Dharma Space

What does life look like when you awaken? It looks exactly the same, but in another way, everything has changed, only it hasn’t. I suppose t...

Some say we come into this world as a blank slate, upon which is A high cost to pay.  written the moment-by-moment experiences of mortal lif...

In the commentary on The Diamond Sutra , Huineng said, “A bodhisattva doesn’t practice charity for his own happiness but to break through...

The Ancient Greek aphorism to “know thyself” is familiar even today. Most people throughout time and place believe they know themselves a...

The sky of mind If you’ve been reading my blog, more than likely you’ve come to realize that I’m an outlier. I don’t fit the ordinary c...

“Is that all there is? Is that all there is?   If that’s all there is my friends, then let’s keep dancing.  Let’s break out the booze and...

There has probably never been a human who didn’t wonder about their own identity and how they fit into the world.  This matter is what drov...

What you’re about the read now is the result of having lived through extreme adversity, finding victory, and then looking back to find a r...

As Buddhism becomes known in the West, an unfortunate development has occurred due to our preoccupation with science. Objectivity is the c...

From time to time, I’ve written about “ ego death ” or “allowing the self to die.”  In Jungian psychology, ego death is synonymous with psyc...

Many have wondered how to classify Buddhism since it is not preeminently concerned with a God concept (as normally understood by westerner...

When we set off on a journey we want to know from where we’re starting, where we are going, and how to get to our destination. This line ...