‘Another integration that deepens through Buddhist practice is the relationship between anicca (impermanence) and patience (kṣānti).’
Everyday Buddhism
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — He who is puffed up by the slightest impression.
‘Within our mind there is a Buddha, and that Buddha within is the real Buddha. If Buddha is not to be sought within our mind, where shall we find the real Buddha?’
Hui Neng
Morning meditation — But in true giving, these distinctions fall away.
‘Ordinarily, when we give, we are aware of ourselves as the giver, of the object as the gift, and of the person receiving it. These distinctions create a sense of separation between the three elements. But in true giving, these distinctions fall away.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — But in true giving, these distinctions fall away.
‘Ordinarily, when we give, we are aware of ourselves as the giver, of the object as the gift, and of the person receiving it. These distinctions create a sense of separation between the three elements. But in true giving, these distinctions fall away.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — I offered you gold.
‘I offered you gold; it’s not my fault you preferred a pebble.’
(The leprechaun in the film
The Luck of the Irish.).
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Many monks who practise in meditation halls.
‘Many monks who practise in meditation halls often just settle down in such places. Thus out of ten practitioners eight or nine are unable to pierce through the barrier of the patriarchs.’
Kusan Sunim
Morning meditation — Nirvana is delight!
‘All processes are impermanent,
Which are the dharma of birth and death.
Having ended birth and death,
Nirvana is delight!’
Sutra of Maitreya
Morning meditation — Then the practice will naturally ripen and gradually you will enter wonderful states.
‘Then the practice will naturally ripen and gradually you will enter wonderful states. If you practise in such a way for a very long time, then you will surely realise great awakening.’
Kusan Sunim
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