‘It’s hard to attain the state where nothing is practised and nothing manifested.’
Buddha
Sutra in 42 Sections
Buddhist
The object of mind also becomes increasingly subtle and refined.
As the mind becomes calm, the breath, which was originally coarse, becomes correspondingly lighter and more refined. The object of mind also becomes increasingly subtle and refined.
Compassion is catching by Trevor Leggett.
I felt a sudden rush of something in my heart.
Morning meditation — In the seen, only the seen.
‘In the seen, only the seen.
In the heard, only the heard.
In the sensed, only the sensed.
In the cognised, only the cognised.
Then, Bāhiya, there will be no ‘’you” in connection with that.’
The Buddha
Chronic Pain, Ego and Liberation, by Ajahn Sumedho.
A talk by Ajahn Sumedho on Chronic Pain, Ego and Liberation.
Morning meditation — All conditioned things are not-self.
‘All conditioned things are not-self’ — when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering. This is the path to purification.
The Dhammapada
Awake up sign! By John Aske
There is that strong wish in us to ignore painful things — if possible — but that leaves us bound to them in a kind of sleepy slavery.
Disciplinary and Other Rituals in Dunhuang Buddhism: A Review.
What particularly delighted me was discovering that the book’s opening sections — the Preface, Introduction and introductory chapters — alongside the stunning colour photographs of original Dunhuang manuscripts.
Buddhism now 