‘Please consider this: right now, you have a body, a voice and a mind, don’t you? Of these, mind is the most important.’
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Mahayana
Morning meditation — Since awareness is timelessly present.
‘Since awareness is timelessly present, it does not come from anywhere or go anywhere.
It is not something newly created, nor something that ceases.
It is the Buddha — uncontrived, self-originated, and spontaneously perfect.’
Longchenpa
Evening meditation — Within not-self.
‘Within not-self, there is no duality; this is the meaning of not-self.’
Dao Sheng
Morning meditation — The Dharma realm cannot be seen.
‘The Dharma realm cannot be seen, Yet it is perceived through sound. Discriminating between scriptures is baseless — Only this Dharma leads to the path.’
Avaivartikacakra sūtra
Morning meditation — The perfection of giving is boundless.
‘The perfection of giving is boundless, And the same is true for pure precepts. The perfection of patience is boundless, Thus is the Buddha’s path revealed.’
Avaivartikacakra sūtra
Morning meditation — Past, future, and present Buddhas.
‘Past, future, and present Buddhas — All are the same. They reveal the wisdom of the path, Never having seen defilement.’
Avaivartikacakra sūtra
Morning meditation — The real function of zazen is.
‘The real function of zazen is not to rest the mind but to establish a base or foundation for it.’
Rindo Fujimoto Roshi
How to Lose Yourself (Book Review). Plus A Zen Reflection on Wuxin from The Treatise on No-Mind.
I have included an extract from Bodhidharma’s work here, as it is less widely known.
Buddhism now 