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• Morning meditation — We see that our thoughts and emotions are impermanent.

  By Buddhism Now on 23 June 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘We see that our thoughts and emotions are impermanent, that our sense of self is a construction, and that clinging leads to suffering. This insight allows us to let go of attachment and live with greater freedom.’

  Everyday Buddhist

• Morning meditation — These days, fame—good name or bad name—comes through the media.

  By Buddhism Now on 22 June 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘These days, fame—good name or bad name—comes through the media. What happens if a person is alone in a remote place and were to shout out in an attempt to bring fame? Nothing would happen! If you shout, eventually an echo will come, but nothing else!’

  Dalai Lama

• Morning meditation — We see that our thoughts and emotions are impermanent.

  By Buddhism Now on 21 June 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘We see that our thoughts and emotions are impermanent, that our sense of self is a construction, and that clinging leads to suffering.’

  Everyday Buddhist

• Morning meditation — Notice when you’re caught up in thought or emotional reactivity.

  By Buddhism Now on 20 June 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Notice when you’re caught up in thought or emotional reactivity. The more you do this, the more intuitive it becomes. You begin to trust the quiet knowing beneath the noise of the mind. You see the power of awareness.’

  Everyday Buddhist

• Morning meditation — Importantly, Buddhist practice is not about achieving a future state.

  By Buddhism Now on 19 June 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Importantly, Buddhist practice is not about achieving a future state of awakening, as though it were a distant goal. Awakening is already present within us — not as an idea, but as a capacity for direct knowing.’

  Everyday Buddhist

• Morning meditation — To enter beyond non-duality means to see that.

  By Buddhism Now on 18 June 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘“To enter beyond non-duality means to see that ‘I’ and ‘not-I’ are not two,” Vimalakīrti declares, not with words but with a silence so potent it silences the assembled bodhisattvas.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Dhammavicaya is a fascinating factor from the Seven Factors of Awakening.

  By Buddhism Now on 17 June 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Dhammavicaya is a fascinating factor from the Seven Factors of Awakening that goes far beyond mere intellectual analysis. Direct Investigation and looking deeply into the three characteristics: Impermanence (anicca), Unsatisfactoriness (dukkha), and Non-self (anattā).’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Notice how physical discomfort often rises up when thoughts begin to quiet down.

  By Buddhism Now on 15 June 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Notice how physical discomfort often rises up when thoughts begin to quiet down — an ache in the back, an itch, a dull heaviness in the body. It’s as if the mind, sensing its grip loosening, tries to reclaim attention through the body.’

  Everyday Buddhism

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