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• Morning meditation — As we navigate the waves of existence.

  By Buddhism Now on 12 November 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘As we navigate the waves of existence, the Buddha’s words encourage us to become islands unto ourselves — anchored in the Dhamma, sustained by wisdom, and guided by the truth that liberation is within reach.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning Meditation — When the mind is empty in line with its nature.

  By Buddhism Now on 11 November 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘When the mind is empty in line with its nature, there’s no sense of ownership in it; there are no labels for itself. No matter what thoughts occur to it, it sees them as insubstantial, as empty of self.’

  Upasika Kee Nanayon

• Morning meditation — You need self-confidence and determination.

  By Buddhism Now on 10 November 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘You need self-confidence and determination; feeling depressed and losing hope will never help to improve any situation.’

  Dalai Lama

• Morning meditation — To cultivate virtue.

  By Buddhism Now on 9 November 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘To cultivate virtue, one must start by controlling oneself; to cultivate wisdom, one must begin with clarity of thought.’

  Classic of Spiritual Flight

• Morning meditation — If you physically want to build a pyramid, the base must be very strong.

  By Buddhism Now on 8 November 2024 • ( 1 )

  

  ‘I would now like to refer again to this idea of the pyramid regarding morality (shila), wisdom, and meditation (or concentration). If you physically want to build a pyramid, the base must be very strong.’

  Geshe Tashi Tsering

• Morning meditation — You must just be as immovable as an incense burner.

  By Buddhism Now on 7 November 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘You must just be as immovable as an incense burner before a Buddha-image and as unchanging as dried wood resting on cold ashes.’

  Kusan Sunim

• Morning meditation — The Buddha knew that because both happiness and unhappiness.

  By Buddhism Now on 6 November 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The Buddha knew that because both happiness and unhappiness are unsatisfactory, they have the same value.’

  Ajahn Chah

• Morning meditation — The outflow of ignorance is perhaps the most fundamental.

  By Buddhism Now on 5 November 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Avijjāsava – The outflow of ignorance is perhaps the most fundamental, as it is the source of all other āsavas. It is the veil that clouds our awareness, causing us to misperceive reality and to cling to a distorted view of self and world.’

  Everyday Buddhism

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