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Texts
Buddhist Texts.
Morning meditation — This Profound Teaching.
‘But when in the world of darkness
Buddhas arise to make things bright,
They present this profound teaching
Which brings suffering to an end.’
Vipallasa Sutta
Morning meditation — Emptiness.
‘Emptiness (Sunyatā) is a synonym for the insight of seeing not-self (anatta).’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Just as a Rock.
‘Just as a rock is not shaken by a storm, the wise are not affected by praise or blame.’
The Dhammapada
Morning meditation — This One Way.
‘There is this one way for the purification of beings, for the overcoming of sorrows and griefs.’
Satipatthana Sutta
Morning meditation — Ultimate Meaning.
‘‘The Buddha is always present so it is always the right dharma age. This is the teaching of ultimate meaning.’
Exposition of the Avatamsaka Sutra
Morning meditation — The Unborn.
‘If, bhikkhus, there were no not-born, not-brought-to-being, not-made, not-conditioned, no escape would be discerned from what is born, brought-to-being, made, conditioned.’
The Buddha
Prajñāpāramitā, Phiroz Mehta
Prajñā is ‘unerring insight’
