dharma bites

Dharma Bites

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Dharma Bites 〰️

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January to April 2026

Why Boredom is Crucial to Our Awakening

January 29, 2026

The Cyclone of Anger and Self-Loathing

January 22, 2026

How to Practice: Chod Edition

January 8, 2026

Ashoka and Tolstoy Shake Hands Across Time

Two Accumulations

February 23, 2026

Swimming with Dugongs

February 12, 2026

Fear is a Frog!

Anger, Pain and Liberation

January through December, 2025

Anger: Don’t put it on your alter

Joy: What the poets know

Compassion is our natural home: it’s time to live with a heart on fire

February 25, 2025

the Dignity of Witness: on seeing the full tapestry

February 10, 2025

To return the heart to itself: on metta

January 22, 2025

On Being: the intense drama of abiding in this human body

Transcendent Generosity: giving beyond samsara

How to: bodhicitta

How to Practice: General Edition

December 16, 2025

What is the Vajrayana?

December 2, 2025

On Opening a Temple

November 13, 2025

August through December, 2024

The List: a Buddhist reality check

September 16, 2024

What Are We Doing Here? taking stock of this spirit map

December 18, 2024

Pure Awareness: a reason to make friends with your mind

December 9, 2024

Spaciousness: sometimes it’s that simple

November 4, 2024

Sky beyond words: on Emptiness and the Heart Sutra

October 21, 2024

Big Self: living from the big heart of Buddhism

October 6, 2024

Girls Who Don’t Listen: spiritual lessons from Yeshé Tsogyal’s early life

October 1, 2024

Living in the Uh-Oh: thoughts on optimizing and resilience

September 23, 2024

Hello Sacred Life: on pilgrimage and sacred outlook

September 8, 2024

Don’t Get Stuck: a secret mantra from my ordination

August 30, 2024