Category: Dharma in Daily Life
Relaxing with Suffering
"I'm certain that compassion is the only possible response to pain, yet I still sometimes become resentful when I or someone else is suffering."
Kobun Chino’s Trailer
Reginald Ray writes a remembrance of Zen master and famed calligrapher Kobun Chino Roshi, who died tragically with his young daughter in July, 2002.
Ask The Teachers: “After twenty years, I’m wondering: ‘What’s the point?'”
I've been a Buddhist for more than twenty years and I've done a lot of meditation practice. More and more I find myself asking "What's the point?"
The Red Coat and the Teaching of Impermanence
“In that moment, I discovered a love for her that had nothing to do with my own preconceptions.”
Where Business Looks for Answers
As our world grows more chaotic and unpredictable, says Margaret Wheatley, we're asking questions that can only be answered by spiritual traditions.
The Buddha’s Bravery
According to Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, to have the definite intention to emerge from samsara is an act of warriorship, a way of dealing with our fear of death.
It’s Time to Listen
Margaret Wheatley discusses how to heal in the months following the tragedy of September 11, 2001.
Don’t Be So Sure
In a changing world, certainty doesn't give us stability; it just creates more chaos. "Now is the time for far less certainty and far more curiousity."
Appreciate Your Life
The pitfall is always within yourself. This very body and mind is the Way. You are complete to begin with. There is no gap, but you think there is.