# A Drop of Dharma
> Explore 15 years of transcribed teachings from a martial arts meditation master. Zen, Buddhist, Daoist & Martial Arts Wisdom—shared one drop at a time.
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- [About "The Truth of Life"](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/about-2.md)
- [About this site](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/about.md) - The Secret Truth of Life is an independent publication launched in June 2025 by Tim Fairweather. If you subscribe today, you'll get full access to the website as well as email newsletters about new content when it's available. Your subscription makes this site possible, and allows The Secret Truth…
- [Amitabha Buddha Statue](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/amitabha-buddha-statue.md)
- [Body](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/body.md) - This blog is divided into sections (Mind, Body, Spirits, and Philosophy) purely for convenience; in reality, every subject is connected to every other subject and can only be understood as part of the whole. “Body” primarily relates to your physical existence as explained by Buddhist philosophy. Ph…
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- [Mind](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/mind.md) - This blog is divided into sections (Mind, Body, Spirits, and Philosophy) purely for convenience; in reality, every subject is connected to every other subject and can only be understood as part of the whole. “Mind” primarily relates to the thoughts, feelings, and sensations you experience as explai…
- [Philosophy](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/philosophy.md) - This blog is divided into sections (Mind, Body, Spirits, and Philosophy) purely for convenience; in reality, every subject is connected to every other subject and can only be understood as part of the whole. “Philosophy” primarily relates to the history, lessons, and concepts of Buddhism. Karma * K…
- [Spirits](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/spirits.md) - This blog is divided into sections (Mind, Body, Spirits, and Philosophy) purely for convenience; in reality, every subject is connected to every other subject and can only be understood as part of the whole. “Spirits” primarily relates to the way you interact with Buddhist philosophy to increase yo…
- [Stretching](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/sretching.md)
- [Chi Gong](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/training.md) - The Meaning of Chi-Gong Learning Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng – Tai Ji High-level Chi Gong Practice Differences between Eastern and Western Martial Arts CHI GONG Chi means Air and Gong means Power Training. Through the different poses you bring freshly oxygenated blood to different parts of the body, incl…
- [What is Eternity?](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/what-is-eternity.md) - What is Eternity? * * Eternity is the opposite of temporary. For example, only eternal wisdom lasts eternally. * Eternity is not limited to time or space. * Eternity means No beginning, No end – so it never starts. * Eternity is our Desire – our force of wanting – it never stops. * Blindness system…

## Posts
- [Riddle: "Where Does I Come From" and Response](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/riddle-where-does-i-come-from-and-response.md) - Where Does I Come From? A short koan on the self that thinks — and the true self that watches it think. “ I “ can not come from I. “ I “ can not come from other ! “ No I “ who is thinking? “ True I “ where does it come from ? Take Away All Intentions Drop every intention, and see what was already t…
- [Diamond Sutra Summary](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/temp-slug-879.md) - Diamond Sutra Summary 1. "All appearances are just an illusion. If you see through the truth beyond all appearances, you will see the essence of Buddha." 「凡所有相，皆是虛妄。若見諸相非相，即見如來。」 2. "All great Bodhisattvas should develop pure awakened hearts by not persisting in any form, sound, smell, taste, touch…
- [True Heart Into Amitabha Buddha](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/true-heart-into-amitabha-buddha.md) - On the three fake "I"s that hide the True Heart, and the eternal, unlimited, pure essence beneath them. Illusion I 1. Physical I — 4 element body is our first fake I 2. Feeling I 3. Thinking I The above can also be called — Illusion I, causation I, temporary I, desire I, dust I, karma I, reincarnat…
- [The Plans Are Not the Bridge](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/the-plans-are-not-the-bridge.md) - A teaching on true empty wisdom — and why mistaking the map for the territory is, in itself, a kind of hell karma. Bodhisattva see pure gold everywhere, regardless of devil, animal, human or Bodhisattva. See that then you will always remain peaceful, joy meditation ability. Have that when you go to…
- [Empty as Unlimited — One Heart Two Gates](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/empty-as-unlimited-one-heart-two-gates.md) - Emptiness is not nothing — it is unlimited force. Two gates of the same heart: one frees us from illusion, the other creates Pure Land. 1 — Empty can help us see through illusion, free from blindness ego suffering. 2 — Empty is no beginning No end power to help us improve ourselves and develop eter…
- [Diamond Sutra Meditation Method : 金剛經禪定功法](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/diamond-sutra-meditation-method-jin-gang-jing-chan-ding-gong-fa.md) - 1. 妙觀智禪定 Meditation of Wondrous Observing Wisdom * 核心教義 (Core Teaching): 依三法印「諸行無常、諸法無我、涅槃寂靜」 * Based on the Three Marks of Dharma: “All conditioned phenomena are impermanent, all dharmas are without a self, and Nirvana is peace and stillness.” * 實踐觀照 (Practice): 了知「凡所有相，皆是虛妄。若見諸相非相，即見如來。」 * Realiz…
- [Wu Wei — Nature Being](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/wu-wei-nature-being.md) - The ancient Taoist sequence — human, earth, sky, Dao, nature — revealed as the living structure of Tai Chi and the path to becoming Dharma. Human follow earth (aware gravity and bodyweight meridian line from spring point) Earth follow sky (charge center up) Sky follow Dao (when the two work togethe…
- [The Six Practices of No-I Moving Meditation](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/the-six-practices-of-no.md) - Six steps distilled from stillness to no-I moving meditation. 1. Motion control 2. Posture control 3. Hand control 4. Dharma Chat to yourself 5. Heart Dharma 6. No I moving meditation
