Stuck in the Past? When a wound doesn’t mend on its own, one of two things will happen: it can either… Read More »Can Trauma Keep Us Stuck in the Past?

Feeling Grateful for Your Suffering? You might think that you cannot possibly be happy about suffering or feel grateful for your suffering; you may think… Read More »Feeling Grateful for Your Suffering?

The Time for Our Release is not for Us to Declare Note: This story, as told by the monk Yasa in Footprints of Gautama The Buddha, … Read More »The Time for Our Release is not for Us to Declare

How Can We Be Freed from Sorrow? The most precious and poignantly delightful moments soon fade. We cannot hold on to pleasure or create enduring… Read More »How Can We Be Freed from Sorrow?