Dharma Space

To a person of Zen, words are a mixed blessing. They can lead you astray or open your mind to the music of the muses. One of the greates...

It’s an education to watch young children learning the social skill of sharing (or not). It’s an unnatural skill. The ordinary way is to no...

Previously, I published a book, The Non-Identity Crisis—The crisis that endangers our worl d. The topic of the book concerns a common mis...

I’ve written about this issue before, but our divided response to the current political race for  a new POTUS deserves review. This is a te...

The fusion of two worlds Sixteenth-century Spanish mystic Saint John of the Cross wrote a poem that narrates the journey of th...

“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...

Symbol of enlightened purity. Unfortunately, most in the West have not been introduced to the depth and breadth of Eastern wisdom. It is mo...

The secret of happiness. Rich man, Poor man, Beggarman, Thief, Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief—The limerick, reflecting a child’s wonderin...

Everyone suffers, nobody wants to, and the vast majority of The truth about suffering and change. humanity wonders “why.” The short, answer...

If it isn’t patently clear by now, “my way” is the highway to somebody else, who considers “our way” the flip side of “their way.” Wouldn’...

Allegedly we are a nation based on fixed principles articulated in The Constitution and reinforced by moral beliefs (mostly Christian). With...