‘To experience the Buddha directly is to be fully present with what is, without clinging or resistance. It is to engage with the moment, each thought, each feeling, as an expression of the Dharma.’
Everyday Buddhism
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — The Buddha’s use of negative descriptors is a paradoxical gesture.
‘The Buddha’s use of negative descriptors is a paradoxical gesture that reveals profound positivity. By describing the ultimate as ‘unborn’ or ‘unconditioned,’ he emphasises that liberation is not something created or fabricated.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — To speak of the timeless is to speak in paradoxes.
‘To speak of the timeless is to speak in paradoxes. We approach it through negation, yet its realisation is the most affirming experience imaginable. The unborn and unmade point us towards a life free from suffering.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Awareness is a life not constrained.
‘Awareness is a life not constrained by the relentless march of time but embraced in the vast, open space of the present.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Craving is born from ignorance.
‘Craving is born from ignorance, from the mistaken belief that happiness can be found in impermanent conditions. It leads us to grasp at things and experiences in an attempt to make them last, even though they are destined to pass away.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Wisdom, in the Buddhist tradition.
‘Wisdom, in the Buddhist tradition, refers to the deep understanding of the nature of reality, particularly the realisation of impermanence, not-self, and suffering.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — In meditation, thoughts appear, yet awareness itself remains unmoved.
‘In meditation, thoughts appear, yet awareness itself remains unmoved. The mind’s radiance is not dimmed by thinking; it is simply overlooked. When we become lost in thought, it is not the light that is absent but our recognition of it. This distinction is crucial.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Two extremes — blind faith without enquiry, and enquiry which is no real enquiry at all.
‘Two extremes — blind faith without enquiry, and enquiry which is no real enquiry at all; it’s just an endless sort of doubt, and lacks focus.’
Trevor Leggett
Buddhism now 