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• Morning meditation — Noticing a single shortcoming in ourselves.

  By Buddhism Now on 19 February 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Noticing a single shortcoming in ourselves is far more useful than seeing a 1,000 in someone else. We can correct our own.’

  Dalai Lama

• Morning meditation — This liberation is like wind.

  By Buddhism Now on 18 February 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘This liberation is like wind, because it directs all sentient beings to omniscience.’

  Avalokiteshvara

• Morning meditation — An intuitive moment is not.

  By Buddhism Now on 17 February 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘An intuitive moment is not a rational moment; it isn’t a moment based on common sense and habitual ways of looking at things.’

  Ajahn Sumedho

• Morning meditation — Some people think that it’s daft.

  By Buddhism Now on 16 February 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Some people think that it’s daft to do practices that bring happiness to others.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — No matter how appealing an object.

  By Buddhism Now on 15 February 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘No matter how appealing an object, it’s appealing only in worldly sense. It isn’t happiness of liberation; it won’t free you from the world.’

  Ajahn Chah

• Morning meditation — The complaining mind, the critical mind.

  By Buddhism Now on 14 February 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The complaining mind, the critical mind, the always wanting something you don’t have, or not being content with what you do have, is dukkha.’

  Ajahn Sumedho

• Morning meditation — The notion of self drives all sorts of views.

  By Buddhism Now on 13 February 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The notion of self drives all sorts of views and opinions about birth and death.’

  Zen Graffiti

• Morning meditation — One of the first insights of the Buddha.

  By Buddhism Now on 12 February 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Anicca: Lit. not-eternal. One of the first insights of the Buddha “all that arises ceases”, are not reality, not nirvana, not liberation.’

  Everyday Buddhism

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