- [6大禪定功法 — 6 Methods into Meditation](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/6da-chan-ding-gong-fa-6-methods-into-meditation.md) - A complete framework of six methods for entering meditation, bridging Tai Chi and Buddhist traditions. Tai Chi Methods Buddhist Methods 靈動靈光 Spiritual motion Spiritual light 身法體位 Body awareness Meditation posture 手法手印 Hand skills Hand mudra 口訣咒語 Dharma chat Mantras 心法佛法 Dharma heart Buddhism 禪定六神通…
- [Free Like a Dragon](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/free-like-a-dragon.md) - Ego is an illusion built by Causation-I — and the only way past it is 100% awareness of Dharma, discipline, and a generous heart. In Causation everything is ego. So we have to be aware we are in an ego stage. Think you are no ego, then you are ego. Ego only disappears when you are 100% aware of Dha…
- [There's No Death](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/theres-no-death.md) - When "self consciousness" leaves the body, we return to our pure essence with bright light — but only if we let go of the blind habits that create the illusion of death. There's no death, but the moment when our "self consciousness" is out of this physical body, our heart is finally free from the i…
- [Free from Doubt](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/free-from-doubt.md) - The path to Amitabha's Pure Land requires disciplined awareness of Dharma — ordinary human living alone will not carry us there. The only way we can be awakened is to developing our awareness ability towards Dharma with discipline. If we only live for normal human life, we will distrust ourselves t…
- [Normal People Are Incredible Too](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/normal-people-are-incredible-too.md) - A dialogue from the Pure Name Buddha text shows that Dharma makes everyone incredible — not just Buddhas, but every ordinary person too. Part of a conversation in the Pure Name Buddha book between Siddartha and a monk named Da Jiah Ye. "You know Buddha is incredible right?" "Yes, Buddha is incredib…
- [Buddhist Wisdom: 2,500 Years to Reach This Page](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/buddhist-wisdom-2-500-years-to-reach-this-page.md) - The Long Road of the Dharma — Why No Language Can Hold the Complete Truth Twenty-five centuries, six languages, countless hands. By the time the teaching reaches us, the words are tired. Only sharp observing and discipline can reach what they were trying to point at. Beginnings Translators were inc…
- [If There is "No-I," Then Who is in Reincarnation?](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/if-there-is-no-i-then-who-is-in-reincarnation.md) - The paradox of No-I resolved — no one is doing reincarnation, no one achieves eternal birth. The heart blindly dreams, and sincere heart plants the seed. "No-I" Who is doing reincarnation? Who has the eternal birth in the Pure Land? "No-I", no one is doing reincarnation. "No-I", no one has the eter…
- [What is Causation-I? What is Dharma-I?](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/what-is-causation-i-what-is-dharma-i.md) - Understanding the two identities — the illusory Causation-I built from conditions, and the true Dharma-I yet to be revealed. Causation-I * Come from other's conditions to mixed. (Need many causes to make it appear) * All conditions coming from other's conditions, so no any individual condition, jus…
- [Why Life is Illusion](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/why-life-is-illusion.md) - A profound meditation on emptiness and causation — why nothing has an individual self, yet everything can appear. Why life is illusion? I can not come from I I can not come from others No I, who is thinking? Real I, where does it come from? Life is an illusion Illusion is empty All comes from our h…
- [Meditation Technique — Let the True Heart Be Free to Enjoy Every Present](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/meditation-technique-let-the-true-heart-be-free-to-enjoy-every-present.md) - Understanding that Causation-I is the root of worry and fear, and a two-step meditation to free the heart into the present moment. The Root of Worry 1. Causation-I is the cause of worry — no Causation-I, no worry — clean out Causation-I 2. To understand direct empty meditation Causation is not only…
- [Meditation Steps into Amitabha Buddha Pure Land](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/meditation-steps-into-amitabha-buddha-pure-land-2.md) - The path of meditation as a progressive letting go — from space, from body, from knowledge, from the self — until only pure awareness remains, and the Buddha force is realised. The Steps of Letting Go Free from space. Free from body. Free from all the knowledge. Free from I consciousness. Observing…
- [Hidden Consciousness Becomes Awakened Consciousness](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/hidden-consciousness-becomes-awakened-consciousness.md) - The power of consciousness is already eternal — the question is whether it remains blind or awakens to its own unlimited nature. Essence of consciousness is empty. Essence of causation is also empty. Function of Hidden Consciousness Our life is not yet free will. It is a mix of random blind karma b…
- [Three Stages of Heart](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/three-stages-of-heart.md) - Three Stages of Heart The journey from blind reaction to awakened nature — seeing through illusion, returning to the pure observer, and recognising the heart was already Buddhahood all along. Stage 1 — Receive Blind Act / React Blind Causation-I. Stage 2 — Original Wisdom Self Heart observing blind…
- [Heart Sutra - English Translation](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/heart-sutra-english-translation.md) - Heart Sutra Observing-Self-Being Bodhisattva developed deep wisdom to observe and be aware of the truth of life. After that, he became brightly aware that the five developments (Illusion being, receiving, thinking, acting, and awareness) are empty, and he released all suffering and pain. Buddha sai…
- [What Does Aware of Energy Mean? Yi Jin Jing, Bone Marrow Washing, and the Path Beyond Reincarnation](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/what-does-aware-of-energy-mean-yi-jin-jing-bone-marrow-washing-and-the-path-beyond-reincarnation.md) - A complete teaching on the energy cultivation system — from opening the joints and Dan-Tian centres, to developing awareness of Qi in its different forms, to the ultimate purpose: freeing consciousness from blind birth, ageing, illness and death. Yi Jin Jing and Bone Marrow Washing 易筋經 Yi Jin Jin 乾…
- [Today's Awakening](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/todays-awakening.md) - A gentle reminder that while we cannot control what arrives, we can always choose how we meet it — with kindness and wisdom. We can not change today what's coming , but we can change the attitude be kind to ourselves, and make up our mind, to enjoy each present with loving heart and wise Dharma cho…
