The Daily Dharma

What is kindfulness? We explore why mindfulness is not enough and why we need to mix in kindness to create kindfulness.

Being mindful of what influences us is an important part of our spiritual journey. All of us are influenced by what we see, hear and interact with. As a result, we can use influences as well as positive habits as a tool to help us move in the right direction.

In this episode, we talk about how every emotion has a physical counterpart, and how this knowledge can help us counteract and treat our anxiety with compassion.

In this episode, we talk about how we can stay open to the unexpected joys in our lives and also compliment ourselves better.

Positivity is not a bad thing. But positivity no matter what can turn toxic.

In today's episode, we talk about how to forgive ourselves in order to achieve true growth.

Hoping everyone is having a safe and warm new year. In this episode, we talk about how our survival instinct can sometimes slow down our spiritual journey.

In this episode, we talk about a great story on how to deal with situations where there's nowhere to run and no solution in sight. 

In this episode, we talk about a passage in the Devadaha Sutta, which talks about how we create our reality through a mixture of both karma and our present actions. As a result, we are fully able to break the cycles that perpetually arise in our lives with this understanding in mind.

For today's episode, we'll visit a wonderful story from Ajahn Brahm, entitled "The Origin of Stress".

In this episode, we talk about what Buddhist philosophy considers the most valuable thing in our lives and why.

There is a lot of hate out there in the world. It's easy to lose ourselves in it. In this episode, we talk about how to re-focus ourselves on what matters and continue growing spiritually, despite living in a complicated and conflict-ridden world. 

In this episode, I talk about a fun little story about a person who's nearing their end of life and what happened when they asked their four best friends to come with them. It's a creative reminder to re-examine our priorities in life and make sure we're focusing on what matters.

Pain is an intensely personal spiritual experience.

There's so much to be fearful of, according to the world around us. How do we face this fear and find safety? Listen to learn more.

Getting stressed is normal and part of your spiritual journey - listen in to discover why.

Better than a thousand words that don't bring peace, is one word that does. We discuss how to apply this framework to every day life and the importance of reminding ourselves that at the end of the day, self-peace is the goal. 

Wisdom is often referred to something we have. However, Buddhist philosophy argues otherwise - rather, that wisdom is a practice that you actively engage in every day. Follow us on Instagram @the.daily.dharma for cool new quotes!

Why is the temporary nature of life so terrifying? In this episode, I take a real-time example of a time I became incredibly bitter and unhappy and how I applied Buddhist philosophy to find my way to peace.

When another person reacts poorly, I always tend to take responsibility for it. In this episode, we discuss why we shouldn't own and be attached to the emotions of others and what we should do instead.

In this week's episode, we talk about the difficulty of dealing with the pain and suffering of those we love and how Buddhist philosophy teaches us to approach this. To get some cool Buddhist quotes in your Instagram feed, please follow us @the.daily.dharma! 

The Buddhist practice of compassion begins with recognizing your own personhood and being compassionate to yourself. Here's why it's difficult and how to move towards it, step by step.

Today's episode centers on the true nature of failure and a neat little story from Ajahn Brahm about a little boy who couldn't memorize. Follow us on Instagram @the.daily.dharma for Buddhist quotes!

In this week's episode, we talk about going through extremes and why it's part of your spiritual journey. 

In this episode, we talk about the nature of life - impermanence and what our own sense of suffering has to do with it.