‘Group meditation is where we sit together, suffer together, and awaken together.’
Zen Graffiti
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — A follower of the way.
‘A follower of the way shouldn’t be a person of the way.’
ManGong
Morning meditation: Awareness (Sati).
‘Awareness (Sati) — Sati-panna; awareness and wisdom — sati-sam-pajanna: awareness and clarity of consciousness, or full awareness.’
Buddhist Meditation
Morning meditation — Even the experience of one-pointed concentration.
‘Even the experience of one-pointed concentration without discursive thoughts is a manifestation of mind.’
Padmasambhava
Evening meditation: To overcome low self-esteem or sadness.
‘To overcome low self-esteem or sadness, reflect on your own goodness’
Everyday Buddhist
Morning Meditation —If you are free from life and death.
‘If you are free from life and death, you know where you will go.
When the four elements are decomposed, where do you go?’
Zen master Tosotsu
Morning meditation: When fidgety in meditation.
‘When fidgety in meditation, see if the discomfort is in the body or if the discomfort is in the mind.’
Everyday Buddhist
Morning Meditation — True nature: It is on this mountain.
‘True nature: It is on this mountain.
Because of the heavy mist, the exact location is unknown.’
An old Zen master
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