Dharma Stream

At every moment, you can make your vow anew, because after two days you forget it. The vow you make is at your source. We are now returning; you do not know what you are like. We live without knowing what we originally were, and so we suffer terribly. We are wandering, lost in time … Read more

So you have not rested. True rest means that the mind rests while the body is busy. Your body has become still, but your mind keeps struggling even more intensely. On the contrary, when you are doing things, your mind does not struggle; you are more concentrated. The moment you sit down on that cushion—nothing … Read more

Think about what you most want to do today, yesterday, or over these past couple of days. What is it that you cannot stop thinking about? Then you know why your practice is not succeeding. You know where the obstacle is—it lies in what your body and mind desire! Then you know why we have … Read more

All appearances have fallen away. All appearances are still there, but they have nothing to do with you. That appearance is no longer an attachment. You no longer make distinctions over whether it is real or illusory—not even this distinction—and you have returned to Buddha-nature. Ultimately, your Cognition of this world and of everything has … Read more

The first is to gather energy and keep it within. But you should learn more Dharma doors and see where to use these tools. A Dharma door is a tool: if you are very agitated today, use it to settle your agitation; if you lack concentration today, use it to restore your concentration; if you … Read more

This is how it is in terms of reality. For example, you want a sports car, but you do not have one, so you really want it; a desire arises within you: “I really want that sports car.” But what is it from the standpoint of truth—of reality? In the ultimate truth of the universe, … Read more

After reading the Lotus Sutra, you know: you can do nothing but become a Buddha. Because you are nothing else; your essence is the Tathāgata’s original Buddha-nature, perfect Buddha-nature. Everything we do as human beings, everything in samsara through the Six Paths of Rebirth—in fact, everything—the Lotus Sutra says that you can do nothing but … Read more

Opening: A Single Phrase of the Lotus Sutra, and You Can Become a Buddha The Buddha said that if you hear even one line or verse of the Lotus Sutra, you can all realize Buddhahood — you will all receive the prediction, and you will definitely realize Buddhahood. Because you are Buddhas already, in the … Read more