‘Sitting without moving in Buddhist meditation, is not a ‘macho’ thing nor is it ‘self-torture’. The idea is to just watch what goes on.’
Everyday Buddhism
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — Some people like to watch the breath.
‘Some people like to watch the breath at the nostrils — cool on the in breath, warm on the out breath.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — There’s noise and unpleasant things happen.
‘There’s noise and unpleasant things happen, but if we become averse to them, then we are creating hostility.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — Because you give these delusions your attention.
‘Because you give these delusions your attention, they keep coming back.’
Motoko Ikebe
Morning meditation — If the standards are too high.
‘If the standards are too high and everything is just perfect, then any little thing that disturbs can get you into a rage.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — Noticing a single shortcoming in ourselves.
‘Noticing a single shortcoming in ourselves is far more useful than seeing a 1,000 in someone else. We can correct our own.’
Dalai Lama
Morning meditation — This liberation is like wind.
‘This liberation is like wind, because it directs all sentient beings to omniscience.’
Avalokiteshvara
Morning meditation — An intuitive moment is not.
‘An intuitive moment is not a rational moment; it isn’t a moment based on common sense and habitual ways of looking at things.’
Ajahn Sumedho
