Happy Chinaman (continued) Whenever [the Laughing Buddha] met a Zen devotee he would extend his hand and say: “Give me one penny.” And if anyone… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 23, 2021

Happy Chinaman Anyone walking about Chinatowns in America will observe statues of a stout fellow carrying a linen sack. Chinese merchants call him Happy Chinaman… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 22, 2021

How should we be able to forget those ancient myths that are at the beginning of all peoples, the myths about dragons that at the… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 21, 2021

How long the night to the watchman,How long the road to the weary traveler,How long the wandering of many livesTo the fool who misses the… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 20, 2021

Dialog: The Key to Peace I have been engaged in peace work for more than thirty years; combatting poverty, ignorance, and disease; going to sea… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 19, 2021

In beginning a genuine spiritual journey, we have to stay much closer to home, to focus directly on what is right here in front of… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 18, 2021

The Illusory Self The word “I” embodies the greatest error and the deepest truth, depending on how it is used. In conventional usage, it is… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 17, 2021

What is Forest Bathing? The word bathing, when used with the word forest, conjures images of swimming in rivers or lakes that are surrounded by… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 16, 2021

Use the Tao to help your kingdon’t use weapons to rule the landsuch things soon returnwhere armies campbrambles growbest to win then stopdon’t make use… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 15, 2021

How sweetly the lotus growsIn the [mud] of the wayside.Its pure fragrance delights the heart. Follow the awakenedAnd from among the blindThe light of your… Read More »The Daily Dharma – June 14, 2021