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• Morning Meditation — Now, wellbeing is a beautiful thing.

  By Buddhism Now on 29 July 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Now, wellbeing is a beautiful thing; there is no inherent shortcoming in wellbeing. The problem is in our excited reaction to it.’

  Corrado Pensa

• Morning meditation — Buddha often compared the process of awakening.

  By Buddhism Now on 28 July 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Buddha often compared the process of awakening to uncovering a hidden treasure or cleansing a soiled garment. The treasure is already there; the garment is already pure. We need only remove the layers that conceal them.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning Meditation — Universal aspiration to happiness.

  By Buddhism Now on 27 July 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Wanting to get rid of sadness is an expression of the universal aspiration to happiness.’

  Corrado Pensa

• Morning Meditation — The treasure cannot speak.

  By Buddhism Now on 26 July 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Buddha Nature is like a store of treasure inside the house of a pauper. The owner isn’t aware of it, and the treasure cannot speak.’

  Tathagatagarbha Sutra

• Morning meditation — Simultaneous Awareness of Both.

  By Buddhism Now on 25 July 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Simultaneous Awareness of Both
  The jade-green lady throws her shuttle
  upon the whirling loom;
  the stone man beats his drum:
  Boom! Boom!’

  Chan Master Fenyang

• Morning meditation — The Buddha’s teaching offers both a warning and a promise.

  By Buddhism Now on 23 July 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The Buddha’s teaching offers both a warning and a promise: the warning that no external search will ever bring us to the end of suffering, and the promise that the end of suffering can indeed be realised — right here, in this very life.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning Meditation: Mind doesn’t appear as a monk or a layman.

  By Buddhism Now on 22 July 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Mind doesn’t appear as a monk or a layman, an elder or a novice, a sage or a fool, a Buddha or a mortal.’

  Bodhidharma

• Morning meditation — A great, wise person looks at it.

  By Buddhism Now on 21 July 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘A great, wise person looks at it
  And does not get involved.’

  Chan Master Fenyang

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