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• Morning Meditation — The treasure cannot speak.

  By Buddhism Now on 26 July 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Buddha Nature is like a store of treasure inside the house of a pauper. The owner isn’t aware of it, and the treasure cannot speak.’

  Tathagatagarbha Sutra

• Morning meditation — Simultaneous Awareness of Both.

  By Buddhism Now on 25 July 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Simultaneous Awareness of Both
  The jade-green lady throws her shuttle
  upon the whirling loom;
  the stone man beats his drum:
  Boom! Boom!’

  Chan Master Fenyang

• Morning meditation — The Buddha’s teaching offers both a warning and a promise.

  By Buddhism Now on 23 July 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The Buddha’s teaching offers both a warning and a promise: the warning that no external search will ever bring us to the end of suffering, and the promise that the end of suffering can indeed be realised — right here, in this very life.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning Meditation: Mind doesn’t appear as a monk or a layman.

  By Buddhism Now on 22 July 2026 • ( 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 — A great, wise person looks at it.

  By Buddhism Now on 21 July 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘A great, wise person looks at it
  And does not get involved.’

  Chan Master Fenyang

• Morning meditation — The Real within the Apparent.

  By Buddhism Now on 20 July 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The midnight moon shines brightly;
  the sun must yield greeting to the dawn.
  The Real within the Apparent
  From a single hair a mighty tree grows;
  a drop of water swells into a river.’

  Chan Master Fenyang

• Morning meditation — Buddha is not something to be attained.

  By Buddhism Now on 19 July 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Buddha is not something to be attained but something to be realised in the very fabric of our daily lives.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — The brightness of awareness is not an intellectual understanding.

  By Buddhism Now on 18 July 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The brightness of awareness is not an intellectual understanding, but an experiential clarity — an ability to see things as they truly are, in the present moment, without the filters of desire, fear, or ignorance.’

  Everyday Buddhism

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