‘Shantideva reasons that we don’t discriminate between different parts of our body, so why do we discriminate between all living beings?’
Dalai Lama
Buddhist Insights
Morning Meditation — Asked why he taught mind is Buddha.
Asked why he taught mind is Buddha Ma-tsu said ‘to stop a baby crying’.
The Monk then asked ‘What’s it like when the baby stops crying?’
Ma-tsu said ‘No mind no Buddha’.
Ma-tsu
Morning meditation — Those who seek for the Tathagata.
‘Those who seek for the Tathagata should seek for the self. For ‘self’ and ‘Buddha’ are synonymous.’
Prajnaparamita
Morning meditation — As insight grows.
‘As insight grows, a calm refuge develops where the tranquility is uninterrupted.’
Chinul Sunim
Morning Meditation — A moment of anger in your heart.
‘A moment of anger in your heart is burning in fire.
Realising this, you’ll no longer be at the mercy of circumstance.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning meditation — Gain or loss, let me accept the karma.
‘Gain or loss, let me accept the karma as it brings to me the one or the other; the Mind itself knows neither increase nor decrease.’
Bodhidharma
Morning Meditation — A moment of doubt in your heart.
‘A moment of doubt in your heart is being obstructed by earth. Realising this, you’ll no longer be at the mercy of circumstance.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning Meditation — Taste the tea from the place which is both the highest and deepest.
‘The monk should remain deeply introspective, without making any mistake and taste the tea from the place which is both the highest and deepest.’
Sonhae Sunim
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