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“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...

  Inside, outside; neither can exist apart from the other. The outside is what most people are concerned with, giving little concern, if any...

Everyone desires certainty, but it doesn’t come about; the ground beneath our feet is different from what it was yesterday, and consequent...

Flattening the curve. A dear friend, from my time as a Mad Man on Madison Avenue , sent me the image to the right. I responded by saying, “T...

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...

I am a subscriber to an email newsletter from Windmill , the header of which says: “You do not need to be ashamed of being imperfect. We w...

Do you have any idea who you are? Begin with this simple understanding: An idea is a mental image, otherwise known as a thought. Whe...

You are not made good by your beliefs. You are good already. When you realize your inherent goodness there is no longer a need to believe....

One of the most profound stories concerning Bodhidharma , the figure who is credited as the originator of Zen, occurred in China during t...

I recently came across a statement that suggested that a precursor to moving beyond our egos was to first have a good or healthy one. There ...

The temptation Confusions about the nature of God are always lurking in the background and complicating clarity. So I want to offer alt...