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• Morning meditation — When you begin to use thought the way it ought.

  By Buddhism Now on 13 October 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘When you begin to use thought the way it ought to be used, you find it easier to let go of thought.’

  Gien Inour Roshi

• Morning meditation — Your future projects and plans are like nets cast in a dry riverbed.

  By Buddhism Now on 12 October 2024 • ( 2 )

  

  ‘Your future projects and plans are like nets cast in a dry riverbed: they’ll never bring what you want. Limit your desires and aspirations.’

  Words of my Perfect Teacher

• Morning Meditation — The house of silent illumination is the hall of pure bliss.

  By Buddhism Now on 11 October 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The house of silent illumination is the hall of pure bliss.
  Dwelling in peace and forgetting hardship, let go of adornments and become genuine.’

  Hongzhi Zhengjue

• Morning Meditation — The motto for becoming genuine.

  By Buddhism Now on 10 October 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The motto for becoming genuine: nothing is gained by speaking.’

  Hongzhi Zhengjue

• Morning Meditation — The deep source of realisation.

  By Buddhism Now on 9 October 2024 • ( 1 )

  

  ‘The deep source of realisation comes with constancy, bliss, self, and purity.
  Its purity is constant, its bliss is myself.’

  Hongzhi Zhengjue

• Morning meditation — Everyone has the Buddha Nature.

  By Buddhism Now on 8 October 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘May those caught in the guru business realise that everyone has the Buddha Nature.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — One who knows not this emptiness.

  By Buddhism Now on 7 October 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘One who knows not this emptiness,
  Is terrified to meet desire.
  He fears when there is nothing to fear—
  How can he ever secure peace and joy?’

  The Buddha

• Morning meditation — This mind-nature is the original source of all Buddhas.

  By Buddhism Now on 6 October 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘This mind-nature is the original source of all Buddhas. It is the names of all the sutras.’

  Bassui Tokushō

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