‘Notice when you’re caught up in thought or emotional reactivity. The more you do this, the more intuitive it becomes. You begin to trust the quiet knowing beneath the noise of the mind. You see the power of awareness.’
Everyday Buddhist
Buddha as Experience
Morning meditation — Importantly, Buddhist practice is not about achieving a future state.
‘Importantly, Buddhist practice is not about achieving a future state of awakening, as though it were a distant goal. Awakening is already present within us — not as an idea, but as a capacity for direct knowing.’
Everyday Buddhist
Morning meditation — May we all find the courage to let go of complexity.
‘May we all find the courage to let go of complexity, to embrace the simple, transformative power of the Dhamma, and to tread the path with clarity and compassion, trusting in the wisdom that arises from the process itself.’
Everyday Buddhist
Buddha as Person, Buddha as Experience.
As we live it, our practice becomes the vessel that carries us forward, and with each moment of awareness, we touch upon the truth the Buddha himself encountered under the Bodhi tree.
Morning meditation — When we sit in stillness and turn our attention inward.
‘When we sit in stillness and turn our attention inward, a profound truth emerges: the mind is naturally luminous.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — The Buddhist path is not about discovering a higher truth.
‘The Buddhist path is not about discovering a higher truth but about seeing through the illusion of fixed truths altogether. The mind that no longer grasps at duality or non-duality, being or not being, abides in the flow of reality — undivided, fully present.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — To experience the Buddha directly.
‘To experience the Buddha directly is to be fully present with what is, without clinging or resistance. It is to engage with the moment, each thought, each feeling, as an expression of the Dharma.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Although dukkha is often translated as suffering.
‘Although dukkha is often translated as suffering, at its deepest level it refers to the discontent of ignorance — of not being Awake.’
Everyday Buddhism
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