‘Buddha is not something to be attained but something to be realised in the very fabric of our daily lives.’
Everyday Buddhism
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — As our awareness grows.
‘As our awareness grows, the shadows of delusion fade, not by force but by the simple presence of light, revealing reality as it is — open, boundless, and free from obscuration.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Rather than searching for a distant place.
‘Rather than searching for a distant place where suffering does not exist, the Buddha invites us to investigate the nature of suffering itself, right here in the present.’
Everyday Buddhism
People think that the gift of the gab and being smart, are signs of wisdom, by Hakuin Zenji
The Buddhist world is now filled with people of their sort.
Morning meditation — Buddhists are people and people do believe things.
‘Buddhists are people and people do believe things, but Buddhism is concerned with truth, not with belief, and the teaching is to see things as they are.’
Everyday Buddhism
When we see events through the lens of a pure mind.
This pure awareness is not detached or indifferent.
Morning meditation — The unskilful make distinctions such as.
‘The unskilful make distinctions such as ‘this person’s my friend, this one’s my enemy’ The wise show goodwill to all.’
Everyday Buddhism
The Buddha’s Meeting with Upaka
The Buddha’s awakening was not some flashy miracle but a quiet, serene realisation of the nature of suffering.
Buddhism now 