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A Cup of Tea Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868 – 1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.… Read More »The Daily Dharma – April 26, 2021

Understand that the body Is merely the foam of a wave, The shadow of a shadow. Snap the flower arrows of desire And then, unseen,… Read More »The Daily Dharma – April 25, 2021

Continuing from Living Buddha, Living Christ . . . Life is so precious, yet in our daily lives we are usually carried away by our… Read More »The Daily Dharma – April 24, 2021

Continuing from Living Buddha, Living Christ . . . To practice nonviolence, first of all we must learn to deal peacefully with ourselves. In us,… Read More »The Daily Dharma – April 23, 2021

Continuing from Living Buddha, Living Christ . . . The First Precept is born from the awareness that lives everywhere are being destroyed. We see… Read More »The Daily Dharma – April 22, 2021

Precepts in Buddhism and commandments in Judaism and Christianity are important jewels that we need to study and practice. They provide guidelines that can help… Read More »The Daily Dharma – April 21, 2021

When the Tao prevails courier horses manure fields instead of roads when the Tao fails war-horses are raised on the border no crime is worse… Read More »The Daily Dharma – April 20, 2021

The realm of consciousness is much vaster than thought can grasp. When you no longer believe everything you think, you step out of thought and… Read More »The Daily Dharma – April 19, 2021

Continuing from The Untethered Soul . . . “Consciousness” is the highest word you will utter. There is nothing higher or deeper than consciousness. Consciousness… Read More »The Daily Dharma – April 18, 2021

Continuing from The Untethered Soul . . . It starts to become a serious question: “Who am I? Who is having all of these physical,… Read More »The Daily Dharma – April 17, 2021