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• Morning meditation — The Buddha’s presence is not confined to moments of deep meditation.

  By Buddhism Now on 16 April 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The Buddha’s presence is not confined to moments of deep meditation or profound insight; it is alive in the ordinary and the mundane, in the very fabric of our daily lives.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — It’s astonishing how repetitive thoughts are.

  By Buddhism Now on 15 April 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘It’s astonishing how repetitive thoughts are. Sit quietly, and you will start to see it — the same worries, cravings, resentments looping over and over. This is not a failure of meditation; it’s the mind revealing itself.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — When faced with the forces of distraction and delusion.

  By Buddhism Now on 14 April 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘When faced with the forces of distraction and delusion — personified in Buddhism as Mara — he didn’t try to push them away or conquer them. He simply said, ‘I know you, Mara.’ Recognition was enough to loosen their grip.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — There is something urging you to look deeper.

  By Buddhism Now on 12 April 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘There is something urging you to look deeper, something which seeks to be known. Don’t you see it yet?’

  Harada Tangen Roshi

• Morning meditation — If one really practises, one will hear the Buddha-Dhamma.

  By Buddhism Now on 11 April 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘If one really practises, one will hear the Buddha-Dhamma whether sitting at the root of a tree, lying down or in whatever posture. This is not something to merely think about. It arises from the pure mind.’

  Ajahn Chah

• Morning meditation — To begin with, just sit.

  By Buddhism Now on 10 April 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘To begin with, just sit. There’s no need to worry about doing it right or wrong. Let go of the idea that meditation is something to be perfected. What we are doing here is simple but profound: getting to know our own mind.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Our minds aren’t peaceful because of our old habits.

  By Buddhism Now on 9 April 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Our minds aren’t peaceful because of our old habits. We inherit these because of our past actions and thus they follow us around and constantly plague us. We struggle and search for a way out, but we’re bound by them and they pull us back.’

  Ajahn Chah

• Morning meditation — To live a life of Buddhist practice is to live the function of awakening.

  By Buddhism Now on 8 April 2025 • ( 2 )

  

  ‘To live a life of Buddhist practice is to live the function of awakening. Every moment of awareness, every act of compassion, and every instance of letting go is an expression of the awakened mind.’

  Everyday Buddhism

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