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“If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise…”
Rudyard Kipling, If—

Memento mori. It is well to remember that we’re all born dying; it’s nothing to fear. If we must go wobbly about something, it should be about the challenge of living right here, right now. Best tidy up day by day, so we don’t waste the time we have left.

Stay tuned. We'll be doing something with shorts--but what do we know?

If the spirit moves you, please like and subscribe. “Daily Dhamma: A letter to our children” is available on Amazon in both book and Kindle formats. We’d be grateful if you picked up a copy. Below is a table of contents for the book, and a description of the playlists.

Table of Contents:

Humility
January: Humility
February: Right View
March: Right Intention

Sincerity
April: Sincerity
May: Right Speech
June: Right Action

Effort
July: Effort
August: Right Livelihood
September: Right Effort

Gratitude
October: Gratitude
November: Right Mindfulness
December: Right Concentration

Glossary

Sources

We have created eleven playlists to make the site more accessible:
1) 1st Quarter (finished): Narration and commentary on the book of the same name, which is available on Amazon in book and Kindle forms. This is the First Quarter only, the overall theme of which is HUMILITY. January: Humility; February: Right View (or Understanding); March: Right Intention. Right View and Right Intention comprise the Wisdom (panna) stream of the Eightfold Path.
2) 2nd Quarter(finished): This is Second Quarter only, the overall theme of which is SINCERITY. April: Sincerity; May: Right Speech; June: Right Action. Right Speech and Right Action are part of the Ethical Conduct (sila) stream of the Eightfold Path.
3) 3rd Quarter (finished): This is Third Quarter only, the overall theme of which is EFFORT. July: Effort (learning). August: Right Livelihood (teaching). September: Right Effort (meditation practice). Right Livelihood is from the Ethical Conduct (sila) stream of the Eightfold Path. Right Effort is from the Mental Discipline (samadhi) stream.

All other playlists are works in progress and will be updated as new readings are released:

4) 4th Quarter: This is Fourth Quarter only, the overall theme of which is GRATITUDE. October: Gratitude. November: Right Mindfulness. December: Right Concentration. Right Effort (September), Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration comprise the Mental Discipline (samadhi) stream within the Eightfold Path. They’re in order of appearance, and will be updated as we continue.
5) Meditation: The primary practice of daily Dhamma is meditation or anapanasati (mindfulness of breathing). These are in order of appearance, and will be updated as we continue. Other readings touch on anapanasati, but these are in greater depth. They’re in order of appearance, and will be updated as we continue.
6) Buddhism 101: This includes readings about Buddhism, but omits readings on meditation, which are in a separate playlist. They’re in order of appearance, and will be updated as we continue.
7) Eastern Skies: This includes readings from Eastern sources such as the Bhagavad Gita, Taoism, Confucius, and Japan. It omits Buddhist teachings and commentary, which are covered in greater depth in separate playlists. They’re in order of appearance, and will be updated as we continue.
8) Western Skies: This includes readings from Western sources including the Holy Bible, Thomas Sowell, Eric Hoffer, Viktor Frankl, William Shakespeare, and the Stoics.
9) Deadly Sins, Precepts, and their Opposites: This includes readings from the Seven Deadly Sins and the Five Precepts for the Buddhist laity, as well as commentary on their opposites. In addition, we include our version of the Scout Law and other steps one may take to have a successful practice.
10) Mrs. Dhamma's Kitchen: Mrs. Dhamma provided the framework for this book. Around 2012, we wrote letters to our youngest sons as they were leaving home. Mrs. Dhamma told them that to have a good life they need Humility, Sincerity, Effort, and Gratitude. These are the four main themes we develop in this extended letter to the people we love the most. Between these cardinal points we have inserted the parts of the Eightfold Path. These are among the best ideas bequeathed to us all. What we’ve learned is that we’re as happy as we want to be, our attitude is entirely up to us, and we are not the boss. Chances are, the same goes for you.
11) Dhammabum's Occidental Tourism: Dhammabum is an Occidental tourist, whose views have been shaped by lengthy exposure to the East. These are some of the side effects.