Dharma Space

  “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, con...

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...

It's up to us. In the Western world, the term “sentient being” is not your every-day word.  We think in terms of human beings or other ...

Buddhism has been around so long that it is hard to recall the locus—the seed from which it grows. But by recalling the condensed teaching o...

Leaving school behind. Wise choices—Something we all want to make. The trouble is choices are measured after the fact, not before, and ...

Once upon a time in a kingdom far away, there lived a king of great wisdom . Each day the king would hold court and hear the pleas of his p...

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...

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

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

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...

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...