‘Practise till it is no longer practice but a natural movement. Then, in a crisis, there is a sort of calm, an inner calm, a sort of coolness inside.’
Trevor Leggett
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — In the simplicity of the Dhamma.
‘In the simplicity of the Dhamma, we discover the true refuge that the Buddha so compassionately pointed to.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — The Buddha’s teachings do not call for repression but for illumination.
‘The Buddha’s teachings do not call for repression but for illumination. Awareness, when steady and unentangled, remains untouched by the arising and passing of thought. The key is not to eliminate thinking but to cease identifying with it.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Dukkha is very profound.
‘Dukkha is very profound; as we explore it through the Buddha’s Four Noble Truths, we understand that being unawakened is itself dukkha. Dukkha, Cause, and Nirodha (Nirvana).’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — At the heart of the Buddha’s message is the notion of the Middle Way.
‘At the heart of the Buddha’s message is the notion of the Middle Way — a path that avoids the extremes of indulgence in sensual pleasures on one side and severe asceticism on the other.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — The significance of the Three Marks of Existence cannot be overstated.
‘The significance of the Three Marks of Existence cannot be overstated. These truths about the nature of reality — impermanence, suffering, and not-self — are at the core of the Buddha’s teaching enlightenment.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — One of the greatest challenges in spiritual practice.
‘One of the greatest challenges in spiritual practice is to go beyond the need for names and descriptions, for these are the tools of thought, not of awareness.’
Everyday Buddhism
Evening meditation — Within not-self.
‘Within not-self, there is no duality; this is the meaning of not-self.’
Dao Sheng
Buddhism now 