‘We all like to be around kind people; their peaceful, relaxed nature puts us at ease.’
Dalai Lama
Buddhist Insights
Evening meditation — Concentration is dualistic.
‘Concentration is dualistic, needs an object and a degree of will. Awareness is more natural and encompassing and non-dual.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Symbols of Buddha’s teaching, skill in teaching.
‘Avalokitesvara or Simhanada (having the Lions roar) Lokeshvara. Sitting on a lotus on lion Symbols of Buddha’s teaching, skill in teaching.’
Everyday Buddhist
Morning meditation — There is a movement towards making Buddhism easy.
‘There is a movement towards making Buddhism easy to take, light weight, or as I’ve heard it referred to “Buddha-Lite”.’
Diana St Ruth
Morning meditation — If your cat at home makes self-centred demands.
‘If your cat at home makes self-centred demands — as they are wont to do — you probably won’t mind in the least.’
Everyday Buddhist
Morning meditation — I advise you to remain uniformly quiescent.
‘I advise you to remain uniformly quiescent and above all activity.’
Huang Po
Morning meditation — Form exists because the mind produces it.
‘Form exists because the mind produces it; void (Sunyatā) exists because of that which cannot be perceived.’
Shen Hui
Morning meditation — If a person speaks or acts with pure mind.
If a person speaks or acts with pure mind, joy follows them like their own shadow.
The Dhammapada
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