- [Rising force of dragon](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/rising-force-of-dragon.md) - Friday summery : Entropy increase = Nature force towards mass and destroy, in our blind habits nature and universe. To win this power by : -See through illusion is empty as a test in life -aware of Dharma and discipline become Dharma being Which is rising force of dragon lotus towards pure land
- [Amitabha Buddha System - Training Space](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/amitabha-buddha-system-training-space.md) - How following the Amitabha Buddha system can bring true awakening in this lifetime. A space where you can learn, train and practice Dharma with no suffering. When we hold, we will not even be aware of it, ego has this ability. And no one else will care that you hold or to tell you that you hold. On…
- [🐉 🪷 The Answer of Life](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/the-answer-of-life.md) - A poem on the illusion of self, the turning wheel of causation, and the quiet freedom of awakening into kindness. Our life is truly just an illusion. We are just here playing reincarnation. In this fleeting life, who am I? A puzzle of causation passing by. Even the eternal universe we see, Is just…
- [Dao and Buddhism — Awareness Beyond the Universe](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/dao-and-buddhism-awareness-beyond-the-universe.md) - The path of Dao is to become aware of the entire universe in every present moment. The path of Buddhism goes further — beyond the universe itself, to the Heart that built it all. It's not to do the move. It's to use the move to be aware of your body and then the space. For what? To control your hea…
- [Buddhism Awakening](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/buddhism-awakening.md) - Awakening begins with understanding our Heart — the choice between blindness and wisdom, and how Tai Chi bridges the gap between thinking and true awareness. Buddhism Awakening means: Life is our awareness abilities as our (Heart). No awareness No life. And our Heart can be One Heart Two Gates. Eit…
- [Wushu and Fashu](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/temp-slug-966.md) - Two paths of power — one through the art of using energy, one through the Dharma that lives already within your Heart. Tianren vs Tianshen — Sky Human vs Sky God. 27 layers of 33 dimensions each — just of energy gods. The highest is Empty Gods. Not sure how many levels. Use energy to take care of y…
- [Tai-Chi has 4 levels](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/tai-chi-has-4-levels.md) - Tai Chi Has 4 Levels The four levels of Tai Chi reveal a path that begins with health and ends beyond the human — a journey from the body into the limitless sky. Ever reach lever one can help you has no death. When you are not interested to stay in the earth, consciousness can be healthy in a relax…
- [Tai Chi Connect to Yin and Yang](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/tai-chi-connect-to-yin-and-yang.md) - Tai Chi is not using the body to perform actions — it is using action to become aware of the perfect system already within us. Tai Chi is not use our body to do some action, but using acting to aware of the perfect system in our body, energy and spirit. True awakening is not to believe something, b…
- [Life is the Awareness Ability](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/life-is-the-awareness-ability.md) - Life defined at its most essential — awareness itself, expressed through six abilities, six sense tools, and six fields of information. And our awareness abilities are eternal. Life is the aware ability No awareness ability No life There are 6 awareness abilities: * Seeing * Hearing * Smelling * Ta…
- [Meditation Steps into Amitabha Buddha Pure Land](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/meditation-steps-into-amitabha-buddha-pure-land.md) - Through meditation, we step beyond body, space, and knowledge — dissolving into pure awareness and connecting our will to the boundless force of Amitabha Buddha. Free from space. Free from body. Free from all the knowledge. Free from I consciousness. Observing all the Dharma. Observing ability able…
- [I Ching, Wuji, Taiji and Yin Yang](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/i-ching-wuji-taiji-and-yin-yang.md) - How pure consciousness creates the relative world — from Wu Ji through Yin and Yang to the four elements, and how Tai Chi awakens us back to harmony. Pure consciousness represents Wu Ji in I Ching. Consciousness creates relative through searching. In I Ching this is Yin and Yang. In Tai Chi it's en…
- [Keep Seeing Positive Things, Keep Creating Good Karma](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/keep-seeing-positive-things-keep-creating-good-karma.md) - Three levels of karma — from daily positivity to spiritual connection with Amitabha's Pure Land system. Keep seeing positive things, Creating good Karma. No reaction to negative issues, free from bad karma. Discipline learning Dharma and become eternal Dharma, creating spiritual karma, which is the…
- [What is the Difference Between Moving Meditation & Still Meditation](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/what-is-the-difference-between-moving-meditation-still-meditation.md) - The two wings of meditation practice — one cultivates the body's harmony with nature, the other awakens consciousness beyond the cycle of change. Question from a student: "Hi Sifu, I didn't hear the difference between Moving Meditation & Still Meditation. Are you able to give a summary please?" Ans…
- [What Is Death?](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/what-is-death.md) - Daoist and Buddhist perspectives on consciousness, true life, and the path beyond illusion. Daoist View — Zhēn Rén 真人 In Daoism / Taoism philosophy, human life is not yet truly born, it's just a living ghost. True life means you have a system to keep yourself in harmony. Zhēn Rén 真人 — not lost by g…
- [Blind Action — The Moods of Causation Waves](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/blind-action-the-moods-of-causation-waves.md) - Moods flow like rivers toward the sea of reincarnation. Freedom from blind causation is perfect awakening. Blind Act is the Mood of Causation waves. Mood is like a river — once it flows, must go to the sea as reincarnation. Good mood, bad mood, is all just blindness heart stuck in the jail of Causa…
