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• Morning meditation — It is only because sentient beings mistakenly cling to having a mind.

  By Buddhism Now on 13 February 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Knowing mind as no-mind, neither ill nor medicine.
  In confused times all matters, though troubling, are not different.
  Originally nothing 0to grasp, why then use remedies?
  Though magic shows exist, they’re empty appearances.’

  Zen Master Niutou

• Morning meditation — What is mind?

  By Buddhism Now on 12 February 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Q: What is mind? How can I put my mind at peace?
  A: You must neither postulate a mind, nor try to compel a state of peace. That is what is called peace.
  The Treatise on No-Mind.‘

  Zen Master Niutou

• Morning meditation — The real function of zazen is.

  By Buddhism Now on 11 February 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The real function of zazen is not to rest the mind but to establish a base or foundation for it.’

  Rindo Fujimoto Roshi

• Morning meditation — Remain in the Buddha-mind.

  By Buddhism Now on 10 February 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Remain in the Buddha-mind. Then you’ll never stray, then you’ll be a living Buddha for all time.’

  Bankei

• Morning Meditation —When we say that there is no self.

  By Buddhism Now on 9 February 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘When we say that there is no self, people get worried, or angry. Their attachment and identification to this idea of a self is so strong.’

  Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

• Morning meditation — Despite their limitations, words remain indispensable.

  By Buddhism Now on 8 February 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Despite their limitations, words remain indispensable. The Buddhist tradition itself is built upon texts, dialogues, and commentaries—words pointing beyond words. The challenge is not to avoid language, but to use it skilfully, without becoming trapped by it.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Just as the peak of a mountain is not shaken.

  By Buddhism Now on 7 February 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so too this Dhamma-Vinaya has one taste, the taste of liberation.’

  The Buddha
  Udāna Sutra

• Morning meditation — Atammayatā is not simply non-attachment.

  By Buddhism Now on 6 February 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Atammayatā is not simply non-attachment, nor is it a cold detachment from the joys and sorrows of life. It is deeper than that. It is the undoing of the compulsion to identify, to take ownership, to entangle oneself in the ceaseless whirl of becoming.’

  Everyday Buddhism

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