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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

Continuing from A New Earth . . . When you don’t cover us the world with words and labels, a sense of the miraculous returns… Read More »The Daily Dharma – April 29, 2021

Continuing from A New Earth . . . Underneath the surface appearance, everything is not only connected with everything else, but also with the Source… Read More »The Daily Dharma – April 28, 2021

Words, no matter whether they are vocalized and made into sounds or remain unspoken as thoughts, can cast an almost hypnotic spell upon you. You… Read More »The Daily Dharma – April 27, 2021