‘One thing I teach, dukkha and release from dukkha.’
The Buddha
Buddha
Morning meditation — Meditate Monks.
‘Here monks, are the roots of trees!
Here are lonely places! Meditate monks.
Do not be slothful, have no subsequent regrets.’
The Buddha
At Home in the World, by Thich Nhat Hanh
Seeing this peaceful image, the idea came to me that l wanted to become someone like that Buddha, someone who could sit very still and calm…
Prajnaparamita Bodhisattva
The Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) texts, are said to be closest Buddhists got to putting truth (impossible task) into words.
In the moment of mindfulness, there is no suffering, by Ajahn Sumedho
In the moment of mindfulness, there is no suffering. I can’t find any suffering in mindfulness; it’s impossible; there’s absolutely none. But when there’s heedlessness, there is a lot of suffering in my mind…
The End of The Affair, by John Snelling
A couple of years ago I experienced that commonplace modern disaster, the breakup of a marriage. It’s always a trauma when two people who have thrown in their lot together split up.
The Pain of Attachment, by Corrado Pensa
We fall sometimes, in old habits; we slide back; we regress and start yelling or nourishing self-aversion, but if we keep practising, we wake up again and find that we don’t really want to continue with those old habits. It’s an organic process…
Being Our Own Refuge, by Geshe Tashi Tsering
Sometimes we may feel that we do things without any kind of conscious intention. But if we are truly mindful, we can notice ourselves as we act; and if we trace the motivation back, we will definitely see that we have an instinctive wish to enhance our happiness…
Buddhism now 