‘Some people think that it’s daft to do practices that bring happiness to others.’
Everyday Buddhism
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — No matter how appealing an object.
‘No matter how appealing an object, it’s appealing only in worldly sense. It isn’t happiness of liberation; it won’t free you from the world.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — The complaining mind, the critical mind.
‘The complaining mind, the critical mind, the always wanting something you don’t have, or not being content with what you do have, is dukkha.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — The notion of self drives all sorts of views.
‘The notion of self drives all sorts of views and opinions about birth and death.’
Zen Graffiti
Morning meditation — One of the first insights of the Buddha.
‘Anicca: Lit. not-eternal. One of the first insights of the Buddha “all that arises ceases”, are not reality, not nirvana, not liberation.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Kindness and the good heart.
‘Kindness and the good heart are important at the beginning, in the middle and at the end.’
Dalai Lama
Morning meditation — What place do dreams have.
‘What place do dreams have within the dream?’
Zen Graffiti
Morning meditation — To get an inkling of voidness liberation.
‘To get an inkling of voidness liberation, we can deliberately empty the mind of all it contains.’
Ayya Khema
