‘Everything exists — this is one extreme. Nothing exists — this is the other extreme. Avoiding both, the Tathagata teaches the Middle Way.’
Samyutta Nikaya
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — This Middle Way forms the bedrock of the Buddha’s teaching.
‘This Middle Way forms the bedrock of the Buddha’s teaching, urging us to live in harmony with the world, avoiding excess and deprivation alike. It is a path of moderation, rooted in insight, and leads to the cessation of suffering.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — At the heart of the Buddha’s message is the teaching of the Middle Way.
‘At the heart of the Buddha’s message is the teaching of the Middle Way—a path that avoids the extremes of indulgence in sensual pleasures on one side and severe asceticism on the other. Before his enlightenment, the Buddha had experienced both ends of this spectrum.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — The Buddha’s path is one that must be lived.
‘The Buddha’s path is one that must be lived. As we live it, our practice becomes the vessel that carries us forward, and with each moment of awareness, we touch upon the truth the Buddha himself encountered under the Bodhi tree.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — A Tathagata appears in the world.
‘A Tathagata appears in the world, fully awakened, and teaches Dharma (truth) wonderful in its beginning, wonderful in its middle, and wonderful in its end.’
Alagaddupama Sutta
Morning meditation — May all those lost in the pain of jealousy.
‘May all those lost in the pain of jealousy find delight in the success of others’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — May all those lost in gloom.
‘May all those lost in gloom, awaken to the brightness of awareness.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — When Buddhists talk of here and now.
‘When Buddhists talk of here and now, don’t think geographical place or moment in time.’
Everyday Buddhism