- [Everything Is Possible — Go Go Go](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/everything-is-possible-go-go-go.md) - Blind action creates suffering, but aware Dharma creates unlimited joy. The Tai Chi path is a bridge to Pure Land — and you are not far. Everything is possible in life, but blind act will create Causation-I with suffering. Aware perfect Dharma then becomes unlimited joy. You already learn Tai Chi D…
- [Diamond Sutra — A Simple Explanation](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/diamond-sutra-a-simple-explanation.md) - Our universe runs on a reincarnation program. The Diamond Sutra shows how to stop running the code — by letting the heart abide nowhere. Our universe has not yet been purified into a Pure Land. It remains a cyclical universe, governed by the program of (samsara) reincarnation. Your life is continuo…
- [48 Wills — The Force of Heart and Intention](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/48-wills-the-force-of-heart-and-intention.md) - Each of the 48 Wills is unlimited Buddha power. Heart creates it — from reincarnation's blind creation to awakening's unlimited choice. 48 Wills. Each will is unlimited force. Each of the forces is unlimited. Each is Buddha power. Earth belong to group join karma desire. Whole system has blindness…
- [Amitabha's 48 Wills — Part 2 (Wills 30–48)](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/amitabhas-48-wills-part-2-wills-30-48.md) - The higher wills of Amitabha's Pure Land — from sky empty ability and unbreakable wisdom body, to unlimited spiritual trees, equal awareness meditation, and the certainty of becoming Buddha. 30 — Amitabha will teach you the final Buddha wisdom. Sky empty ability to see through all the blindness and…
- [You Are Not Far from Eternal Wisdom](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/you-are-not-far-from-eternal-wisdom.md) - An encouragement — the years of training have built something real. Tai Chi consciousness can free itself from the body, and the path to Pure Land is closer than you think. I know you can reach no-limitation levels, just have to find the way to awaken. We can not make all these years of learning go…
- [Amitabha Buddha System — 3 Conditions](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/amitabha-buddha-system-3-conditions.md) - Hold nothing, create no bad karma, and bow sincerely — three conditions to free your consciousness into unlimited light and life. Hold Nothing Means understanding life is constantly changing as an illusion system. Don't take anything personal. Everything is constantly changing, temporary connect an…
- [No-I Is the Best Meditation](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/no-i-is-the-best-meditation.md) - No-I dissolves stress, frees action, and makes every moment both movement and meditation at once. "No-I" is the best meditation. Because No-I, no stress. No need to meditation. Tai Chi, No-I moving meditation is free to act and No-I as meditation at the same time. Top Top Dharma.
- [Tai Chi and Diamond Sutra — No-I Meditation](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/tai-chi-and-diamond-sutra-no-i-meditation.md) - The deepest meditation is No-I — where there is no stress, no separation, and no one left to awaken. Sunday philosophy summary: Tai Chi and Diamond Sutra No-I Meditation "No-I" is the best meditation. Because No-I, no stress. No need to meditation. Tai Chi, No-I moving meditation is free to act and…
- [3 Steps to Awakening into Amitabha's Pure Land](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/3-steps-to-awakening-into-amitabhas-pure-land.md) - 3 Steps to Awakening into Amitabha's Pure Land Three levels of awakening — from freeing ourselves from blind causation, to reconnecting with Dharma-I, to sincerely bowing to Amitabha Buddha. Level 1 — Free from Blind Causation "I feeling" melts away. Blind Causation-I creates 3 types of suffering:…
- [What Does Awakening in Buddhism Mean? ☸️](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/whatgbuddhist-awakening-means.md) - ☸️ Buddhist Awakening means: Life is our awareness ability—our Heart. No awareness, no life. And our heart can be One Heart, Two Gates: Either Blind or Awakened. When it is blind, our heart is controlled by the blind Dharma (system) of Birth, Aging, Illness, and Death, within the reincarnation univ…
- [Buddhism- Essence of Life Terms](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/buddhism-essence-of-life-terms.md) - English to Chinese Buddhism terms to help reading philosphy Taoism -Wu Ji - 無極 Consciousness - 心識 Essence heart - 本心 True Self - 自性 Essence of Awareness - 覺性 Buddha hood - 佛性 Dharma essence - 法性 Dharma I - 法我 Awakening Buddha- 佛覺 No beginning No end awakening heart - 不生不滅如來 Appearance of life - 現象…
- [Tai Chi Dharma: The Geometry of Motion and the Vibration of Intention](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/tai-chi-dharma-the-geometry-of-motion-and-the-vibration-of-intention.md) - Class Overview: Three Core Subjects 1. Function: Understanding how to use the Tai Chi sign (☯️) as a blueprint for the body. 2. Daoyun (道韻): Using the "Melody of Dao" to enjoy Tai Chi Dharma and release worry, fear, and tension. 3. The Five Concepts: 悟道 (Realization), 法則 (Laws/Principles), 道韻 (Melo…
- [The Buddha's Last Teachings Before Nirvana (佛涅槃前最後教法)](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/the-buddhas-last-teachings-before-nirvana-fo-nie-pan-qian-zui-hou-jiao-fa.md) - Buddhas final teachings - 3 Eternal Dharma Truthes
- [Aware of Procedure to Awaken](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/aware-of-procedure-to-awaken.md) - Outlines the four-part causation model in Buddhist thought and shows how the same structure applies to two systems: Tai Chi practice and the Amitabha Buddha method. It contrasts their main causes, supporting causes, timing, and the indirect conditions that shape each path
- [Taoism (Daoism) The key words for understanding life ☸😊](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/taoism-daoism-the-key-words-for-understanding-life.md) - Essence of life 生命本質 Wu Ji 無極 Wu Wei 無為 Greatest Dao 大道 Original spirit 元神 Abstract being 虛 Changing force of life 現象 Taoism - Yi 易 Dao 道 Tai Chi 太極 Original Chi 元氣 Pure energy 精氣 And key words after describe the appearance force change into different appearance as : Yin & Yang 陰陽 Dual force 兩儀 The…
- [9 Levels of Lotus Eternal Birth: How to directly use Dharma-I to connect to Amitabha Buddha System](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/9-levels-of-lotus-eternal-birth-how-to-directly-use-dharma-i-to-connect-to-amitabha-buddha-system.md) - The nine levels of Lotus Eternal Birth show the shift from bowing through Causation-I to Dharma-I, realising that true self is already Dharma-I — beyond time, beyond causation — and directly connected with Amitabha Buddha’s Pure Land.
