Monthly Archives: October 2011

Ta-hui’s prayer which is recited daily in Zen monasteries.

My only prayer is to be firm in my determination to give myself completely to the Buddha’sWay, so that no doubts arise however long the road seems to be. To be light and easy in the four parts of my … Continue reading

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Ayya Khema : Loving- Kindness Meditation

Please put the attention on the breath for just a moment to become centred.  Take a look into your heart and see whether there is any worry, fear, grief, dislike, resentment, rejection, uneasiness, anxiety. If you find any of those, … Continue reading

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Tenzin Palmo : We like dreaming

The thing is we say we want to be enlightened, but we don’t really. Only bits of us want to be enlightened. The ego which thinks how nice, comfortable and pleasant it would be. But to really drop everything and … Continue reading

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Ayya Khema : Universal consciousness

“In reality there is only one truth and mystics of all ages have always found the same truth. There is universal consciousness and that can be experienced in meditation — the infinity of consciousness. (..) Universal consciousness is not buddhist, … Continue reading

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