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• Morning meditation — Delusion operates under the radar, making it difficult to detect.

  By Buddhism Now on 22 February 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  ‘Delusion operates under the radar, making it difficult to detect, especially when we are lost in the routine of daily life. Its cleverness lies in its ability to maintain the illusion of permanence and stability in a world that is inherently fleeting and uncertain.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — May all beings awake from the gloom of delusion.

  By Buddhism Now on 21 February 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘May all beings awake from the gloom of delusion.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — One of the most pervasive aspects of delusion is avijjā.

  By Buddhism Now on 20 February 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  ‘One of the most pervasive aspects of delusion is avijjā — ignorance of the true nature of reality. This ignorance is not a lack of knowledge in the conventional sense, but a fundamental misunderstanding of how things truly are.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — When you hear me talk about the Void.

  By Buddhism Now on 19 February 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘When you hear me talk about the Void, do not at once fall into the idea of vacuity. It is of the utmost importance that we should not fall into this idea, because when a man sits quietly and keeps his mind blank he will abide in a state of ‘‘Voidness of Indifference’’.’

  Hui Neng

• Morning meditation — But mere talking on food will not appease hunger.

  By Buddhism Now on 18 February 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Learned Audience, those who recite the word ‘Prajna’ the whole day long do not seem to know that Prajna is inherent in their own nature. But mere talking on food will not appease hunger, and this is exactly the case with these people.’

  Hui Neng

• Morning meditation — Our very nature is Buddha.

  By Buddhism Now on 17 February 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Our very nature is Buddha, and apart from this nature there is no other Buddha.’

  Hui Neng

• Morning meditation — Attachment operates as wanting something or wanting more.

  By Buddhism Now on 16 February 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Attachment operates as wanting something or wanting more. And anger is also wanting—wanting to reject, wanting to put off. So, according to Buddhism, both of these two emotions are undesirable.’

  Geshe Tashi Tsering

• Morning meditation — You should know that so far as Buddha-nature is concerned.

  By Buddhism Now on 15 February 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘You should know that so far as Buddha-nature is concerned, there is no difference between an enlightened man and an ignorant one. What makes the difference is that one realises it, while the other is ignorant of it.’

  Hui Neng

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