- [Following Dharma, Brave Heart](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/following-dharma-brave-heart.md) - Following Dharma transforms weakness into strength, habit into discipline, ego into joy, and self-doubt into awakening
- [Today Awaken Dharma Strength](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/today-awaken-dharma-strength.md) - Only see the positive, no reaction to the negative. Every second is awesome. Discipline in learning Dharma makes body, mind, and spirit grow stronger. The heart creates either suffering or joy—wisdom is choosing which side to follow.
- [No Beginning, No End Awakening Dharma-I](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/no-beginning-no-end-awakening-dharma-i.md) - This post reveals how awakening the Dharma “I” returns us to pure essence, beyond illusion and causation. With true wisdom, we see time, body, thoughts, and feelings as illusions—while our calm, eternal Buddha-nature remains untouched, guiding us toward Amitabha Buddha’s Pure Land.
- [Wise Choice to Become Unlimited Dharma](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/wise-choice-to-become-unlimited-dharma.md) - This post explores how Tai Chi, Buddhist philosophy, and the Amitabha system awaken intuition, dissolve illusion, and transcend karma. It reveals the bodhisattva path of wise kindness, leading to the Pure Land, dragon lotus joy, and the limitless freedom of dharma meditation.
- [Every Life is Already Buddha - An Exploration](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/every-life-is-already-buddha-an-exploration.md) - This philosophy class explores Siddhartha Buddha's teaching that every life is already Buddha, using five zones of development to show how essence becomes awakened ability. Through martial arts, mantra, and self-observation, we train to purify body, mind, and action toward spiritual awakening.
- [10 Observing Wisdoms and How They Connect to the 1st of the 3 Eternal Dharma Truths](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/10-observing-wisdoms-and-how-they-connect-to-the-1st-of-the-3-eternal-dharma-truths.md) - Link to earlier post here 10 Observing Wisdoms (Intro to the heart sutra) 1. Let it be let it go – Back to Essence is the first step in Buddhist wisdom) Connection: * Big deal small deal, no make issues - just illusion * No need to try and hold, keep changing 2. Be like a cloud (take out I) and not…
- [What is Meditation?](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/meditation-3.md) - This post explores Buddhist meditation as a path beyond the regular sense of self, including moving, still, and healing forms. With energy awareness, posture, and no-I insight, it guides lifestyle and Dharma practice toward harmony, sensitivity, and timeless wisdom rooted in intention.
- [Why do all the Appearing Forms of Dharma Have to Change?](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/why-do-all-the-appearing-forms-of-dharma-have-to-change.md) - 3 Eternal Dharma Truths * 1st Eternal Dharma Truth * All the appearing forms of Dharma are constantly changing (so you can hold nothing) * GD Question * Why does it have to change? Why does it have to be this way? Bright Side of Eternal Changing * Group Answers * That’s the way to learn hold nothin…
- [Four Element Masters of Tai Chi](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/four-element-masters-of-tai-chi.md) - This post reveals how to master Tai Chi’s four elemental forces—earth, water, fire, and wind—through internal energy, intention, and disciplined practice. Learn the secrets of Dragon Breathe and Dragon Temper to balance explosive power with calm awareness in every movement.
- [Welcome to Being Human](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/welcome-to-being-human.md) - Life is short. Wisdom is low. Ego is big. Causation is a mess.
- [What is Memory?](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/what-is-memory.md) - This post reveals how memory functions beyond the brain through four consciousnesses—hidden, I, brain, and subconscious—according to Dharma. It explains memory’s link to intention, ego, and sensation, and shows how practices like Taiji and Buddhist wisdom can purify and awaken deeper awareness.
- [Open Heart, Open Life - Observation, Creation and Internal Pure Land](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/open-heart-open-life-observation-creation-and-internal-pure-land.md) - This post reveals how ego—clinging to “I and mine”—breeds stress, greed, and discontent. With open-hearted observation and curiosity, you access your true self, tap into creative power, and awaken to life’s inherent perfection. Every moment becomes a treasure, every action a path to joy and wisdom.
- [From Self-Doubt to Self-Confidence Self-Being: How to be Free from Self-Doubt](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/from-blind-doubt-to-self-confidence-self-being-how-to-be-free-from-self-doubt.md) - This post reveals how to dissolve self-doubt by observing Pure Dharma Logic—a timeless, universal clarity. By practicing Tai Chi mindfully and reading philosophy with a joyful, ego-free heart, we uncover illusion, embrace wisdom, and awaken true self-confidence and joy.
