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• Morning Meditation — Moved by their selfish desires, people seek after fame.

  By Buddhism Now on 11 March 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Moved by their selfish desires, people seek after fame and glory. But when they have acquired it, they are already stricken in years. If you hanker after worldly fame and practise not the Way, your labours are wrongfully applied and your energy is wasted.’

  Buddha
  Sutra in 42 Sections

• Morning meditation — The mind lets go of external mind-objects.

  By Buddhism Now on 10 March 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The mind lets go of external mind-objects and you continue to observe internally.’

  Ajahn Chah

• Morning meditation — If the mind abides in no-circumstances.

  By Buddhism Now on 9 March 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘If the mind abides in no-circumstances, then the circumstances abide in no-mind.’

  Shen Hui

• Morning meditation — If in the mind there is nothing different from mind.

  By Buddhism Now on 8 March 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘If in the mind there is nothing different from mind, one does not have to stop desire.’

  Shen Hui

• Morning meditation — If as Buddhists we have true awareness.

  By Buddhism Now on 7 March 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘If as Buddhists we have true awareness then morality will be our natural behaviour.’

  Zen Master Bukko

• Morning Meditation — Look up to the heavens or down upon the earth and they will teach you impermanence.

  By Buddhism Now on 6 March 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Look up to the heavens or down upon the earth and they will teach you impermanence. Look around the world and it too reveals impermanence. Yet when you attain spiritual enlightenment, true wisdom arises. That wisdom swiftly guides you to the Way.’

  Buddha
  Sutra in 42 Sections

• Morning meditation — As we practise, a subtle shift begins.

  By Buddhism Now on 5 March 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘As we practise, a subtle shift begins. The more we turn our attention inward, the more we come to sense that life’s deepest truths do not yield to control or analysis. Instead, these truths reveal themselves when we stop trying to define or grasp them.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning Meditation — It’s hard to attain the state where nothing is practised.

  By Buddhism Now on 4 March 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  ‘It’s hard to attain the state where nothing is practised and nothing manifested.’

  Buddha
  Sutra in 42 Sections

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