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• Morning meditation — Those who seek for the Tathagata should seek for the self.

  By Buddhism Now on 3 December 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Those who seek for the Tathagata should seek for the self. For ‘self’ and ‘Buddha’ are synonymous.’

  Prajnaparamita

• Morning meditation: Sometimes life feels like a battle doesn’t it?

  By Buddhism Now on 2 December 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Sometimes life feels like a battle doesn’t it? We go though the gate and face ten thousand warriors.’

  Zen Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Just as the self does absolutely not exist.

  By Buddhism Now on 1 December 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Just as the self does absolutely not exist, and cannot be apprehended, so also the Buddha. As the self cannot be expressed by any dharma, so also the Buddha.’

  Prajnaparamita

• Morning meditation — Rather than identifying with every passing thought or feeling.

  By Buddhism Now on 30 November 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Rather than identifying with every passing thought or feeling, we can step back and witness them as transient phenomena. This practice brings a sense of inner freedom, as we no longer feel compelled to chase after each mental impression.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Buddha is not something to be attained but.

  By Buddhism Now on 29 November 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Buddha is not something to be attained but something to be realised in the very fabric of our daily lives.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — One of the reasons we may feel that insight is elusive.

  By Buddhism Now on 28 November 2024 • ( 1 )

  

  ‘One of the reasons we may feel that insight is elusive is that we often expect it to be something dramatic or transformative — a sudden, overwhelming revelation that changes everything. But true insight is often more subtle than that.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — In this very fathom-long body.

  By Buddhism Now on 27 November 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘In this very fathom-long body, along with its perception and mind, I declare the world, the origin of the world, the cessation of the world, and the path leading to the cessation of the world.’

  The Buddha

• Morning meditation — From the time we acquire the sense of ourselves.

  By Buddhism Now on 26 November 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘From the time we acquire the sense of ourselves as individuals, if we never change that perspective, then whatever happens to us we hold onto that conditioning for the rest of our lives.’

  Ajahn Sumedho

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