‘So when facing difficulties, sometimes just thinking of the phrase ‘‘everything is subject to change’’ will give strength to my mind.’
Geshe Tashi Tsering
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — What remains when the striving ceases?
‘What remains when the striving ceases? This is not a question to be answered, but to be realised.’
Zen Master Niutou
Morning meditation — Non-duality is not a state to be achieved.
‘Non-duality is not a state to be achieved. It is not the opposite of duality. It is not the final answer. It is the dissolution of the question itself.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — You can start meditating right now.
‘You can start meditating right now.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — You can start meditating right now.
‘You can start meditating right now.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — The path does not end with the realisation of emptiness.
‘The path does not end with the realisation of emptiness, not-self. It continues as a journey of awakening in the present, in every breath.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — The Wisdom of Enlightenment is inherent in every one of us.
‘Learned Audience, the Wisdom of Enlightenment is inherent in every one of us. It is because of the delusion under which our mind works that we fail to realise it ourselves.’
Hui Neng
Morning meditation — Attachment operates as wanting something or wanting more.
‘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
Buddhism now 