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• Morning meditation — Delusion may be clever.

  By Buddhism Now on 22 December 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Delusion may be clever, but its cleverness is fragile. Awareness, when cultivated, shines through it, illuminating the truth of impermanence, suffering, and not-self.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — To cunningly praise ourselves.

  By Buddhism Now on 21 December 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘To cunningly praise ourselves while disparaging others is foolish.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — North, south, east and west being void.

  By Buddhism Now on 20 December 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘North, south, east and west being void, they form a single house.’

  Kusan Sunim

• Morning meditation — Delusion blinds us to the truths of anicca.

  By Buddhism Now on 19 December 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Delusion blinds us to the truths of anicca (impermanence), dukkha (suffering), and anattā (not-self), the three marks of existence that the Buddha taught as central to awakening.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Unlike greed or hatred.

  By Buddhism Now on 18 December 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Unlike greed or hatred, which are relatively easy to notice once they arise, delusion works in the shadows of the mind.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — It reminds us that the true depth of wisdom cannot be captured in words.

  By Buddhism Now on 17 December 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘In the end, the Buddha’s reluctance to speak of his own awakening is a teaching in itself. It reminds us that the true depth of wisdom cannot be captured in words, that the experiences we have along the path are less important than the process that brings them about.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Do not be like those sophists who have studied rhetoric and judge a person’s wisdom only by his eloquence.

  By Buddhism Now on 16 December 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Do not be like those sophists who have studied rhetoric and judge a person’s wisdom only by his eloquence. As it is said, “A snake drinks water and produces poison; a cow drinks water and produces milk.” If you train wisely, bodhi is produced; if you train.’

  Master Bojo

• Morning meditation — May those caught in the fire of time.

  By Buddhism Now on 15 December 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘May those caught in the fire of time realise the coolness of awakening.’

  Everyday Buddhism

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