‘When the Buddha said “I alone am the world honoured one”, he was not making a dualistic statement but articulating awakening.’
Everyday Buddhism
Everyday Buddhist
Morning meditation: Any View or Teaching.
‘Any view or teaching that encompasses self makes awakening unattainable.’
Zen Graffiti
Morning meditation: Blossom into Full Awareness.
Buddhism has plenty of antidotes. Try this for over thinking — be aware of the many times you’re not thinking. This will blossom into full awareness.
Everyday Buddhism
Morning Meditation: Desire Just Cheats You.
‘And that taught me you can’t have anything, you can’t have anything at all. Because desire just cheats you.’
F Scott Fitzgerald
The Theatre of Myself, by John Aske
When Hans Andersen was young, he built a little theatre out of paper. Then he made the sets and painted them and all the little characters – also out of paper. And when he had all the characters and settings… Read More ›
The Land of Lost Contact by John Aske
Religion once gave us a sense of belonging, of being part of something greater.
Living Through Difficult Times by John Aske
As Mark Twain said: ‘All the worst things in my life never actually happened.’
Interlaced Branches by Trevor Legget
Unless roots of spiritual conviction have been put down, the whole structure is hollow and falls to pieces.
Buddhism now 