‘The past is like empty space;
Know anything and the Basic principle is lost,
Casting a clear light on the world, Illuminating, yet obscured.’
Niutou Farong
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — The sun rises, the moon sets.
‘Only this one scroll of scripture — every word unclear. The sun rises, the moon sets — when will it ever be fully understood?’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Being born itself implies that we are going to be subject to different forces beyond our control.
‘Being born itself implies that we are going to be subject to different forces beyond our control. We can, of course, learn how to live more carefully, respecting life, not misusing our bodies, nor exploiting them.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — Buddhism teaches that we save the world by awakening.
‘Buddhism teaches that we save the world by awakening to its true nature and seeing the emptiness and oneness of it beyond the notion of ‘self’ and ‘other’ — this is something that we need to remind ourselves of.’
Diana St Ruth
Morning meditation — Thoughts arise and pass away.
‘Thoughts arise and pass away,
The preceding no different from the succeeding.
If the succeeding thought does not arise,
The preceding thought cuts itself off.’
Niutou Farong
Morning meditation — Mindfulness is not thinking.
‘Mindfulness is not thinking, this is one of the reasons it is so powerful’
Trevor Leggett
Morning meditation — Even though we have that fruit in our hand we get no benefit from it.
‘Even though we have that fruit in our hand we get no benefit from it. Only through the actual eating of the fruit will we really know its taste.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — It’s of great importance that we practise the Dhamma.
‘It’s of great importance that we practise the Dhamma. If we don’t practise, then all our knowledge is only superficial knowledge, just the outer shell of it.’
Ajahn Chah
