‘If we have wisdom then we’ll be able to examine this natural mind of ours and use it as our subject of study.’
Ajahn Chah
Buddhist Insights
It is in the Nature of Emptiness. By Arya Nagarjuna
One’s mind is primordially unborn.
Morning meditation: Are you Awake?
‘Zuigan would call to himself, “Are you awake?” Then answer, “Yes!”
Then he’d say, “Don’ t be fooled by others.”
And would answer, “No, no!”.’
Harada Sekkei Roshi
Morning meditation — There are Three Kinds of Suffering.
‘Monks, there are three kinds of suffering. Suffering caused by pain, suffering caused by conditioned existence, and suffering due to change..’
The Buddha
Morning meditation — The heart’s Release.
‘I declare that the heart’s release by equanimity has the sphere of nothingness for its excellence.’
The Buddha
Morning meditation: Anatta Literally Means.
‘Anatta literally means not-self.
Bad translations are no Soul, no Ego.
Belief of self is so deep it’s thought of as real.Awakening dissolves the idea of both self and not self.
Emptiness (Sunyatā) is a synonym for the insight of seeing not-self (anatta).’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Forces Beyond our Control.
‘Being born itself implies that we are going to be subject to different forces beyond our control.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning Meditation: The Awareness which is Activated.
‘Even though we are focusing mainly on the breath, the awareness which is activated becomes available more and more for what is nonbreath, especially if the hindrances are making themselves felt in a very strong way.’
Corrado Pensa
Buddhism now 