Insights

Continuing from Living Buddha, Living Christ . . . In modern life, people think that their body belongs to them and that they can do… Read More »The Daily Dharma – May 9, 2021

The Precept of “Mindful Consuming” Aware of the suffering caused by unmindful consumption, I vow to cultivate good health, both physical and mental, for myself,… Read More »The Daily Dharma – May 8, 2021

Silence is the mother of the Spirit. It births in us the cloister of the heart. It brings us beyond the noise of chaos and… Read More »The Daily Dharma – May 7, 2021

I do not perceive even one other thing, O monks, that when developed and cultivated entails such great happiness as the mind. The mind when… Read More »The Daily Dharma – May 6, 2021

The Tao never does a thing Yet there is nothing it doesn’t do If a ruler could uphold it People by themselves would change And… Read More »The Daily Dharma – May 5, 2021

If we hold ourself in high esteem, we shall be reborn in the lower realms And later, as a human, experience low status and a… Read More »The Daily Dharma – May 4, 2021

Is That So? The Zen master Hakuin was praised by his neighbors as one living a pure life. A beautiful Japanese girl whose parents owned… Read More »The Daily Dharma – May 3, 2021

The Old Man and the Beggar Many years ago, a man was sitting in quiet contemplation by a riverbank when he was disturbed by a… Read More »The Daily Dharma – May 2, 2021

Death overtakes the person Who gathers flowers When with distracted and thirsty senses He searches vainly for happiness In the pleasures of the world. Death… Read More »The Daily Dharma – May 1, 2021

Continuing from A New Earth . . . The quicker you are in attaching verbal or mental labels to things, people, or situations, the more… Read More »The Daily Dharma – April 30, 2021