‘Delusion may be clever, but its cleverness is fragile. Awareness, when cultivated, shines through it, illuminating the truth of impermanence, suffering, and not-self.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning Meditaton
Morning meditation — To cunningly praise ourselves.
‘To cunningly praise ourselves while disparaging others is foolish.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — North, south, east and west being void.
‘North, south, east and west being void, they form a single house.’
Kusan Sunim
Morning meditation — Delusion blinds us to the truths of anicca.
‘Delusion blinds us to the truths of anicca (impermanence), dukkha (suffering), and anattā (not-self), the three marks of existence that the Buddha taught as central to awakening.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Unlike greed or hatred.
‘Unlike greed or hatred, which are relatively easy to notice once they arise, delusion works in the shadows of the mind.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — It reminds us that the true depth of wisdom cannot be captured in words.
‘In the end, the Buddha’s reluctance to speak of his own awakening is a teaching in itself. It reminds us that the true depth of wisdom cannot be captured in words, that the experiences we have along the path are less important than the process that brings them about.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Do not be like those sophists who have studied rhetoric and judge a person’s wisdom only by his eloquence.
‘Do not be like those sophists who have studied rhetoric and judge a person’s wisdom only by his eloquence. As it is said, “A snake drinks water and produces poison; a cow drinks water and produces milk.” If you train wisely, bodhi is produced; if you train.’
Master Bojo
Morning meditation — May those caught in the fire of time.
‘May those caught in the fire of time realise the coolness of awakening.’
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