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• Morning meditation — The practice of kṣānti (Patience) requires us to meet life’s challenges.

  By Buddhism Now on 1 October 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The practice of kṣānti (Patience) requires us to meet life’s challenges with acceptance rather than resistance. It teaches us to let go of our reactive tendencies — anger, frustration, or resentment — and instead, respond with understanding and compassion.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Vīrya, the fourth perfection, represents energy.

  By Buddhism Now on 30 September 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Vīrya, the fourth perfection, represents energy or enthusiastic effort. It is the driving force that sustains our Buddhist practice, propelling us forward on the path to awakening.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — When we understand śīla we naturally wish to avoid actions that cause harm.

  By Buddhism Now on 29 September 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘When we understand śīla we naturally wish to avoid actions that cause harm. The practice of śīla aligns our actions with this understanding, helping us to act in ways that reduce suffering and promote wellbeing for ourselves and others.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Please understand that all your experience is your personal experi­ence.

  By Buddhism Now on 28 September 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Please understand that all your experience is your personal experi­ence rather than somebody else’s. It is your experience, and thus is dif­ferent from the personal experience of others.’

  Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

• Morning meditation — The great beings see with their wisdom eye.

  By Buddhism Now on 27 September 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The great beings see with their wisdom eye
  All things like reflections of forms;
  They do not become stuck In the mire of so-called objects.’

  Arya Nagarjuna

• Morning meditation — Buddha’s Teaching: Just a few things that have fallen into words.

  By Buddhism Now on 26 September 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Buddha’s Teaching: Just a few things that have fallen into words..’

  Zen Graffiti

• Morning meditation — One comes across a weed.

  By Buddhism Now on 25 September 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘One comes across a weed, and it turns out to be an orchid.’

  Zen Master Yunmen

• Morning meditation — Thoughts arise and pass away.

  By Buddhism Now on 24 September 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Thoughts arise and pass away,
  The preceding no different from the succeeding.
  If the succeeding thought does not arise,
  The preceding thought cuts itself off.’

  Niutou Farong

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