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• Morning meditation — Many monks who practise in meditation halls.

  By Buddhism Now on 18 November 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Many monks who practise in meditation halls often just settle down in such places. Thus out of ten practitioners eight or nine are unable to pierce through the barrier of the patriarchs.’

  Kusan Sunim

• Morning meditation — Nirvana is delight!

  By Buddhism Now on 17 November 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘All processes are impermanent,
  Which are the dharma of birth and death.
  Having ended birth and death,
  Nirvana is delight!’

  Sutra of Maitreya

• Morning meditation — Then the practice will naturally ripen and gradually you will enter wonderful states.

  By Buddhism Now on 16 November 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Then the practice will naturally ripen and gradually you will enter wonderful states. If you practise in such a way for a very long time, then you will surely realise great awakening.’

  Kusan Sunim

• Morning meditation — Spontaneous wisdom.

  By Buddhism Now on 15 November 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Spontaneous wisdom
  Throughout time and space
  Nothing is illuminated;
  This is most profound.
  Knowing dharmas is non-knowing;
  Non-knowing is knowing the essential’

  Niutou Farong

• Morning meditation — Trikaya the 3 bodies of the Buddha.

  By Buddhism Now on 14 November 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Trikaya — 3 bodies of the Buddha, Nirmāṇakāya you as you are, Dharmakāya when you’re aware, and Sambhogakāya the joy or insight of being awake.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Techniques, while helpful, can become traps.

  By Buddhism Now on 13 November 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Techniques, while helpful, can become traps. When we become fixated on perfecting a particular method or measuring our progress in meditation, we can lose sight of the true aim of practice: insight into the nature of reality.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning Meditation — The greatest determination.

  By Buddhism Now on 12 November 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The greatest determination is similar to the one of a beginner who has just started practising meditation.’

  Kusan Sumin

• Morning meditation: Delusion and awareness are not static forces; they are in constant motion.

  By Buddhism Now on 11 November 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Delusion and awareness are not static forces; they are in constant motion. In one moment, we may be lost in delusion, caught up in a story of self. In the next moment, awareness may arise, illuminating the truth and revealing the emptiness of that story.’

  Everyday Buddhism

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