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• Awake up sign! By John Aske

  By Buddhism Now on 21 September 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  There is that strong wish in us to ignore painful things — if possible — but that leaves us bound to them in a kind of sleepy slavery.

• Morning meditation — It is so hard to find the time and tools.

  By Buddhism Now on 21 September 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘It is so hard to find the time and tools
  I need To help those with whom I share this world.
  If I don’t seize the chance now,
  It may never arise again!’

  Acharya Shantideva

• Morning meditation — The Buddha’s teaching of the raft offers a profound reminder.

  By Buddhism Now on 20 September 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The Buddha’s teaching of the raft offers a profound reminder of the importance of non-attachment in the spiritual journey. His metaphor serves as a practical guide for using the Dhamma effectively.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — From the birth and death of stars to the rise and fall of empires.

  By Buddhism Now on 19 September 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘From the birth and death of stars to the rise and fall of empires, from the smallest atom to the grandest mountains, all phenomena arise, exist for a time, and then dissolve.
  To deny this truth is to remain bound by illusion.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — It requires a deep willingness to let go of our most cherished assumptions.

  By Buddhism Now on 18 September 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘It requires a deep willingness to let go of our most cherished assumptions about who we are. The self, though an illusion, feels very real, and its dissolution can evoke fear and resistance.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — What of you people? Do you know yourselves?

  By Buddhism Now on 17 September 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘What of you people? Do you know yourselves?
  When you doubt sufficiently, your enlightenment will be sufficient.’

  Bassui Tokushō

• Morning meditation — Mindfulness in words.

  By Buddhism Now on 16 September 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Mindfulness in words — trying to make an internal commentary of what one is doing — is just a kind of illusion.’

  Trevor Leggett

• Morning meditation — When you dream at night you see all sorts of different things.

  By Buddhism Now on 15 September 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘When you dream at night you see all sorts of different things. Are those things seen with the eyes? You believe you have eyes in the dream, don’t you? You walk around and look all over, yet in reality your eyes are closed and you’re in bed.’

  Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

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