Your weekly Dharma from The Essential Dogen. Dogen reminds us never to forget our Buddhist history and the efforts of prior Buddhas. Unlike most of the population we learn from the dharma of the past. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #Dogen #dharma #dharma

✨ Live for the welfare of others ✨ 🪷 Compassionate wisdom from His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama 🪷 🔗 youtube.com/shorts/oXZhE... #Buddhism #Buddha #Dharma #Vajrayana #TibetanBuddhism #DalaiLama #Bodhicitta #Compassion #Mindfulness #Meditation #Awakening #Spirituality

Your weekly Dharma from The Essential Dogen. Prajna means transcendental wisdom, translated as wisdom beyond wisdom. An essential Mahayana Buddhist teaching it is the experience of emptiness or interconnectedness of all things. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #Dogen #dharma #prajna

🪷 Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche 🪷 🔗 Go deeper: buddhistdoor.net #Buddhism #Buddha #Dharma #Vajrayana #TibetanBuddhism #Impermanence #Mindfulness #Meditation #Awakening #Spirituality

Your weekly Dharma from The Essential Dogen. This may seem contrary to what is often said, that all sentient beings have Buddha nature, but note the word "embodied" that Dogen uses. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #Dogen #dharma #buddhanature

🪷 Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Ryokan Taigu (1758–1831) 🪷 🔗 Go deeper: buddhistdoor.net #Buddhism #Buddha #Dharma #Mahayana #Zen #BuddhistPractice #SotoZen #Poem #Poetry #Poet #Mindfulness #Meditation #Awakening #Spirituality

Your weekly Dharma from The Essential Dogen. Dogen believed that there was a circle of aspiration, practice, enlightenment, and nirvana. Becoming enlightened did not negate the need to practice. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #Dogen #dharma #enlightenment

Your weekly Dharma from The Essential Dogen. This is an interesting quote from the chapter on enlightenment. Is there a state of being beyond enlightenment? #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #Dogen #dharma #enlightenment

Your weekly Dharma from The Essential Dogen. Dogen speaks of attaining the way based on aspiration. It's about the journey, not how long it takes. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #Dogen #dharma #sutra

🪷 Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Rupert Spira 🪷 🔗 Go deeper: buddhistdoor.net #Philosophy #NonDuality #Awareness #Presence #RupertSpira #Inquiry #Mindfulness #Meditation #Awakening #Spirituality

Your weekly Dharma from The Essential Dogen. In Zen Buddhism, the practice of zazen (meditation) is the primary activity for revealing and cultivating Buddha Nature, which is something we all possess. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #Dogen #dharma #buddhanature

Your weekly Dharma from The Essential Dogen. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #Dogen #dharma #sutra

Your weekly Dharma from The Essential Dogen. Dogen is expounding on how a master can authentically transmit the dharma to their students. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #Dogen #dharma #sutra

Your weekly Dharma from The Essential Dogen. The sutras and especially those expounded by the Buddha are meant to inspire greater effort, and, teamed with a good teacher, can lead to enlightenment. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #Dogen #dharma #sutra

Your weekly Dharma from The Essential Dogen. What Dogen is saying is not contradicting himself. He is saying sutras can point the way to the correct practice, which in turn can bring realization, but studying sutras alone does not. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #Dogen #dharma #sutra

Your weekly Dharma from The Essential Dogen. Dogen is telling the story where Huike came to see Bodhidharma seeking to be a student, and this is what Bodhidharma said to him. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #Dogen #dharma #bodhidharma

Nineteen Buddhist monks, led by Bhikkhu Pannakara, are on a 2,300-mile "Walk for Peace" from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., since October 26, 2025, to promote unity, compassion, and healing amid societal division

Your weekly Dharma from the book "Food For The Heart". One of my favorite books on Buddhism is based on the lectures of Ajahn Chah. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #dharma #ajhanchah

Your weekly Dharma from the book "In the Buddha's Words". This book is an anthology of discourses from the Pali Canon edited and translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #Dogen #dharma #palicanon

Your weekly Dharma from The Essential Dogen. I am reading a book called The Essential Dogen. Dogen often equates zazen (seated meditation) with enlightenment. To Dogen, zazen and enlightenment cannot be separated. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #Dogen #dharma

Your weekly Dharma from the Dhammapada. Let go of your anger and craving, focus on your practice, be virtuous, and practice self-control, and you too will be called brahmin. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #dhammapada #dharma #discover

Weekly Dharma from the Dhammapada. In Buddhism, fetters are mental chains or bonds that tie a person to the cycle of suffering and rebirth. Examples: belief in a self (ego), doubt or uncertainty, sensual desire, and ill will. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #dhammapada #dharma #discover

Your weekly Dharma from the Dhammapada. Bhikkhu refers to an ordained 'Buddhist monk' who lives by specific moral precepts and the teachings of Buddha. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #dhammapada #dharma #discover

