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

The Tao is creation’s sanctuary treasured by the good it keeps the bad alive beautiful words might be the price noble deeds might be the… Read More »The Daily Dharma – May 27, 2021

Continuing from Touching Enlightenment; Finding Realization in the Body . . . In this, I am speaking not of the body we think we have,… Read More »The Daily Dharma – May 26, 2021

Continuing from Touching Enlightenment; Finding Realization in the Body . . . But there is a new wilderness, a new trackless waste, a new unknown… Read More »The Daily Dharma – May 25, 2021

Continuing from Touching Enlightenment; Finding Realization in the Body . . . Increasingly in this world of ours, there is no longer any geographical forest… Read More »The Daily Dharma – May 24, 2021

Continuing from Touching Enlightenment; Finding Realization in the Body . . . Within Indian culture, the forest was considered the ideal place for spiritual practice… Read More »The Daily Dharma – May 23, 2021