‘I have eyes, ears, a nose, a tongue, and so on; why does the Heart sutra say they don’t exist?’
Tung-Shan
Buddhist Insights
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
Dukkhatāsutta
Morning meditation — Start Practising Loving-Kindness.
‘Start practising loving-kindness with ourselves. If we hate ourselves, we tend to hate others.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — The Buddhas are Delighted.
‘The Buddhas are delighted when sentient beings are happy and distressed when they are hurt.’
Acharya Shantideva
Morning meditation — One comes across a weed.
‘One comes across a weed, and it turns out to be an orchid.’
Zen Master Yunmen
Morning meditation — When Trying to be Still.
‘When trying to be still by stopping movement, the stillness itself is kept in motion; persisting with any extreme, how can you know the One?’
Seng-ts’an
Morning meditation — Loving-kindness is a Skilful Way.
‘Loving-kindness is a skilful way of enduring what we would not normally endure.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation —Perceptions Employed as a Base.
‘Perceptions employed as a base for building up positive concepts are the origin of all ignorance.’
Surangama Sutra
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