Be a Buddha for one day

Meditator sitting at entrance to paths of wisdom and compassion Anyone who spends time in deep practice eventually encounters the trap of trying to recreate the quiet bliss of a past retreat. Yet the plain, unglamorous moments of daily life are where practice actually matures.
This is just a simple game—an invitation to stop taking the inner life so seriously, play for a moment, and forget about it for the rest of the day. Because in the small, ordinary moments, we are still Buddhas.
Begin today's practice . . .

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Caterpillar, Chrysalis and Butterfly, Credit: Biodiversity Heritage Library. Digitized by the Smithsonian Libraries
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Cone of a dawn redwood (metasequoia.
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A small, minimalist watercolor painting of an oval mirror standing upright in a grassy field beneath a bright blue sky with wispy clouds.
A dream-inspired journey into the shadows and a return to the light. The Bone Woman
Side-by-side comparison of two tarot cards: on the left, a 15th-century painted card depicting a man in fine Renaissance clothing hanging by one ankle from a wooden gallows; on the right, a modern tarot card showing a similar figure with a glowing yellow halo around his head.
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Short meditation activities

Using the power of visualization ...
"Wishie" meditation
Get a quick reset with moments of meditation
3-minute meditation

The Sanskrit alphabet

स्वाध्याय (svādhyāya, self-study)
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