‘Views and opinions are easy to grasp because we can put them into words. Awareness on the other hand is beyond words, beyond grasping.’
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Morning meditation — Twelve Links.
‘12 links: ignorance-volition-consciousness-body mind formations-6 sense doors-contact-feeling-craving-clinging-becoming-birth-aging death.
Death-aging-birth-becoming-clinging-craving-feeling-contact-6 sense doors-body mind formations-consciousness-volition-ignorance.’
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Morning meditation — Before moving in sitting meditation.
‘Before moving in sitting meditation, see if there is discomfort in the mind causing discomfort in the body.’
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Morning meditation — Buddhist ritual’s are for overcoming pride and egotism.
‘Buddhist ritual’s are for overcoming pride and egotism. But clinging to ritual is a hindrance to awakening.’
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![Daisies growing against a stone wall. Morning Meditation: However, if we view these [Buddhist] teachings solely as instructions, we may miss a deeper, more profound insight: these teachings are not just guides towards awakening; they are also expressions of awakening itself.](https://buddhismnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/img_9512-e1783109820968.jpeg?w=120&h=120&crop=1)
Morning meditation — Buddha as an experience transcends mere personality.
‘Buddha as an experience transcends mere personality; it invites us to embody his enlightened awareness, manifesting wisdom and compassion in our own lives.’
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Morning meditation: Meditate without waiting.
‘Try not to set up stages for Awakening.
Meditate without waiting.’
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Morning meditation — Try it next time.
‘Worry is a thought habit. Counting the arising of it uses patience to overcome the worry. Try it next time — it works.’
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Morning meditation — When you feel a certain way and your thoughts just go on and on.
‘Papañca — when you feel a certain way and your thoughts just go on and on without any direction, simply rattling on; one thought after another.’
Madhupiṇḍika sutta
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