Dharma Space

If you can, grasp that everything we perceive and process—whether internal or external-results from elusive images projected in our brain. Y...

In the Diamond Sutra ,  the Buddha said his Dharma is no Dharma thus it is called the Dharma. The first time I read this Sutra I thought t...

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” Not many books on Zen have achieved the notoriety...

Seeing you seeing me. The President’s daughter Ivanka Trump says, “Perception is more important than reality.”  Obviously, a distincti...

The driving force that has compelled all cultures, at all times, is the desire for freedom. How are we to understand this desire that def...

Many years ago, my teacher said that the process of awakening was like a hand that begins with a fist of fear and over time, through persi...

“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...

Who ’s that in there? I began posting to Dharma Space 10+ years ago, recognizing the task before me was an impossible one: Trying to con...

Our castle in the sky. Consider the metaphor of a house floating in space. This house represents our perception of reality and our unde...

Covered with the slim of injustice There appears to be a contradictory challenge in many spiritual pursuits. Picking and choosing often...

My way or the highway? The boundary line between sleep and wakefulness is anything but clear. Ordinarily, we think we know the differe...

Forwards or backward? Two related issues: Vision and execution. One assumes vision comes first with execution following. There is, howe...

Have you ever found yourself so engrossed in a movie that your emotions reacted to pure fantasy? On one level you know what you are seeing...

“Lies, damned lies, and statistics.” —Mark Twain In prior times deception was the exception (or so it seemed). Now it appears to have b...