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• Morning meditation — Here, bhikkhus, some misguided men learn the Dhamma.

  By Buddhism Now on 19 August 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Here, bhikkhus, some misguided men learn the Dhamma — discourses, stanzas, expositions, verses, exclamations, sayings, and answers to questions — but having learned the Dhamma, they do not examine the meaning of those teachings with wisdom.’

  Alagaddupama Sutta

• Morning meditation — Buddha made an important distinction between ordinary acts of giving and true dāna.

  By Buddhism Now on 18 August 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The Buddha made an important distinction between ordinary acts of giving and true dāna, which transcends the ordinary understanding of giving. In true dāna, there is no giver, no gift, and no recipient.
  This is the union of giving and anattā (not-self).’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — In the teachings of the Buddha, dāna (giving) holds a place of great significance.

  By Buddhism Now on 17 August 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘In the teachings of the Buddha, dāna (giving) holds a place of great significance. At its most basic level, giving is an ethical practice that cultivates generosity, selflessness, and compassion.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — In his profound teachings.

  By Buddhism Now on 16 August 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘In his profound teachings, the Buddha illuminated the possibility of liberation from the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth — what we know as samsara.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Awareness, when steady and unentangled, remains untouched.

  By Buddhism Now on 15 August 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  ‘The Buddha’s teachings do not call for repression but for illumination. Awareness, when steady and unentangled, remains untouched by the arising and passing of thought. The key is not to eliminate thinking but to cease identifying with it.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Things cease due to utter destruction.

  By Buddhism Now on 14 August 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Things cease due to utter destruction, But not due to understanding their conditioned nature; To whom will this be evident? How can “destruction” be possible?’

  Arya Nagarjuna

• Morning meditation — Reflecting on the way it is brings into consciousness.

  By Buddhism Now on 13 August 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Reflecting on the way it is brings into consciousness what a lifespan as a human being involves.’

  Ajahn Sumedho

• Morning Meditation — Patience requires us to go beyond the choice between fleeing or fighting.

  By Buddhism Now on 12 August 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Patience requires us to go beyond the choice between fleeing or fighting. It is the third and most difficult way. Affectionate awareness starts being a real central value in our lives.’

  Corrado Pensa

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