It’s better to live alone; there’s no friendship with a fool. Live alone and skilfully, carefree like an elephant in the forest.
The Dhammapada
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation: What is your Experience?
‘What is your experience right now?’
Everyday Buddhist
Morning meditation — The Source of Zen is Awakening.
‘The source of Zen is awakening.
We must not stay at the Zen of words.
To see the nature and become a Buddha, this is the foundation.’
Haechun Sunim
Morning meditation — The Clear Wind and the Bright Moon.
‘The clear wind and the bright moon demonstrate the great truth.’
Kusan Sunim
Morning meditation — Only those who think.
Only those who think that they will live forever don’t settle their quarrels.
The Dhammapada
Morning meditation: The True Person Is.
‘The true person is not anyone in particular.’
Dôgen Zenji
Morning meditation — To see the Absence of Thought.
‘To see the absence of thought is to master all the dharmas. To see the absence of thought is to embrace all the dharmas.’
Shen Hui
Morning meditation — Wrapped up in Ten Million Needless Distractions.
‘Wrapped up in ten million needless distractions, I’ve mostly slept in the bed of terminal ignorance. Taking the result as the path’
Taking the Result as the Path: Core Teachings of the Sakya Lamdre Tradition
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