‘The cycle of birth, death, and rebirth is driven by ignorance, craving, and the illusion of self. When one realises the emptiness of all phenomena, including the self, this ignorance is dispelled.’
Everyday Buddhism
Buddhist Insights
Morning Meditation — The mind, when it’s not engrossed.
‘The mind, when it’s not engrossed with the taste of pleasure or pain, is free in line with its nature.’
Upasika Kee Nanayon
Morning meditation — What is the resort of mindfulness?
‘‘‘Good Gotama [Buddha], what is the resort of mindfulness?’’
‘The resort of mindfulness, Brahman, is liberation.’’’
The Buddha,
Samyutta Nikaya
Morning meditation — If you see into your true nature.
‘If you see into your true nature, upon forgetting thoughts and imaginings, you will turn the karma of ignorance into the great sea of liberation’
Bassui Tokushō
Morning meditation — The pursuit of wealth and power often leads to ruin.
‘The pursuit of wealth and power often leads to ruin, but those who are content with little can find peace.’
Classic of Spiritual Flight
Morning meditation — One wrong move leads to many failures.
‘One wrong move leads to many failures.’
Classic of Spiritual Flight
Morning Meditation — Our reaction is a conditioned one.
‘Our reaction is a conditioned one and ultimately conditioned by ignorance.’
Corrado Pensa
Morning meditation: What is the resort of Nibbana?
‘‘‘Then, good Gotama, what is the resort of Nibbana?’’
‘‘That question goes too far Brahman. No answer can encompass it.’’’
The Buddha,
Samyutta Nikaya
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