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Today's Insight
The Beginning of Prayer and Meditation
Prayer and Practice
Bible
“But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who see...”
Sutras
汝等當知，一切衆生，從無始來，生死相續，皆由不知常住真心性淨明體，用諸妄想
“You should know: all sentient beings have been continuing in the cycle of birth and death from beginningless time becaus...”
Comparison
Jesus's closet prayer and Buddhist meditation are both acts of withdrawing from external commotion and entering into inner stillness. Christian prayer is a dialogue directed toward a personal God; Bud...
Daily Verse
Bible
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1)”
The Word is the beginning of all things. Reflect today on what kind of world the words you speak are creating.
Sutras
凡所有相皆是虛妄，若見諸相非相，即見如來
fán suǒ yǒu xiàng jiē shì xū wàng, ruò jiàn zhū xiàng fēi xiàng, jí jiàn rúlái
All appearances are illusory. If you see that all appearances are not appearances, then you see the Tathagata. Cultivate the eye that sees beyond the visible.