‘Aren’t we living in awareness day and night?’
Avalokiteshvara
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — If we study theory.
‘If we study theory, our practice won’t develop at all.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — I appear in the midst of the activities of all sentient beings.
‘I appear in the midst of the activities of all sentient beings without leaving the presence of all the Buddhas.’
Avalokiteshvara
Morning meditation — The whole world is cause and effect.
‘The whole world is cause and effect; excluding this, there’s no sentient being.’
Arya Nagarjuna
Morning meditation — What joy there is in this radiance!
‘What joy there is in this radiance!’
Harada Tangen Roshi
Morning meditation — Those who see the real are released.
‘There’s nothing to be denied and nothing to be affirmed. See the real, those who see the real are released.’
Arya Nagarjuna
Morning meditation — If anything is to be done.
‘If anything is to be done, do it with sustained vigour. A lax religious life stirs up the dust of passions.’
The Dhammapada
Morning meditation — Try doing a job, any job.
‘Try doing a job, any job, without thinking about the job itself or anything else besides.
Simply stay with the body.’
Everyday Buddhism
