‘Please consider this: right now, you have a body, a voice and a mind, don’t you? Of these, mind is the most important.’
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — The easiest and most harmful place for practitioners to find themselves in is the discursive mind.
‘The easiest and most harmful place for practitioners to find themselves in is the discursive mind — discrimination, analysing, categorising this and that, good and bad, here and now.’
Jisu Sunim
Morning meditation — A teaching stripped of depth may become a mere fashion.
‘A teaching stripped of depth may become a mere fashion, a temporary adornment rather than a transformative force. While these applications are not without merit, they fall short of the practice’s true purpose: liberation from Dukkha.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — It mostly requires a deliberate effort to identify oneself.
‘It mostly requires a deliberate effort to identify oneself with the joys and successes of others.’
Nyanaponika Thera
Morning meditation — Finding joy in the happiness and success of others.
‘Finding joy in the happiness and success of others, has not received sufficient attention either in expositions of Buddhist ethics, or in the meditative development.’
Nyanaponika Thera
Morning Meditation — Do not seek for anything in written words.
‘Followers of the Way, do not seek for anything in written words. You will tire your heart and inhale icy air without profit.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning meditation — Although dukkha is often translated as suffering.
‘Although dukkha is often translated as suffering, at its deepest level it refers to the discontent of ignorance — of not being Awake.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — In modern times, spiritual signposts often become commodities.
‘In modern times, spiritual signposts often become commodities. Teachings are simplified, branded, and marketed for convenience. While this can make the Dharma accessible to new audiences, it also carries the risk of superficial engagement.’
Everyday Buddhism
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