I don’t see how there can be Life after death. There can’tbe any; there is no Life after death because there is no death.It is… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 15, 2021

By the time I was 40, I had attended more than 1,000 funerals, wakes and viewings. As a child, I learned quickly to fear and to… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 14, 2021

It’s strange that we expect acknowledgement and warmth from others but don’t offer this to ourselves. We want others to be kind to us, but… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 13, 2021

Drink Deeply.Live in Serenity and Joy.The wise person delights in the truthAnd follows the law of the awakened. The DhammapadaChapter: The Wise Person

Continuing from When you Greet Me I Bow . . . The Buddha respected sexuality very deeply, I think, and saw its potential for disaster.… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 11, 2021

Continuing from When you Greet Me I Bow . . . I am sure that what I am saying here [about intimate connection] is so,… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 10, 2021

Continuing from When you Greet Me I Bow . . . It is a wonderful and a necessary thing to hold your child next to… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 9, 2021

Continuing from When you Greet Me I Bow . . . [The recognition that the world is a beautiful gift, and we are at its… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 8, 2021

Love is generated from twin impulses. Buddhism calls them emptiness and compassion; we could also call them wonder and warmth. Emptiness points to the miraculous… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 7, 2021

According to the teachings of buddha nature, each of us possesses, at our very root and core, a profound and irresistible longing. This is nothing… Read More »The Daily Dharma – September 6, 2021