- [Regular life Meditation: A Life Fully Aware, Free, and Pure](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/regular-life-meditation-a-life-fully-aware-free-and-pure.md) - This post shares lifestyle meditation as daily practice—blending Tai Chi movement, Bodhisattva virtues, and chakra awareness. Let go of ego, live without tension, feel with openness, and think with clarity. A calm, free, and intuitive presence becomes the foundation of a joyful, awakened life.
- [The Middle View of Reality](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/the-middle-view-of-reality.md) - This post explores the Middle Way view of reality in Mahayana Buddhism—how all things arise through causes and conditions, yet have no inherent self. By examining the illusion of “I,” we confront emptiness, dependent origination, and the insight that mind shapes the world we perceive.
- [Surfing the Waves of Causation](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/surfing-the-waves-of-causation.md) - This post explores the Taoist wisdom of flowing with life’s tides—rising and falling without resistance. Discover how to surf life’s waves with a heart like water, finding eternal joy, pure awareness, and the unshakable serenity of non-attachment in every moment.
- [Dharma Gate of Taiji (Tai Chi)](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/dharma-gate-of-taiji--e5-a4-aa-e6-a5-b5-e6-b3-95-e9-96-80-taiji-famen.md) - Taiji Fǎmén reveals Taiji as a layered Dharma path—uniting no-tension movement, energy awareness, timing, and self-defense. It leads to No-I, Dao harmony, and aligns with Amitabha Buddha’s joyful system of awakening through daily, sincere practice.
- [How to Develop One Heart, One Intention](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/one-heart-one-intention-2.md) - Develop One Heart, One Intention through gradual and sudden realization, appreciating the Pure Land path. Train discipline, awareness, and humility. Understand illusion, awaken true heart, and follow Amitabha’s system with joy, sincerity, and deep daily practice.
- [You may have a map, but you never travel](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/why-havent-i-reached-a-high-level.md) - Buddha teaches: don’t follow him—follow the Dharma. True mastery comes from living it: no tension, no “I,” full-body awareness, and disciplined daily practice. Combine breath, healing, and martial arts systems to awaken your full life force and live the Dharma in every moment.
- [The City of Illusion - Huà Chéng](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/city-of-illusion-hua-cheng.md) - 化城 (Huà Chéng), the City of Illusion, is a symbolic rest stop on the path to enlightenment. Created by Buddha as skilful means, it helps purify the heart and train until one is ready for the Pure Land. Life is illusion—use it wisely to awaken, not blindly follow it.
- [How Does Appreciation Heart Stop Bad Karma?](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/how-does-appreciation-heart-stop-bad-karma.md) - Appreciation Heart frees us from greed by bringing us into the present. Through Tai Chi, nature, and mindful practice, we awaken sensitivity, observe Dharma, and transform daily habits. True joy comes not from seeking more, but from deeply valuing what we already have.
- [Training Guān Xiǎng 观想 Ability](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/training-guan-xiang--e8-a7-82-e6-83-b3-ability.md) - Guān Xiang (观想) means observing and sensing deeply—not just imagining, but truly feeling energy, muscle, and bones. It’s the path from thought to intuitive awareness. Through mindful philosophy, Tai Chi, and sensing practice, we awaken our consciousness and live with real presence.
- [Where Does True Happiness Come From?](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/where-does-true-happiness-come-from.md) - True happiness arises from living the Eternal Dharma—observing its truths, embracing disciplined practice, and training with purpose. Through sincere effort and the right path, we dissolve ego and become one with Dharma itself, embodying peace, clarity, and unwavering inner strength.
- [How Does Pure Land Appear? The 5 Levels From blindness to awakening](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/5-levels-how-does-pure-land-appear-from-blindness-to-awakening--f0-9f-98-84-e2-98-b8.md) - This class reveals five Dharma levels from tension-release to Pure Land creation. Learn how wise choice enables learning, Taiji dissolves ego, union with Tao unveils universal flow, and Dharma self-being empowers timeless harmony—culminating in Buddha-level free will and awakening.
- [The 3 C’s of Going to the Pure Land](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/the-3-cs-of-going-to-the-pure-land.md) - This post unpacks the three inner causes—Choice, Creation, and Capability—that form the karmic path to Amitabha Buddha’s Pure Land. It challenges passive views of rebirth, emphasizing that intention alone is not enough. Real transformation begins by actively creating the causes for awakening.
- [The Blind Turtle and the Pure Land](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/the-blind-turtle-and-the-pure-land.md) - This post explores the rare opportunity of human birth and hearing Amitabha Buddha’s name through the metaphor of a blind turtle and a drifting ring. Pure Land Buddhism reframes chance as awareness: you’ve surfaced, you’ve heard—now act. Recognition isn’t passive; it’s the first move on the path.
- [Six Bodhisattva Characters - The Six Perfections - 菩薩六德:](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/-e8-8f-a9-e8-96-a9-e5-85-ad-e5-be-b7-ef-bc-9a-six-bodhisattva-characters-the-six-perfections.md) - This post presents the Six Bodhisattva Characters—Generosity, Discipline, Patience, Diligence, Meditation, and Wisdom—as the core virtues of the bodhisattva path. Each perfection transforms a specific hindrance, guiding practitioners across the sea of suffering toward awakening Buddhahood.
- [Why is Life Incredible?](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/why-is-life-incredible.md) - This post reveals why life is incredible: ever-changing yet patterned, empty yet aware. It explores shared essence, causation over chaos, and the Dharma’s power to clarify illusion. Even across time and culture, wisdom survives—offered gently, without force. That clarity itself is incredible.
