Dharma Space

The distant place that lies within. The expression, “Home is where the heart is,” suggests that our home is in union with another. The pro...

I love history. Knowing where we came from and how we got here is important. “Real” history—not the fairy-tale version we seem to prefer—tea...

Transforming our culture Nothing is ever lost. Instead, all matter transforms in the readiness of time. This is true for everything, an...

With no loss, there is no love. Fewer things in mortal life hurt as much as the grief that comes from losing a loved one. To pontificate abo...

  “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, con...

Two sides: Winning and losing. Many years ago, my Zen teacher told me: “Once you open your eyes, without bias, you’ll be amazed how many les...

Life, death, and fear. Nowadays, there is not only a spike in the incidence of COIVD  infections ( and resulting mortal death ), but there i...

It's up to us. In the Western world, the term “sentient being” is not your every-day word.  We think in terms of human beings or other ...

As often occurs, I discover relevance between previous posts and current affairs. This is such a case, and accordingly, I’m reposting it now...

Mine; Not yours. “To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by...

Our times and circumstances have changed much in the 13 years since I first wrote, published and posted, this to my blog ( as written and qu...

Buddhism has been around so long that it is hard to recall the locus—the seed from which it grows. But by recalling the condensed teaching o...

I first wrote this post in November of 2012 (roughly 8 years ago), and the world has changed for the worst since then. The chapter of hist...