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...

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

Is having the same as being? It has now been sixty-three years since I sat in my high school algebra class. I remember very little of that...

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...

Moving mountains. The Buddha said we all suffer because we attach ourselves to ephemeral things: here today, gone tomorrow. Attachment to in...

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...

That is THE question. “If you aren't willing to own a stock for ten years, don't even think about owning it for ten minutes.”—W...

According to Wikipedia,  The Little Red Hen is an old folk tale, most likely of Russian origin, that was used during the 1880s as a story...

The depths of consciousness The Buddhist concept of 9 levels of consciousness provides a great template for a life of  transformative chang...

Someone close to me asked this question, and to give a proper answer, I found it necessary to first define some terms.  Suffering is a men...

Ego, by Hsiao-Yen Jones Bias; vested interests; preconceived ideas; discrimination: All forms of distortion that shape our view of the...