Dharma Space

Two sides: Winning and losing. Many years ago, my Zen teacher told me: “Once you open your eyes, without bias, you’ll be amazed how many les...

Our times and circumstances have changed much in the 13 years since I first wrote, published and posted, this to my blog ( as written and qu...

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...

Some years ago, my teacher painted calligraphy for me that said, “A single drop of rain waters 10,000 pines.” While not literally true...

There's a hole in our bucket I taught our daughter economics, at an early age. And my teaching device was an old bucket. I punched ...

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...

Fate vs. Karma I’m somewhat of a hybrid anomaly. I never consciously intended to become spiritual, yet it happened anyway. Nor did I ever pl...

Everyone has days when they think to themself, “This really sucks. How did I get myself into this mess?” For no apparent reason, life just...

Wheel of The Dharma Yesterday we looked at the causal links that produce bad karma . Today we’ll look at the other side—the wheel of Dh...

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