‘What is required is a willingness to look deeply, to bring mindful awareness to the moment, and to allow the simple truth of the Dharma to unfold naturally.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning Meditaton
Morning meditation — It is this quiet, persistent practice.
‘The Buddha often likened his teachings to a raft — a means of crossing the river of suffering to reach the far shore of liberation. Once the far shore is reached, there is no need to carry the raft further.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — The relationship between anicca (impermanence) and patience (kṣānti).
‘Another integration that deepens through Buddhist practice is the relationship between anicca (impermanence) and patience (kṣānti).’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — He who is puffed up by the slightest impression.
‘Within our mind there is a Buddha, and that Buddha within is the real Buddha. If Buddha is not to be sought within our mind, where shall we find the real Buddha?’
Hui Neng
Morning meditation — But in true giving, these distinctions fall away.
‘Ordinarily, when we give, we are aware of ourselves as the giver, of the object as the gift, and of the person receiving it. These distinctions create a sense of separation between the three elements. But in true giving, these distinctions fall away.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — But in true giving, these distinctions fall away.
‘Ordinarily, when we give, we are aware of ourselves as the giver, of the object as the gift, and of the person receiving it. These distinctions create a sense of separation between the three elements. But in true giving, these distinctions fall away.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Our society is based on becoming.
‘Our society is based on becoming. I was brought up to become something. We were always looking ahead into the future, always thinking there was something we must do. ‘You’re not good enough the way you are.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — I offered you gold.
‘I offered you gold; it’s not my fault you preferred a pebble.’
(The leprechaun in the film
The Luck of the Irish.).
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