Dharma Space

The recent debacle in Washington brings into sharp focus a fundamental flaw in our way of thinking and thus how we wrestle with problem-solv...

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...

Ignorance based fear. A while ago I came across a greeting card, intended as encouragement, that said, “Don’t let reality get in the...

The distortions we imagine. There is a Japanese saying: “We have three faces: The first face, we show to the world. The second face, w...

“I feel good.” “I feel bad”—What exactly do those expressions mean? What is the mechanism of feeling anything, good or bad? There must ...

In your mind ’ s eye picture yourself on a boat floating down a river. Some parts of the river are tranquil pools and some parts are roar...

Often, I’ve found myself faced with seemingly insurmountable challenges and felt as if I needed to swallow the entire ocean in a singl...

Image via Wikipedia In his commentary on the Sutra of Complete Enlightenment , Ch’an Master Sheng-yen said what might seem like a startlin...