‘By relinquishing attachment and seeing things as they truly are, we can free ourselves from the cycle of craving and dissatisfaction.’
Everyday Buddhism
Buddhist Insights
Morning Meditation — Buddha appeared in the world.
‘Followers of the way, Buddha appeared in the world, turned the wheel of Dharma, and then entered Nirvana.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning meditation — Whether people are happy or sad.
‘Whether people are happy or sad, content or discontent, doesn’t really depend on their having little or having much, it depends on wisdom.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — How do we practise non-clinging?
‘How do we practise non-clinging? We do it simply by giving up clinging. It can be very difficult to understand non-clinging, however. It takes a keen wisdom to investigate it, to really see the depth of it, and then to see the wisdom of it.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — When we consider the Three Marks of Existence.
‘When we consider the Three Marks of Existence—Anicca (impermanence), Dukkha (suffering), and Anattā (not-self)—we see that these insights do not merely describe metaphysical truths about the world; they are calls to a transformation in how we live.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — When we relinquish the need for intellectual certainty.
‘When we relinquish the need for intellectual certainty, we open ourselves to the vastness of reality, which can never be fully grasped by the mind.’
Everyday Buddhism
Returning to the Essence
The true sangha, as the Buddha envisioned it, is a community of individuals committed to treading the path of liberation. Whether large or small, the role of the sangha is to support each other’s practice.
Morning meditation — You must be as audacious as someone trying to grab the eyebrows of a living tiger.
‘You must be as audacious as someone trying to grab the eyebrows of a living tiger or to snatch the whiskers of a flying dragon. Then you will know.’
Kusan Sunim
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