‘Mindfulness in words — trying to make an internal commentary of what one is doing — is just a kind of illusion.’ Trevor Leggett
Morning meditation — Mindfulness in words.
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Morning meditation — When you dream at night you see all sorts of different things.
‘When you dream at night you see all sorts of different things. Are those things seen with the eyes? You believe you have eyes in the dream, don’t you? You walk around and look all over, yet in reality your eyes are closed and you’re in bed.’ Tulku Urgyen...
Morning meditation — Just because one believes one has eyes.
‘Just because one believes one has eyes and can therefore see does not change the fact that what one is experiencing is basically mind experience.’ Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Morning meditation — We can experience pain, joy, love, and loss, but these experiences are no longer seen as happening to a self.
‘We can experience pain, joy, love, and loss, but these experiences are no longer seen as happening to a self. They are simply the play of phenomena arising and dissolving in awareness.’ Everyday Buddhism
Through the Gateway of the Senses
William Blake famously wrote: “If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite, for man has closed himself up, till he sees all things through narrow chinks of his cavern.” That purified perception, looking out into the...
Morning meditation — In realising clear awareness, we are not attaining something new or extraordinary.
‘In realising clear awareness, we are not attaining something new or extraordinary. Rather, we are returning to our natural state — a state in which the illusion of self has been seen through, and the world is experienced as it truly is.’ Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — The boundaries between self and the world blur.
‘The boundaries between self and the world blur, and we come to realise that the world is not something outside of us, but is, in fact, an inseparable aspect of our experience.’ Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — The duality between self and no-self, self and other dissolves.
‘The duality between self and no-self, self and other dissolves, not in the sense that the world vanishes, but in the sense that our identification with a fixed self vanishes.’ Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — It is important to note that clear awareness.
‘It is important to note that clear awareness is not a rejection of the relative world in which we live. The insight into emptiness and not-self does not negate the reality of our everyday experiences.’ Everyday Buddhism
Disciplinary and Other Rituals in Dunhuang Buddhism: A Review.
What particularly delighted me was discovering that the book's opening sections — the Preface, Introduction and introductory chapters — alongside the stunning colour photographs of original Dunhuang manuscripts.