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• Morning meditation — Within our mind there is a Buddha.

  By Buddhism Now on 7 May 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Within our mind there is a Buddha, and that Buddha within is the real Buddha. If Buddha is not to be sought within our mind, where shall we find the real Buddha?’

  Hui Neng

• Morning meditation — To experience the Buddha directly.

  By Buddhism Now on 6 May 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘To experience the Buddha directly is to be fully present with what is, without clinging or resistance. It is to engage with the moment, each thought, each feeling, as an expression of the Dharma.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation – Accepting the moment “now”.

  By Buddhism Now on 5 May 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Accepting the moment “now”, nothing was gained and nothing was thrown away.’

  Harada Sekkei Roshi

• Morning meditation — What is the most tormenting thing in this world?

  By Buddhism Now on 4 May 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Tung-Shan asked, “What is the most tormenting thing in this world?”
  “Hell is the most tormenting thing,” answered the monk.
  “Not so. When that which is draped in these robe threads is unaware of the Great Matter, that I call the most tormenting thing”.’

  Tung-Shan

• Morning meditation — The Buddha’s use of negative descriptors is a paradoxical gesture.

  By Buddhism Now on 3 May 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The Buddha’s use of negative descriptors is a paradoxical gesture that reveals profound positivity. By describing the ultimate as ‘unborn’ or ‘unconditioned,’ he emphasises that liberation is not something created or fabricated.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — To speak of the timeless is to speak in paradoxes.

  By Buddhism Now on 2 May 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘To speak of the timeless is to speak in paradoxes. We approach it through negation, yet its realisation is the most affirming experience imaginable. The unborn and unmade point us towards a life free from suffering.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Awareness is a life not constrained.

  By Buddhism Now on 1 May 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Awareness is a life not constrained by the relentless march of time but embraced in the vast, open space of the present.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning Meditation — From time to time, whether standing or sitting, moving or resting.

  By Buddhism Now on 30 April 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘From time to time, whether standing or sitting, moving or resting, test whether you have lost the right spirit or not. This is the way of the true discipline of the wise and holy ones of past and present.’

  Zen Master Hakuin

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