‘When we transcend the illusion of self, we begin to embody this Buddha-nature, which is characterised by wisdom, compassion, and boundless awareness.’
Everyday Buddhism
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — This attachment to a fixed self generates suffering, for it is the basis of our fears, desires, and conflicts.
‘This attachment to a fixed self generates suffering, for it is the basis of our fears, desires, and conflicts. As long as we see ourselves as separate, we are bound by the duality of subject and object, self and other, inside and outside.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — In Buddhist teachings, clear awareness is often associated with the realisation of Buddha-nature.
‘In Buddhist teachings, clear awareness is often associated with the realisation of Buddha-nature — the inherent potential for awakening that exists within all beings.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — The insight into emptiness and not-self does not negate the reality of our everyday experiences.
‘The insight into emptiness and not-self does not negate the reality of our everyday experiences. Rather, it transforms the way we relate to them. From the perspective of clear awareness, we engage with life fully, but without attachment or aversion.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — The Buddha often likened his teachings to a raft.
‘The Buddha often likened his teachings to a raft — a means of crossing the river of suffering to reach the far shore of liberation. Once the far shore is reached, there is no need to carry the raft further.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — If we have wisdom then we’ll be able to examine this natural mind.
‘If we have wisdom then we’ll be able to examine this natural mind of ours and use it as our subject of study.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — The realisation of clear awareness is not an abstract or mystical state.
‘The realisation of clear awareness is not an abstract or mystical state reserved for a select few. It is, in fact, our most natural state of mind, obscured only by the veil of conceptual thought and attachment to self.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — To those searching for ultimate reality.
‘To those searching for ultimate reality,
First one should say that everything exists;
Later when they understand the meaning
And are free of attachment, then teach the absence.’
Arya Nagarjuna
