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• Morning meditation — An enlightened second thought makes one a Buddha.

  By Buddhism Now on 17 April 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘A foolish passing thought makes one an ordinary man, while an enlightened second thought makes one a Buddha. A passing thought that clings to sense-objects is Klesa, while a second thought that frees one from attachment is Bodhi.’

  Hui Neng

• Morning meditation —We all have to learn the comfort of being ourselves.

  By Buddhism Now on 16 April 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘We all have to learn the comfort of being ourselves — and not someone else.’

  John Aske

• Morning meditation — To cross the Ganges.

  By Buddhism Now on 15 April 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘To cross the Ganges, one must learn to swim!’

  Padampa Sangye

• Morning meditation — And what, monks, is ageing?

  By Buddhism Now on 14 April 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  ‘And what, monks, is ageing? In whatever beings of whatever group of beings, there is ageing, decrepitude, broken teeth, grey hair, wrinkled skin, shrinking with age, decay of the sense-faculties—that, monks, is called ageing.’

  The Buddha

• Morning meditation — If you do zazen, you get to see for yourself.

  By Buddhism Now on 13 April 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘If you do zazen, you get to see for yourself that things just arise in your perception; where they begin and where they end you cannot know.’

  Gien Inour Roshi

• Morning meditation — Prajna comes from the Essence of Mind and not from an exterior source.

  By Buddhism Now on 12 April 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Learned Audience, all Prajna comes from the Essence of Mind and not from an exterior source. Have no mistaken notion about that. This is called ‘Self-use of the True Nature’. Once the Tathata (Suchness) is known, one will be free from delusion forever.’

  Hui Neng

• Morning meditation — One who has realised the Dhamma.

  By Buddhism Now on 11 April 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘One who has realised the Dhamma is like one who has realised the sweetness or sourness of the fruit. All doubts are ended right here.’

  Ajahn Chah

• Morning meditation — The wise who point out our faults.

  By Buddhism Now on 10 April 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The wise who point out our faults, are worth cultivating as they guide us to a hidden treasure.’

  The Dhammapada

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