‘You can start meditating right now.’
Everyday Buddhism
Buddha as Experience
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
Morning meditation — When awareness is cultivated.
‘When awareness is cultivated, it has the power to shine a light on delusion, revealing it for what it is.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — In the practice of the Buddha’s teachings, we come to realise.
‘In the practice of the Buddha’s teachings, we come to realise that the various elements of the path — generosity, skilful living, patience, energy, concentration, wisdom — are not separate steps but interconnected facets of the same jewel.’
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