‘Delusion often operates through the stories we tell ourselves. It convinces us that our happiness depends on external circumstances — that if only we could arrange the world according to our desires, we would be content.’
Everyday Buddhism
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — Delusion blinds us to the truth of anattā.
‘It is the mistaken belief in a separate, enduring self; the conviction that we can control and hold on to the things we love, or the assumption that suffering is an anomaly rather than an integral part of existence. Delusion blinds us to the truth of anattā.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning Meditation — A water bird comes and goes.
‘A water bird comes and goes, leaving no traces at all. Yet it knows how to go its own way.‘
Mumonkan
Morning meditation — Don’t seek externals.
‘Don’t seek externals, rest in the life of reality.’
Zen Graffiti
Morning meditation — Buddha’s insight into the nature of true friendship.
‘The Buddha’s insight into the nature of true friendship illuminates the communal fabric of early Buddhism. The Sangha was not a hierarchy, but a collective of equals — a ‘horizontal’ community where mutual support and shared aspiration were central.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Everything is meditation itself.
‘Everything is meditation itself and can be regarded as an opportunity for change; this is the art of turning the negative into the positive.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Sometimes anger may give some kind of immediate support.
‘Sometimes anger may give some kind of immediate support, some kind of strength and power, but in the long run it doesn’t. There’s always some fear behind it.’
Geshe Tashi Tsering
Morning meditation — Sensory consciousness and mental consciousness.
‘Sensory consciousness and mental consciousness are interconnected. Sensory consciousness gives signals to mental consciousness, and mental consciousness follows with signals to sensory consciousness. But for us the most powerful mind is mental consciousness.’
Geshe Tashi Tsering
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