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• Morning meditation: One accepts — does not necessarily approve.

  By Buddhism Now on 4 November 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘One accepts — does not necessarily approve — but accepts the way one is feeling. And in that perspective, the spiritual path is developed.’

  Ajahn Sumedho

• Morning meditation — Don’t seek externals.

  By Buddhism Now on 2 November 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Don’t seek externals, rest in the life of reality.’

  Zen Graffiti

• Morning meditation — Buddha’s insight into the nature of true friendship.

  By Buddhism Now on 1 November 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The Buddha’s insight into the nature of true friendship illuminates the communal fabric of early Buddhism. The Sangha was not a hierarchy, but a collective of equals — a ‘horizontal’ community where mutual support and shared aspiration were central.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Everything is meditation itself.

  By Buddhism Now on 31 October 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Everything is meditation itself and can be regarded as an opportunity for change; this is the art of turning the negative into the positive.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Sometimes anger may give some kind of immediate support.

  By Buddhism Now on 30 October 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Sometimes anger may give some kind of immediate support, some kind of strength and power, but in the long run it doesn’t. There’s always some fear behind it.’

  Geshe Tashi Tsering

• Morning meditation — Sensory consciousness and mental consciousness.

  By Buddhism Now on 29 October 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Sensory consciousness and mental consciousness are interconnected. Sensory consciousness gives signals to mental consciousness, and mental consciousness follows with signals to sensory consciousness. But for us the most powerful mind is mental consciousness.’

  Geshe Tashi Tsering

• Morning meditation — Bodhi has always existed.

  By Buddhism Now on 28 October 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Bodhi has always existed;
  No need to preserve it.
  Vexation has never existed,
  No need to eliminate it.’

  Niutou Farong

• Morning meditation — Āsava is a Pali term often translated as “outflows” or “taints”.

  By Buddhism Now on 27 October 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Āsava is a Pali term often translated as “outflows” or “taints”, referring to deep mental habits that keep the mind caught in saṃsāra.’

  Everyday Buddhism

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