‘Things cease due to utter destruction, But not due to understanding their conditioned nature; To whom will this be evident? How can “destruction” be possible?’
Arya Nagarjuna
Buddhist Insights
Morning Meditation — Patience requires us to go beyond the choice between fleeing or fighting.
‘Patience requires us to go beyond the choice between fleeing or fighting. It is the third and most difficult way. Affectionate awareness starts being a real central value in our lives.’
Corrado Pensa
Morning meditation — Those who do not see ultimate reality.
‘Those who do not see ultimate reality
Grasp at samsara and nirvana;
But those who see ultimate reality possess
No pretentions of world and its’ transcendence.’
Arya Nagarjuna
Morning meditation — Both samsara and nirvana.
‘Both samsara and nirvana,
Neither of these two exists;
The thorough understanding of cyclic existence —
This is referred to as “nirvana.”’
Arya Nagarjuna
Morning meditation — All processes are impermanent.
‘All processes are impermanent, Which are the dharma of birth and death. Having ended birth and death, Nirvana is delight!’
Sutra of Maitreya
Morning meditation — How can a dependent origination have a first and a last?
‘How can a dependent origination have a first and a last?’
Arya Nagarjuna
Morning meditation — The Buddha points beyond ‘‘is’’ and ‘‘is not’’.
‘The Buddha points beyond ‘‘is’’ and ‘‘is not’’, beyond ‘‘eternal” and ‘‘annihilated”, and ultimately beyond any view that divides experience into fixed categories.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Unfolding of experience, and cultivating wisdom.
‘By turning inward, observing the unfolding of experience, and cultivating wisdom, we follow the Buddha’s path.’
Everyday Buddhism
