‘If the standards are too high and everything is just perfect, then any little thing that disturbs can get you into a rage.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — Noticing a single shortcoming in ourselves.
‘Noticing a single shortcoming in ourselves is far more useful than seeing a 1,000 in someone else. We can correct our own.’
Dalai Lama
Morning meditation — This liberation is like wind.
‘This liberation is like wind, because it directs all sentient beings to omniscience.’
Avalokiteshvara
Morning meditation — An intuitive moment is not.
‘An intuitive moment is not a rational moment; it isn’t a moment based on common sense and habitual ways of looking at things.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — Some people think that it’s daft.
‘Some people think that it’s daft to do practices that bring happiness to others.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — No matter how appealing an object.
‘No matter how appealing an object, it’s appealing only in worldly sense. It isn’t happiness of liberation; it won’t free you from the world.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — The complaining mind, the critical mind.
‘The complaining mind, the critical mind, the always wanting something you don’t have, or not being content with what you do have, is dukkha.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — The notion of self drives all sorts of views.
‘The notion of self drives all sorts of views and opinions about birth and death.’
Zen Graffiti
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