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• Morning meditation — You hear the words.

  By Buddhism Now on 1 October 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘You hear the words, you should understand the teaching; do not judge by your own standards.’

  Sandōkai

• Morning meditation — If one sees the absence of thought.

  By Buddhism Now on 30 September 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘If one sees the absence of thought, even in the midst of seeing, hearing, views and knowledge, one remains in emptiness and freedom from conflict.’

  Shen Hui

• Morning Meditation —So where do we learn?

  By Buddhism Now on 29 September 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘So where do we learn? We learn here in this very body with its perceptions and mental activity.’

  Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

• Morning meditation — But when one indulges in those passing thoughts.

  By Buddhism Now on 28 September 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Passing thoughts arise — that is natural, and they can bring us inspiration. But when one indulges in those passing thoughts, attaching to them, they link up into a sort of chain of hopes, fears, doubts, anxieties, views and opinions.’

  Diana St Ruth

• Morning meditation — Let the mind open.

  By Buddhism Now on 27 September 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Let the mind open. Observe, but not as someone watching. Try not to become involved in thoughts. Let them fulfil their function and then let them pass on, otherwise you will not be free.’

  Diana St Ruth

• Morning Meditation — If, bhikkhus, there were no not-born.

  By Buddhism Now on 26 September 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘If, bhikkhus, there were no not-born, not-brought-to-being, not-made, not-conditioned, no escape would be discerned from what is born, brought-to-being, made, conditioned.’

  Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

• Morning meditation — Please don’t become frustrated or depressed on account of this inability to control the mind.

  By Buddhism Now on 25 September 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Please don’t become frustrated or depressed on account of this inability to control the mind. You are seeing how the mind works. You are discovering how you work. That is why you are meditating.’

  Diana St Ruth

• Morning meditation — Remember that calmness and compassion.

  By Buddhism Now on 24 September 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Remember that calmness and compassion are an important part of living a fruitful, positive human life.’

  Dalai Lama

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