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• 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

• Morning Meditation — When one has perfected this practice (Atammayata).

  By Buddhism Now on 5 February 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘When one has perfected this practice (Atammayata), there is no “person” who watches “things”. There are no “things” to be watched. There is no “watcher”. There is no “feeling of watching”. All of these have disappeared.’

  Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

• How to Lose Yourself (Book Review). Plus A Zen Reflection on Wuxin from The Treatise on No-Mind.

  By Buddhism Now on 4 February 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  I have included an extract from Bodhidharma’s work here, as it is less widely known.

• Morning meditation — When we cling to a fixed idea of self.

  By Buddhism Now on 4 February 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘When we cling to a fixed idea of self, we set ourselves in opposition to the natural flow of life. But when we embrace impermanence, we align ourselves with reality, and in doing so, we find peace.’

  Everyday Buddhism

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