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• Morning meditation — The mind functioning in wisdom does not rush to define or categorise.

  By Buddhism Now on 3 July 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The mind functioning in wisdom does not rush to define or categorise. It does not cling to certainty, nor does it flee in the face of the unknown. It rests at the still point, where all things pass through without leaving a trace.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — We turned our backs (on our Original-nature).

  By Buddhism Now on 2 July 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘We turned our backs (on our Original-nature), so do not advocate searching outside for it. Having fully exposed the precious jewel, we do not know it as precious.’

  Kusan Sunim

• Morning meditation — ‘‘The Perfection of Wisdom in 700 Lines,’’ with Mañjuśrī.

  By Buddhism Now on 1 July 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘‘‘The Perfection of Wisdom in 700 Lines,’’ with Mañjuśrī as its guide, teaches that emptiness is not a state to be attained, nor a counterpoint to duality, nor a final doctrine to rest upon.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Letting go means stepping beyond.

  By Buddhism Now on 30 June 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Letting go means stepping beyond this triad of time [the past, the future, and the present] into a reality that cannot be measured or held.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — The past, shaped by memory, is gone.

  By Buddhism Now on 29 June 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The past, shaped by memory, is gone. The future, formed by imagination, is not yet here. Even the present, when clung to, becomes a fleeting object of attachment.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — It is not a rejection of life.

  By Buddhism Now on 28 June 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The instruction to ‘‘let go of the past, the future, and the present’’ is a radical one. It is not a rejection of life but an invitation to live it fully.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Buddhist Dictionary: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines.

  By Buddhism Now on 27 June 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  As a first attempt at an authentic dictionary of Buddhist doctrinal terms used in the Pāli Canon and its Commentaries, this manual fills a genuine gap felt by many students of Buddhism.

• Morning meditation — Buddha is the quality of awareness that observes without judgement.

  By Buddhism Now on 27 June 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Buddha is the quality of awareness that observes without judgement, the compassion that arises naturally when we let go of our self-centred views, the wisdom that knows the impermanence and interdependence of all things.’

  Everyday Buddhism

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