‘It’s sometimes easy to confuse concentration for awareness.’
Buddhist meditation
Buddhist meditation
Morning meditation — Spontaneous Presence.
‘May those suffering because of the past, and those fearing the future, realise the happiness of the spontaneous presence.’
Buddhism
Out on a Limb: Reflections of a Slow Learner, by Patricia Myerson
Eight panels of colourful comic art.
Awareness, by John Aske
The more we become conscious of this awareness, and our attention is drawn to it, the more it becomes a safe refuge for us.
What is Hua t’ou? (lit. word-head) By Master Hsu Yun
The self-nature has no beginning, being outside time.
Is Such a State of Emptiness a Good Thing? By Kusan Sunim.
When all thoughts of past and future have been cut off, there will also be no thought of the present.
This is the Buddha’s Firm and Unshakeable Awareness, by Ajahn Chah
I’m telling you, it’s great fun to observe closely how the mind works.
RIP Thich Nhat Hanh
So, try to enjoy your practice. Thich Nhat Hanh