- [How to Become Amitabha Buddha’s Student in This Lifetime](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/how-to-become-amitabha-buddhas-student-in-this-lifetime.md) - This post reveals how to become a student of Amitabha Buddha by transcending the illusion of self and aligning with your eternal Dharma nature. Learn to trust Amitabha’s Pure Land vows, open your heart, and take refuge in his guidance—becoming his student in this very lifetime.
- [Definition of Blindness: Acting or Reacting Based on Our Feelings](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/definition-of-blindness-acting-or-reacting-based-on-our-feelings.md) - This post defines spiritual blindness as reacting from ego-driven feelings—the “causation I.” Such actions trap us in karmic cycles of suffering. Only by using wisdom to observe and transform our reactions can we break free from reincarnation’s trick and change the direction of our life.
- [Dharma Teaches Eternal Wisdom and is a Practical Guide for Life](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/dharma-teaches-eternal-wisdom-and-is-a-practical-guide-for-life.md) - This episode explains how Dharma is eternal wisdom—whole, unchanging, and universally applicable. Unlike human knowledge, Dharma is beyond debate and already perfect. Explore its meaning, test its truth, and reflect on the teachers who’ve helped reveal it. Dharma is life’s ultimate guide.
- [Sifu Talks About Spontaneous Insight](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/sifu-talks-about-spontaneous-insight.md) - This post shares Sifu’s deep insight into spontaneous wisdom—born not from study but from lifelong curiosity and clarity. Learn how observing life with joyful detachment awakens perception, exposes ego illusions, and reveals the four causes that shape destiny through awareness, not reaction.
- [Complete View of the Eternal Truth of Life — One Eternal Dharma Truth](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/complete-view-of-the-eternal-truth-of-life-one-eternal-dharma-truth.md) - This post reveals the Eternal Dharma Truth: all life is illusion arising from causation, and thus truly empty. From this emptiness, the heart creates either blind suffering or joyful awakening. Awakened consciousness sees this clearly—one heart, two directions—pure insight or endless reincarnation.
- [Life Keeps Changing — Only Eternal Dharma Remains](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/life-keeps-changing-only-eternal-dharma-remains--f0-9f-98-84-e2-98-b8-f0-9f-99-8f.md) - This class explores the illusory “Causation I” and two types of “Dharma I” in Amitabha’s Pure Land. Like green paint from blue and yellow, the ego-self arises from others. True identity is the eternal, unchanging Dharma I—pure awareness beyond form, anchored in Amitabha’s boundless compassion.
- [From Blindness to Awakening](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/from-blindness-to-awakening--f0-9f-98-84-e2-98-b8.md) - This post shares a Dharma chat on transforming blindness into awakening through wise choices and capability. Learn how developing Dharma ability opens a new path beyond reincarnation, unites you with the Tao, reveals your eternal Dharma Self, and empowers you to create the Pure Land as a Buddha.
- [Guān Xiǎng](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/guan-xiang.md) - This post introduces Guān Xiǎng, a method to raise observing ability through four principles: Condition, Connection, Intention, and Creation. By training awareness through these stages, you sharpen perception, align with Dharma, and begin consciously shaping life with spiritual clarity and purpose.
- [Appreciation Heart - A Short Post](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/appreciation-heart.md) - This post shares a Dharma teaching on practicing appreciation even in hardship. Learn to value each moment, the wisdom shared, and your inner capacity to awaken. Appreciation is a seed—nurtured through awareness, it grows into joy, opens your heart, and guides you toward your own Buddhahood.
- [Sifu's Meditation Technique to Connect to Amitabha Buddha](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/meditation-technique-amitabha-buddha.md) - This post shares Sifu’s meditation technique to reach Amitabha’s Pure Land by separating awareness from illusion. Let go of grasping, dissolve the ego, and return to pure essence. When your true heart calls without intention, Amitabha’s vow responds—aligning both wills for awakening and liberation.
- [Extension Life, Hell Bodhisattva Story](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/extension-life-hell-bodhisattva-story.md) - Discover the vow of Extension Life Hell Bodhisattva — a protector who transforms karma, removes fear, and guides sincere hearts toward awakening and Pure Land rebirth. His wisdom and compassion appear in all forms to help every life escape suffering.
- [Amitabha Buddha Meditation](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/amitabha-buddha-meditation.md) - This post shares a deep teaching on awareness as the essence of Buddhahood—not sound, silence, or thought, but pure observing. Learn how to return from sense illusion to formless clarity. When your heart holds nothing, Amitabha’s light responds, and the Pure Land can be realized in this very life.
- [👑The Eight Consciousness Kings](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/-f0-9f-91-91the-eight-consciousness-kings.md) - This post presents the Eight Consciousness Kings—a journey from raw senses to awakened essence. Explore how ego forms suffering, how Dharma dissolves illusion, and how clear awareness leads beyond thought to the heart of Amitabha’s Pure Land. Discover the mind’s true nature through practice.
- [Incredible Wisdom Pure Name Buddha](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/incredible-wisdom-pure-name-buddha.md) - This post explores the Pure Name Buddha, whose wisdom reveals the truth of non-duality and freedom from illusion. With no thought, no grasping, and no questions, this philosophy points to a heart that holds nothing and enters the limitless kindness of the Pure Land Dharmas.
- [The Art of Living Dharma: A Path Beyond Reincarnation 🌿🌀](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/the-art-of-living-dharma-a-path-beyond-reincarnation--f0-9f-8c-bf-f0-9f-8c-80.md) - This post reveals how Living Dharma is a daily art—an intentional flow of wise choices, kindness, and inner growth. Beyond reincarnation and suffering, Dharma offers freedom through alignment, not escape. You don’t follow it—you become it. This is the path to true harmony and presence.
