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• Morning meditation — Glimpse Wishless Liberation.

  By Buddhism Now on 11 March 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘To glimpse of wishless liberation, we can notice the dissatisfaction — dukkha — that arises in the heart whenever we want something.’

  Ayya Khema

• Morning meditation — It Cannot Really be Named.

  By Buddhism Now on 10 March 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘It is merely as an expedient that the Essence of Mind is so called; it cannot really be named by any name.’

  Hui Neng

• Joy by John Aske

  By Buddhism Now on 9 March 2023 • ( 1 )

  

  Joy is not something we can grasp and hold on to, it comes and goes like spring rain, softening everything.

• Morning meditation — Only the Heedful and Aware.

  By Buddhism Now on 9 March 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Don’t give way to heedlessness.
  Don’t indulge in sense pleasure.
  Only the heedful and aware attain great happiness.

  The Dhammapada

• Morning meditation: Tantra is not that Difficult.

  By Buddhism Now on 8 March 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Tantra is not that difficult.
  Idea is by visualising being Buddha we get closer to Awakening.
  As we are Buddha — why not act like Buddha?’

  Everyday Buddhist

• Morning meditation — You should not Misinterpret the Text.

  By Buddhism Now on 7 March 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘You should not misinterpret the text, and come to the conclusion that Buddha-knowledge is something special to Buddha not common to us all.’

  Hui Neng

• Morning Meditation: Mind doesn’t appear as.

  By Buddhism Now on 6 March 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Mind doesn’t appear as a monk or a layman, an elder or a novice, a sage or a fool, a Buddha or a mortal.’

  Bodhidharma

• Morning meditation — Those Wishing to Overcome Sorrow.

  By Buddhism Now on 5 March 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Those wishing to overcome sorrow in their lives and the suffering of others, should never turn their back on bodhicitta.’

  Acharya Shantideva

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