‘Awakening is the very core of the Buddha’s teaching, but if we’re thinking about awakening we’re separating ourselves from it.’
Taizan Maezumi Roshi
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — When freed from selfishness our mind is.
‘When freed from selfishness our mind is the mind of Buddha — delusion is transformed into the four wisdoms of Buddha.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning Meditation — Do not let the word ‘Tao’ delude you.
‘Do not let the word ‘Tao’ delude you; Realise it is nothing else than what you do morning and night.’
Shido Bunan
Morning meditation — When our mind is firm and stable.
‘When our mind is firm and stable, mindfulness will arise quickly and easily and this is where we have wisdom.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — Life is like this.
‘Life is like this; death is like this.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning Meditation — Ordinary Mind is Tao.
‘Ordinary Mind is Tao. Hundreds of flowers in spring, the moon in autumn.’
Mumonkan
Morning Meditation — If the Way lies deep within the mind.
‘If the Way lies deep within the mind,
It is just as well not to go off to the mountains of Yoshino’
Zen Master Hakuin
Morning meditation — TATHAGATA: Thus come; the one who neither comes nor goes.
‘TATHAGATA: Thus come; the one who neither comes nor goes; one who has attained full enlightenment. Another name for the Buddha and a name the Buddha often used when referring to himself.’
Everyday Buddhist
