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• Morning meditation — A hundred years of life is dependent on one breath.

  By Buddhism Now on 19 December 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘A hundred years of life is dependent on one breath.’

  Kusan Sunim

• Morning meditation — When insight arises.

  By Buddhism Now on 18 December 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘When insight arises — deepen your practice.’

  Gampopa

• Morning meditation — The Eightfold Path has played such a central role in the evolution of the Buddha’s teaching.

  By Buddhism Now on 16 December 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The Eightfold Path has played such a central role in the evolution of the Buddha’s teaching and suggests that it may have emerged organically from Shakyamuni Buddha’s own behaviour and life example.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — The Middle Way is a path that both transcends the self.

  By Buddhism Now on 15 December 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The Middle Way is a path that both transcends the self and meets us where we are, offering wisdom and compassion for all stages of the journey.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — The point that the path offers a way to live in alignment with deeper truths.

  By Buddhism Now on 14 December 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The point that the path offers a way to live in alignment with deeper truths suggests that the Eightfold Path is more a way of liberation than merely a way to liberation, which makes sense.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Asked why he wore such a large hat.

  By Buddhism Now on 13 December 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  Asked why he wore such a large hat, Zen master Huang Po replied, ‘because it has to cover the myriad worlds.’

  Huang Po

• Morning meditation — How can one cultivate a path to liberation.

  By Buddhism Now on 12 December 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘How can one cultivate a path to liberation when the idea of a ‘self’ progressing along such a path is, according to the Buddha, fundamentally delusional?’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — The cessation of suffering.

  By Buddhism Now on 11 December 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The cessation of suffering is not simply the result of following a methodical path; it is a truth that can be directly realised through wisdom.’

  Everyday Buddhism

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