- [Training the Body: Integrating Muscles, Tendons, and Energy](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/training-the-body-integrating-muscles-ligaments-and-energy.md) - This class offers a complete method for training muscles, ligaments, and Qi to harmonize strength, flexibility, and internal energy. Using strength training, Yi Jin Jing, and Qi Gong, develops posture, ligament elasticity, and pure energy flow for integrated martial and spiritual balance.
- [Longshu's Journey to the Sky Library - After Death by Hell Bodhisattva](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/longshus-journey-to-the-sky-library-after-death-by-hell-bodhisattva.md) - This post shares class notes on Amitabha Buddha, exploring Longshu’s mystical visit to a cosmic library, teachings on consciousness after death, and the Pure Land path. Through karma, vows, and sincere practice like nianfo, the soul connects to Amitabha’s realm—offering peace beyond rebirth.
- [Meditation in Regular Life](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/meditation-in-regular-life.md) - This post reveals how meditation, transforms daily life. Through chakra-based methods—desire, passion, movement, emotion, thought, intuition—we balance opposites, dissolve negativity, and free the heart from ego. Meditation becomes a living art of joy, presence, and spiritual clarity.
- [Wisdom Poem - Repost](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/wisdom-poem-repost.md) - This poem unpacks the essence of wisdom—not as ego or cleverness, but as clarity, purity, and the refusal to repeat mistakes. Real wisdom is kind without ego, joyful without greed, and free of judgment. It arises through discipline, patience, meditation, and knowing the limits of thinking itself.
- [Diamond wisdom](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/diamond-wisdom.md) - This post reveals that all appearances are illusions—fleeting like dreams, bubbles, and lightning. True Dharma holds no self, no form, no time. Beyond senses and lifetimes, its essence is pure kindness. To awaken, see through illusion and grasp nothing. Let the heart return to stillness and truth.
- [Buddhism has two types: Kindness and Care systems.](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/buddhism-has-two-types-kindness-and-care-systems.md) - This post blends the wisdom of the Diamond Sutra with Tai Chi practice, showing how kindness and care reveal illusion’s dream-like nature. By awakening the True I beyond ego and illusion, we build eternal Pure Land through Tai Chi—a system of perfect, evolving harmony that liberates self and others.
- [The Essence of 1 Heart and 2 Gates](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/the-essence-of-1-heart-and-2-gates.md) - This post explores “1 Heart, 2 Gates.” The 1 Heart is our eternal essence—peaceful, timeless, and secure. The 2 Gates are our choices—blindness leads to illusion and suffering, awakening leads to compassion and wisdom. Through this path, we return to true nature and live with spiritual clarity.
- [Two most important relationships in life.](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/two-most-important-relationships-in-life-2.md) - This post reveals the two essential relationships: with self and with Dharma. Observing self-being frees us from blindness; observing Dharma awakens the heart beyond ego and reincarnation. Let go of “I,” stay humble, and discover the limitless wisdom already within your eternal, formless essence.
- [[動禪涅槃 Moving - Meditation Nirvana](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/-e5-8b-95-e7-a6-aa-e6-b6-85-e6-a7-83-moving-meditation-nirvana.md) - [ 動禪涅槃 ] Moving – Meditation Nirvana You can listen here: 生為動，命是禪。 Life is moving; Living is Zen. 所有生物以動為生。 All living things live by moving. 不動而亡故稱動物。 Animals mean the motion of objects because they will die once moving stops. 欲動為本，體動為形。 Desire is the root; Action is the form. 情動故群聚，意動成所思。 Emotion…
- [Causation Discussion](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/causation-discussion.md) - Causation Discussion ☺️🙏🏼 Brooke: Causation is a system of cause and effect. And that system, it’s not one to one. Many causes create many effects, which create a whole web of causation. Tim: Causation. Every cause has an effect, and every effect is a new cause, and so on. Sifu explained it in qu…
- [Essence: 1 Heart, 2 Gates](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/essence-1-heart-2-gates.md) - Essence: 1 Heart, 2 Gates 1 Heart There is one eternal heart—no beginning, no end. It’s pure, and in that purity lies true security. 2 Gates The first gate is the Blind Gate. It’s connected to the limitless web of causation and illusion, the “I.” In this gate, we experience all kinds of suffering,…
- [Taiji Notes](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/taiji-notes-2.md) - Taiji Notes Cat walk Puma stomach Lion chest Eagle eyes
- [Spiritual Will - How do we know if we are living in spiritual will or not?](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/spiritual-will-how-do-we-know-if-we-are-living-in-spiritual-will-or-not.md) - Spiritual Will How do we know if we are living in spiritual will or not? The only way to tell if you are living in spiritual will is through discipline. Intention is just a possibility—the seed is there, but it doesn’t mean it’s growing. However, the possibility is always present. Spiritual will ca…
- [Dharma Joy Appearing](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/dharma-joy-appearing-2.md) - Dharma Joy Appearing Dharma joy appearing You cannot get dharma joy. Dharma Joy only appears when you let it go. If you think there’s something to be greedy for, you don’t understand Dharma. If you think that there is something to let go, then you don’t truly understand that life is illusion. Obser…
- [Three Eternal Dharma Truth 三法印 (Three Marks of Existence)](https://www.dropsofdharma.com/three-eternal-dharma-truth--e4-b8-89-e6-b3-95-e5-8d-b0-three-marks-of-existence.md) - Three Eternal Dharma Truth 三法印 諸行無常 All the appearing forms of dharma are constantly changing. 諸法無我 Change cannot change itself; change comes from others. Because it comes from others, there is no individual self, but it can still appear. That’s why it’s an illusion. 涅槃寂靜 The essence of dharma rema…

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