‘Don’t make decisions on the strength of your desires.’
Ajahn Chah
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — There’s no ‘truth’ corresponding to the word truth.
‘There’s no ‘truth’ corresponding to the word truth.’
Lucid Exposition of the Middle Way
Morning meditation — Among all living things mountains and rivers, grasses and trees.
‘Among all living things mountains and rivers, grasses and trees, even the sounds of blowing winds and rising waves — there is nothing that is not the nembutsu.’
Ippen
Morning meditation — The difficulty starts with interpretations.
‘The difficulty starts with interpretations of Amida’s power. Some believe you have to repeatedly say the nembutsu; others believe you only have to say it once.
Ippen said you only have to say it once, but with a pure heart!’
Ippen
Morning meditation — Aren’t we living in awareness.
‘Aren’t we living in awareness day and night?’
Avalokiteshvara
Morning meditation — If we study theory.
‘If we study theory, our practice won’t develop at all.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — I appear in the midst of the activities of all sentient beings.
‘I appear in the midst of the activities of all sentient beings without leaving the presence of all the Buddhas.’
Avalokiteshvara
Morning meditation — The whole world is cause and effect.
‘The whole world is cause and effect; excluding this, there’s no sentient being.’
Arya Nagarjuna
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