‘Emotions can be very convincing, very powerful, like a melodrama. They can sound real and true when they’re going on.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — If you only believe that Buddha.
‘If you only believe that Buddha speaks no words. Then the Lotus will blossom in your mouth.’
Hui Neng
Morning meditation: Words of love.
‘Words of love are not always kindly words.’
Zen master Iida Toin
Morning meditation — Worry is a thought habit.
‘Worry is a thought habit. Counting the arising of it uses patience to overcome the worry. Try it next time — it works.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning Meditation — High on a mountain peak.
‘High on a mountain peak only boundless space is seen.’
Han Shan
Morning Meditaton — Don’t be deluded by anyone.
‘Don’t be deluded by anyone, this is all I teach. If you want to make use of it, then use it right now without doubt or delay.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning Meditation — How to sit in meditation.
‘How to sit in meditation, no one knows. The solitary moon shines on the icy pool, but in the pool there is no moon.’
Han Shan
Morning meditation — Someone once said that experience is.
‘Someone once said that experience is that thing which we acquire when we no longer need it.’
John Peaty
Buddhism now 