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• Morning meditation — For the First Time.

  By Buddhism Now on 29 September 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Here for the first time this struck my heart, and realising the nature of birth-and-death, I grasped the essence of the Buddha-dharma.’

  Ippen

• Emptiness the Womb of Compassion, by Robert Thurman

  By Buddhism Now on 28 September 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Compassion is the most realistic way of engaging with life realistically.

• Morning meditation — Sooner or Later.

  By Buddhism Now on 28 September 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Don’t trust yourselves to a companion who is only a phantom and a dream. Sooner or later it’ll return to impermanence.’

  Zen Master Rinzai

• Morning meditation — Emptiness.

  By Buddhism Now on 27 September 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Emptiness (Sunyatā) is a synonym for the insight of seeing not-self (anatta).’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Just as a Rock.

  By Buddhism Now on 26 September 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Just as a rock is not shaken by a storm, the wise are not affected by praise or blame.’

  The Dhammapada

• Morning meditation — As Long As.

  By Buddhism Now on 25 September 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘As long as we have belief or notion of a ‘self’, we shall naturally think that liberation will take a long time.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation: If it was Only.

  By Buddhism Now on 24 September 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘If it was only a matter of time, we’d all have been Buddhas long ago.’

  Zen Graffiti

• Morning Meditation: Minimal Effort.

  By Buddhism Now on 23 September 2022 • ( 2 )

  

  ‘Those who understand the mind reach enlightenment with minimal effort.’

  Bodhidharma

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