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• The Bodhisattva Cult and a Newly Rediscovered Masterpiece of Pala Buddhist Art.

  By Buddhism Now on 7 April 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  Bodhisattva known variously as Lokanatha (Savior of the World), Lokeshvara (Lord of the World) or the overarching Avalokiteshvara.

• Morning meditation — Come to practise for liberation!

  By Buddhism Now on 7 April 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Come to practise for liberation! It isn’t easy to live in accordance with true wisdom, but whoever earnestly seeks the path and fruit and aspires to Nibbāna will be able to persevere and endure.’

  Ajahn Chah

• Morning meditation — To seek truth is not to entangle oneself in concepts or to cling to views.

  By Buddhism Now on 6 April 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘In the heart of the Buddha’s teachings lies a profound caution: to seek truth is not to entangle oneself in concepts or to cling to views. Words, descriptions, and ideas — while useful as pointers — are ultimately inadequate to capture the depth of reality.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — You too are perfectly protected.

  By Buddhism Now on 5 April 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘You too are perfectly protected. It just isn’t obvious to you. You are receiving all the care, protection and guidance and love of all the universe. You just haven’t been able to see it yet, but you will.’

  Harada Tangen Roshi

• Morning meditation — The true “original mind” has nothing to measure it by.

  By Buddhism Now on 4 April 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The true “original mind” has nothing to measure it by, there’s nothing you can know it by. In its natural state it is unshaken, unmoving.’

  Ajahn Chah

• Morning meditation — Practise till it is no longer practice.

  By Buddhism Now on 3 April 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Practise till it is no longer practice but a natural movement. Then, in a crisis, there is a sort of calm, an inner calm, a sort of coolness inside.’

  Trevor Leggett

• Morning meditation — In the simplicity of the Dhamma.

  By Buddhism Now on 2 April 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘In the simplicity of the Dhamma, we discover the true refuge that the Buddha so compassionately pointed to.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — The Buddha’s teachings do not call for repression but for illumination.

  By Buddhism Now on 1 April 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The Buddha’s teachings do not call for repression but for illumination. Awareness, when steady and unentangled, remains untouched by the arising and passing of thought. The key is not to eliminate thinking but to cease identifying with it.’

  Everyday Buddhism

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