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• Morning meditation — Rather than identifying with every passing thought or feeling.

  By Buddhism Now on 30 November 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Rather than identifying with every passing thought or feeling, we can step back and witness them as transient phenomena. This practice brings a sense of inner freedom, as we no longer feel compelled to chase after each mental impression.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Buddha is not something to be attained but.

  By Buddhism Now on 29 November 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Buddha is not something to be attained but something to be realised in the very fabric of our daily lives.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — One of the reasons we may feel that insight is elusive.

  By Buddhism Now on 28 November 2024 • ( 1 )

  

  ‘One of the reasons we may feel that insight is elusive is that we often expect it to be something dramatic or transformative — a sudden, overwhelming revelation that changes everything. But true insight is often more subtle than that.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — In this very fathom-long body.

  By Buddhism Now on 27 November 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘In this very fathom-long body, along with its perception and mind, I declare the world, the origin of the world, the cessation of the world, and the path leading to the cessation of the world.’

  The Buddha

• Morning meditation — From the time we acquire the sense of ourselves.

  By Buddhism Now on 26 November 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘From the time we acquire the sense of ourselves as individuals, if we never change that perspective, then whatever happens to us we hold onto that conditioning for the rest of our lives.’

  Ajahn Sumedho

• Morning meditation — The brightness of awareness becomes a refuge.

  By Buddhism Now on 25 November 2024 • ( 2 )

  

  ‘The brightness of awareness becomes a refuge, a place of clarity and peace amidst the fluctuations of the mind and the world.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Something went wrong while posting ‘Crossing the Flood’. Resending in case you missed it.

  By Buddhism Now on 24 November 2024 • ( 5 )

  

  This sutta uses the metaphor of crossing a dangerous flood (ogha) to represent transcending samsara. The Buddha’s method—neither striving too hard nor being completely passive—illustrates the Middle Way.

• Morning meditation — When you are crazy drunk, whether you do good deeds or evil ones.

  By Buddhism Now on 24 November 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘When you are crazy drunk, whether you do good deeds or evil ones, all your behaviour is that of a drunken mind, not a true one.’

  Bassui Tokushō

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