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• Morning meditation — Once you see, after clarifying your true nature.

  By Buddhism Now on 1 December 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Once you see, after clarifying your true nature, all words return to the self like waves by the thousands returning to the sea.’

  Bassui Tokushō

• Morning meditation — At times it goes well and at times it does not.

  By Buddhism Now on 30 November 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Many monks who practise in meditation halls often just settle down in such places. Thus out of ten practitioners eight or nine are unable to pierce through the barrier of the patriarchs.’

  Kusan Sunim

• Morning meditation — We see the insights we encounter not as ends in themselves.

  By Buddhism Now on 29 November 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘We see the insights we encounter not as ends in themselves but as part of a greater awakening — a path that leads to the unfolding of compassion, wisdom, and liberation.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Patience, one of the six perfections.

  By Buddhism Now on 28 November 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Patience, one of the six perfections, is the practice of enduring difficulties without anger or frustration. It is the capacity to remain calm and composed in the face of adversity, knowing that all experiences, whether pleasant or unpleasant, are fleeting.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — He [Buddha] does not speak that which is deceitful.

  By Buddhism Now on 27 November 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘He [Buddha] does not speak that which is deceitful, nor does he speak that which is alien. There is no mistake in even one phrase or line of the discourses of the World Honoured One.’

  Bassui Tokushō

• Morning meditation — What is required is a willingness to look deeply.

  By Buddhism Now on 26 November 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘What is required is a willingness to look deeply, to bring mindful awareness to the moment, and to allow the simple truth of the Dharma to unfold naturally.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — It is this quiet, persistent practice.

  By Buddhism Now on 25 November 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The Buddha often likened his teachings to a raft — a means of crossing the river of suffering to reach the far shore of liberation. Once the far shore is reached, there is no need to carry the raft further.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — The relationship between anicca (impermanence) and patience (kṣānti).

  By Buddhism Now on 24 November 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Another integration that deepens through Buddhist practice is the relationship between anicca (impermanence) and patience (kṣānti).’

  Everyday Buddhism

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