‘You don’t have to be a vegetarian to be a Buddhist, but it certainly helps the beings you decide not to eat.’
Zen Graffiti
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — Depending upon these manifestations of the mind.
‘The error in these erroneous teachings that are generally held by the philosophers lies in this: they do not recognise that the objective world rises from the mind itself; they do not understand that the whole mind-system also arises from the mind itself.’
The Buddha
Morning meditation — The more we turn our attention inward.
‘As we practise, a subtle shift begins. The more we turn our attention inward, the more we come to sense that life’s deepest truths do not yield to control or analysis. Instead, these truths reveal themselves when we stop trying to define or grasp them.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Buddhist teachings as both a path and a reflection of awakened awareness.
‘This dual nature — Buddhist teachings as both a path and a reflection of awakened awareness — can profoundly transform our understanding of practice.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning Meditation — The goodness of Vimalakirti enters the gate.
‘The motto for becoming genuine: nothing is gained by speaking.
The goodness of Vimalakirti enters the gate of nonduality.’
Hongzhi Zhengjue
Morning meditation — Realising the Unborn is not a matter of intellectual understanding.
‘Realising the Unborn is not a matter of intellectual understanding. It is a profound shift in the way one relates to existence itself. The mind, once caught in the cycle of craving and aversion, now rests in a state of peace.’
Everyday Buddhism
Old age and personality, by Ajahn Sumedho.
Ajahn Sumedho explores old age and personality from a meditive persective.
Morning meditation — The path to awakening.
‘The path to awakening
Is impossible to map.
It is lofty but has no ‘above’;
Impossible to reach its limit.’
Jingjue
Buddhism now 