✨ The spiritual path begins with one decisive step ✨ 🪷 Guiding wisdom from H.H. the Sixth Yongzin Ling Rinpoche (1903–1983) 🪷 🔗 youtube.com/shorts/7xHAo... #Buddhism #Buddha #Dharma #Vajrayana #TibetanBuddhism #Tibet #Buddhist #Compassion #Mindfulness #Meditation #Wisdom #Awakening #Spirituality

Your weekly Dharma from the Dhammapada. The Buddha's dharma exists all around you, waiting for you to immerse yourself in it so that you can put an end to suffering. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #dhammapada #dharma #discover

My blog post on the Householder's Challenge of achieving enlightenment. josephsacco.com/2025/10/21/c... #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #thestoicbuddhist #nibbana #nirvana

My book review of Island by Aldous Huxley. The antithesis of Brave New World. Aldous Huxley's last novel and maybe his best. inspirationalbookreviews.com/2025/10/02/i... #booksky #bookreview #booklover #aldoushuxley

Book review of Food For The Heart by Ajahn Chah. One of my favorite books on Buddhism. I've read or listened to this book about a dozen times. inspirationalbookreviews.com/2025/06/26/f... #booksky #bookreview #booklover #Buddhism.

Your weekly Dharma from the Dhammapada. Craving begets more craving, and it becomes an endless cycle. Knowing this can help you resist your urges and at least provide some awareness that can lead to mindfulness. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #dhammapada #dharma

Your weekly Dharma from the Dhammapada. Realizing that nearly everything is impermanent helps you to reconsider clinging to all these things, and maybe you can stop suffering. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #dhammapada

Your weekly Dharma from the Dhammapada. Aging will not make you an elder; only as the impurities of this world are purged do you become an elder. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #dhammapada

Your weekly Dharma. Another gem from the Dhammapada. Make the effort, live a virtuous life based on the Dhamma, and the fruits of your effort will be tenfold. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #dhammapada

Your weekly Dharma. Yet another gem from the Dhammapada. It's not just about finding time to practice; it is more important to have a willingness to change. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #dhammapada

Your weekly Dharma. Yet another gem from the Dhammapada. Have a wonderful weekend, may you find peace, be mindful, and compassionate. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #dhammapada

Your weekly Dharma. Another gem from the Dhammapada. Have a wonderful weekend, may you find peace, be mindful, and give to those less fortunate. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #dhammapada

Your weekly Dharma dose. As you may have guessed, I've been reading the Dhammapada, well, you know what that means (more verses). #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #dhammapada

The Dhammapada is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form. The text is part of the Khuddaka Nikaya of the Sutta Pitaka, although over half of the verses exist in other parts of the Pali Canon. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #dhammapada

The Dhammapada is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #dhammapada

Sometimes the Dharma may come from one of the true legends of Yoga. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen #yoga #bksiyengar

Your weekly Dharma post. Have a mindful weekend. 🙏 Jon Kabat-Zinn was a student of Buddhist teachers such as Thich Nhat Hanh and Zen Master Seung Sahn and a founding member of the Cambridge Zen Center. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen

Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Master Yin Guang (1862–1940) 🔗 Explore more at BDG: www.buddhistdoor.net #Buddhism #Buddha #Amitabha #Bodhisattva #PureLand #Mahayana #China #ChineseBuddhism #Compassion #Mindfulness #Meditation #Liberation #Wisdom #Awakening #Spirituality

Weekly Dharma is coming to you on time this Friday. Makes me think about how I often make some judgment regarding something I see. Unfortunately, the judgment is based on lots of assumptions and at times can be quite negative. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist #zen

Being a big fan of Thich Nhat Hanh I wanted to share this. Found it early this morning and decided to make it my background on my computer. Thich Nhat Hanh spent his life spreading the dharma in so many ways. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddhist #zen #buddha

Zen Mind, Beginners Mind is one of my favorite books on Buddhism. The Audible recording is excellent, fantastic narration. Let me know what you think the quote means that we must forget ourselves in our effort to practice? #buddha #Buddhism #Zen #buddhism #philosophy

My weekly dharma quote. This quote was initially posted on BlueSky from Buddhistdoor Global (BDG) ‪@buddhistdoor.bsky.social‬. I liked it so much I had to post it again as my weekly contribution. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #buddhist

I'm going to be checking out this book. Available free on Amazon for Kindle users. Also available on paperback.

My Weekly Dharma post, actually on time this week. By metaphysical the Buddha meant abstract philosophical studies : a study of what is outside objective experience. #Buddhism #buddhism #ZenBuddhism #Buddha

Sorry, I'm a bit late with my Weekly Dharma post. It's been a busy weekend. #Buddhism #buddhism #buddha #zen #dharma #buddhist

Wonderful quote addressing the need to embrace your Buddha nature and the abandonment of a false self. ❤️