DharmaCrafts' Teachings
Malas and Meditation
A Mala is made up of a specific number of beads. It is used during meditation in conjunction with chanting a mantra. Similar to how Catholics use a Rosary to...
Malas and Meditation
A Mala is made up of a specific number of beads. It is used during meditation in conjunction with chanting a mantra. Similar to how Catholics use a Rosary to...
What Does Friendship Look Like? - Koun Franz
Many years ago, when I first started exploring Buddhism, someone gave me a cassette of a dharma talk in which a teacher was talking about true friends versus true enemies....
What Does Friendship Look Like? - Koun Franz
Many years ago, when I first started exploring Buddhism, someone gave me a cassette of a dharma talk in which a teacher was talking about true friends versus true enemies....
Progressive Relaxation Meditation
Shift your focus from the world around you to the world inside with this guided progressive relaxation meditation. It will help calm you and induce a deep relaxation that offers...
Progressive Relaxation Meditation
Shift your focus from the world around you to the world inside with this guided progressive relaxation meditation. It will help calm you and induce a deep relaxation that offers...
What are the Limits of Giving? - Koun Franz
In Buddhism, giving is a big deal. It’s one of the six (or ten) paramitas, or perfections; in my own tradition of Soto Zen, it’s one of the four approaches...
What are the Limits of Giving? - Koun Franz
In Buddhism, giving is a big deal. It’s one of the six (or ten) paramitas, or perfections; in my own tradition of Soto Zen, it’s one of the four approaches...
Buddhism and the Serenity Prayer- Koun Franz
Recently I was reminded of the Serenity Prayer and was struck by how Buddhism speaks to it. Here’s the version we hear most often: God, grant me the serenity to...
Buddhism and the Serenity Prayer- Koun Franz
Recently I was reminded of the Serenity Prayer and was struck by how Buddhism speaks to it. Here’s the version we hear most often: God, grant me the serenity to...
The Buddha's Father - Koun Franz
It’s said that soon after the birth of Siddhartha (the Buddha-to-be), a local seer, Asita, came down from his hermitage in the mountains to check the baby boy’s body for...
The Buddha's Father - Koun Franz
It’s said that soon after the birth of Siddhartha (the Buddha-to-be), a local seer, Asita, came down from his hermitage in the mountains to check the baby boy’s body for...