‘The real suffering is not the sound of the cement mixer, but the stuff you create in your own mind—that is what dukkha is.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Buddhist Insights
Morning Meditation — I want to repeat over and over.
‘So I want to repeat over and over again: Do not be careless.’
Zen Master Hakuin
Morning Meditation — A moment of joy in your heart.
‘A moment of joy in your heart is being carried away by the wind. Realising this, you’ll no longer be at the mercy of circumstance.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning meditation — The Perfect Way.
‘The Perfect Way is difficult only for those who pick and choose.’
Seng-ts’an
Morning meditation — Mind has no form and its awareness no limit.
‘Mind has no form and its awareness no limit. Hence it’s said, “Tathagata forms are endless. And so is awareness”.’
Bodhidharma
Morning Meditation — It is the third and most difficult way.
‘Patience requires us to go beyond the choice between fleeing or fighting. It is the third and most difficult way.’
Corrado Pensa
Morning meditation — Dharma in its essence is pure.
‘Dharma in its essence is pure. Sunyatā (emptiness) is above defilements and attachments, there’s no self, no other.’
Bodhidharma
Morning meditation — The self is like a puppet dancing.
‘The self is like a puppet dancing on the strings of Karma.’
Zen Graffiti
