‘Joy is not something we can grasp and hold on to, it comes and goes like spring rain, softening everything.’
John Aske
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — Don’t let your insights get washed away.
‘Don’t let your insights get washed away in thought.’
Zen Graffiti
Morning meditation — It’s hard training the mind.
‘It’s hard [training the mind] in that it doesn’t conform to our desires.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — Our mortal nature is Buddha nature.
‘Our mortal nature is Buddha nature. Beyond this nature there’s no Buddha. Buddha is our nature. There’s no Buddha besides this nature.’
Bodhidharma
Morning meditation — In regard to training the mind.
‘In regard to training the mind, sometimes we may say it’s easy. It’s easy to say, but it’s hard to do, very hard.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — Just know yourself.
‘Just know yourself, this is your witness.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — Just listening to the Dharma rain.
‘Just listening to the Dharma rain.’
Zen Graffiti
Morning meditation — Don’t make decisions on the strength of desires.
‘Don’t make decisions on the strength of desires. Desires can puff us up into thinking we are something we’re not.’
Ajahn Chah
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