Dharma Space

What traps us? The Buddha taught us that we trap ourselves because of deluded thinking. We misunderstand our true nature and thus imagine...

“Dogma” is the thorn in our collective side. It is always heated, exuberant, and close-minded. The message of dogma is one of self-righteou...

Choosing the middle doorway. “The Middle Way” is a hallmark of Buddhist thought yet the term is often short-changed or converted into a so...

Seeing through the fog of delusion. “Look straight ahead. What’s there? If you see it as it is, you will never err.” These were the wor...

The Spirit arises This is going to be a risky post since adherents to different faiths get disturbed by connecting dots of similarity. ...

The useful center. A tiny seed, when planted in good soil, given proper nutrients, sunshine, and protected from adverse cond...

The realm of reality. Many, if not most, of the problems we encounter as humans are due to what we either don’t know or refuse to know....

Seeing only clouds of delusion. Zen Master Huang Po (Huángbò Xīyùn) was one of the most important and revered teachers of all time. Am...

The past is dead, the future is yet to come. I know I made a formal, online pledge to begin speaking my own words and begin to cease ...