‘If you stop running after fleeting thoughts, you’ll be no different from the Buddha.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Buddhist Insights
Morning Meditation: We fear the Unknown, that is to say.
‘We fear the unknown, that is to say, we fear the unknown consequences.
Sometimes, however, there is this contradiction: we ask about practising with fear while being afraid of practising with fear…’
Corrado Pensa
Morning meditation: In Zen Buddhism it is said.
‘In Zen Buddhism it is said that this is ‘the self prior to our parents’ birth’ or prior to the germination of any single thought.’
Katagiri Roshi
Morning meditation — As rain does not.
As rain does not break into a well-thatched house, so craving does not break into a well-trained mind.
The Dhammapada
Morning meditation — Before Instructing Others.
Be skilled in what is proper before instructing others. Like the wise free from reproach.
The Dhammapada
Morning meditation — One thing I Teach.
‘One thing I teach, dukkha and release from dukkha.’
The Buddha
Morning meditation — What others say and think.
‘If we are constantly following what others say and think, we never live our own lives.’
Diana St Ruth
Morning meditation: Don’t set up Stages.
‘Don’t set up stages for Awakening.
Meditate without waiting.’
Everyday Buddhist
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