‘Views and opinions are easy to grasp because we can put them into words. Awareness on the other hand is beyond words, beyond grasping.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning Meditaton
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.’
Everyday Buddhism
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.’
Everyday Buddhist
![Evening sky with a seagull and Jupiter. Morning Meditation: Occupied by the turmoil of many worthless activities, I’ve been an idiot taking trivial things to be Dharma. [Taking the Result as the Path]](https://buddhismnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/img_9558-e1783374594704.jpeg?w=120&h=120&crop=1)
Morning meditation — Occupied by the turmoil of many worthless activities.
‘Occupied by the turmoil of many worthless activities, I’ve been an idiot taking trivial things to be Dharma.’
Taking the Result as the Path: Core Teachings of the Sakya Lamdre Tradition
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.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning Meditation — l’ve come to solve the question of life and death.
‘A monk once asked Zen master Egen “l’ve come to solve the question of life and death”.
Egen drove him away saying, “at Egens place there is no such thing as life and death!”’
Zen Comments on the Mumonkan.
![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.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — This is gossip. It stops at me.
‘I hear it spoken, my mind does not arise — This is gossip. It stops at me.’
Chan Master Fenyang
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