‘Since awareness is timelessly present, it does not come from anywhere or go anywhere.
It is not something newly created, nor something that ceases.
It is the Buddha — uncontrived, self-originated, and spontaneously perfect.’
Longchenpa
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — The emptiness of the sea lets waves rise.
‘The emptiness of the sea lets waves rise, the emptiness of the mountain valley makes the voice echo, the emptiness of the heart makes the Buddha.’
Trevor Leggett
Morning meditation — How could I be unhappy about others being pleased?
‘How could I be unhappy about others being pleased?’
Acharya Shantideva
Morning meditation — When you empty the heart, things appear as in a mirror.
‘When you empty the heart, things appear as in a mirror, shining there without differences in them: ‘‘Life and death is an illusion, and all the buddhas one’s own body’’.’
Trevor Leggett
Morning meditation — The way is completely present where you are.
‘The way is completely present where you are.’
Dôgen Zenji
Morning meditation — Each moment of mindful awareness.
‘Each moment of mindful awareness, each breath, each act of kindness is an expression of this awakened nature. This is why practice is described not as the path to awakening but as the activity of awakening.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Anattā emerges when we realise that thoughts and sensations arise and pass away.
‘Anattā emerges when we realise that thoughts and sensations arise and pass away without a fixed ‘I’ controlling them. Experience unfolds according to conditions, not according to some central self.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Dukkha becomes apparent when we sit with discomfort.
‘Dukkha becomes apparent when we sit with discomfort — physical or mental — and stop trying to escape it. We see how the mind’s attempts to fix or avoid discomfort only compound it.’
Everyday Buddhism
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