The true sangha, as the Buddha envisioned it, is a community of individuals committed to treading the path of liberation. Whether large or small, the role of the sangha is to support each other’s practice.
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Although we might feel unequal to tackling a Zen koan.
‘Morning Meditation: Although we might feel unequal to tackling a Zen koan, our life itself is a koan.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — In the vast landscape of the mind.
‘In the vast landscape of the mind, two forces are constantly at play: delusion and awareness.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — As long as we have belief or notion of a ‘self’.
‘As long as we have belief or notion of a ‘self’, we shall naturally think that liberation will take a long time.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Through meditation and awareness.
‘Through meditation and awareness, we train the mind to become still, to see beyond surface appearances and the habitual patterns of thought that bind us to dualistic thinking.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Everyone has the Buddha Nature.
‘May those caught in the guru business realise that everyone has the Buddha Nature.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — May all beings caught up in confusion.
‘May all beings caught up in confusion realise that straightforward action leads to liberation directly.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — But when one indulges in those passing thoughts.
‘Passing thoughts arise — that is natural, and they can bring us inspiration. But when one indulges in those passing thoughts, attaching to them, they link up into a sort of chain of hopes, fears, doubts, anxieties, views and opinions.’
Diana St Ruth
Buddhism now 