Regarding householder mystics . . . Typical is the housewife Manibhadra, who, having received [special, “whispered” teachings from her guru], meditated while her Hindu husband… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 6, 2021
The Moon Cannot Be Stolen Ryokan, a Zen master, lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain.… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 5, 2021
Thinking that is not rooted in awareness becomes self-serving and dysfunctional. Cleverness devoid of wisdom is extremely dangerous and destructive. That is the current state… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 4, 2021
Three Ways to View the Sunset Three [people] stood by the ocean, looking at the same sunset. One person saw the immense physical beauty and… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 3, 2021
Zen master Dahui, a leading teacher in China somewhat before Dogen [Zenji’s] time, who was notoriously critical of deteriorations in Zen study, stressed that Zen… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 2, 2021
The perfume of sandalwood,Rosebay or jasmineCannot travel against the wind. But the fragrance of virtueTravels even against the windAs far as the ends of the… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 1, 2021
Practice Over Parables A Zen teacher once told me something interesting. We were meditating together at my home when my dog began to bark. He… Read More »The Daily Dharma – May 31, 2021
When we discuss “knowing,” we immediately think of humans with our large brains, forgetting that knowing is present in all species, even those we consider… Read More »The Daily Dharma – May 30, 2021
Patience is not gritting your teeth and putting up with something. Patience is a mind that wholeheartedly accepts whatever arises, having abandoned the notion that… Read More »The Daily Dharma – May 29, 2021
Announcement Tanzan wrote sixty postal cards on the last day of his life, and asked an attendant to mail them. Then he passed away. The… Read More »The Daily Dharma – May 28, 2021
