‘The Buddha’s teachings are not abstract doctrines but practical guides for awakening.’
Everyday Buddhism
Buddha as Experience
Morning meditation — Non-duality is not a state to be achieved.
‘Non-duality is not a state to be achieved. It is not the opposite of duality. It is not the final answer. It is the dissolution of the question itself.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — You can start meditating right now.
‘You can start meditating right now.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — You can start meditating right now.
‘You can start meditating right now.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — The path does not end with the realisation of emptiness.
‘The path does not end with the realisation of emptiness, not-self. It continues as a journey of awakening in the present, in every breath.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Delusion is clever because it can manifest in subtle, seemingly benign ways.
‘Delusion is clever because it can manifest in subtle, seemingly benign ways. It is not always dramatic or obvious. It can take the form of attachment to opinions, the unquestioned belief in our sense of self, or the assumption that things will remain as they are.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Awareness opens the door to seeing reality.
‘Awareness opens the door to seeing reality as it truly is — impermanent, interconnected, and empty of inherent self. It allows us to engage with the world with a mind that is free from delusion, attachment, and aversion.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — It [awareness] is not simply attention, but a deep, clear seeing.
‘The Eightfold Path has played such a central role in the evolution of the Buddha’s teaching and suggests that it may have emerged organically from Shakyamuni Buddha’s own behaviour and life example.’
Everyday Buddhism
Buddhism now 