Genuine happiness comes from training the mind so that it is free from being controlled by negative emotions.
Buddhism
Practice within Realisation, Dogen
Practice just here is not apart from realisation. Fortunately, each one of us has individually inherited this wondrous practice
Evening Meditation: Don’t cling to appearances.
‘Don’t cling to appearances, and you’ll break through all barriers.’
Bodhidharma
Equanimity, by John Aske
Equanimity is not a state or a condition, it is what we have always been, flow and change, with no attempt to allow or prevent anything.
Morning Meditation: What do you seek?
“What do you seek?” — Hui-K’o replied “Peace of mind”.
“Show me your mind and I’ll pacify it”. answered Bodhidharma.
Bodhidharma
The A, B, C of Buddhism, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
You have heard that the Lord Buddha, in his enlightenment, discovered the Dhamma…
Morning Meditation — With her [Kannon bodhisattva] eyes she hears the song of Spring.
‘With her [Kannon bodhisattva] eyes she hears the song of Spring; With her ears she sees the colouring of the mountain.’
Zen Master Hakuin
Morning Meditation — There’s an old Zen saying.
There’s an old Zen saying; ‘Each time it’s presented, each time it’s new’.
Zen Master Hakuin
Buddhism now 