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• Morning meditation — We Start Directly.

  By Buddhism Now on 3 April 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘We start directly from using our knowledge faculties rather than the believing ones.’

  Ajahn Sumedho

• Morning meditation — Zen sitting is not some sort of.

  By Buddhism Now on 2 April 2023 • ( 1 )

  

  ‘Zen sitting is not some sort of operation to be performed. It is going into one’s true original nature before father or mother were born.’

  Zen Master Bukko

• Morning meditation — For One whose Tongue is Ready.

  By Buddhism Now on 1 April 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘For one whose tongue is ready with good words but whose heart is impure, Samadhi and Prajna are useless.’

  Hui Neng

• Morning meditation — Only Realise that, from the Beginning.

  By Buddhism Now on 31 March 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Only realise that, from the beginning, original mind is beyond thought, and don’t attach to your rising thoughts at all.’

  Bankei

• Morning meditation — If Beings Seek the Buddha.

  By Buddhism Now on 30 March 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘If beings seek the Buddha by means of external exercises, they are unable to see into their self-nature.’

  Hui Neng

• Morning meditation — The only Way we can.

  By Buddhism Now on 29 March 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The only way we can be liberated, is through knowing it for ourselves, not through anyone else’s understanding.’

  Ajahn Sumedho

• Morning meditation —When I feel fed up.

  By Buddhism Now on 28 March 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘When I feel frustrated, exasperated or fed up, I use that opportunity for insight into the noble truth of suffering.’

  Ajahn Sumedho

• Morning meditation — What is Wholehearted Practice?

  By Buddhism Now on 27 March 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Dōgen asked the cook of Tiantong Monastery, ‘What is wholehearted practice?’ The cook replied, ‘Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.’

  Shohaku Okumura

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