‘The early Buddhist forest-dwellers saw themselves not as individuals with rigid identities but as part of the interconnected flow of all things, just as impermanent and insubstantial as the trees and rivers around them.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning Meditaton
Morning meditation — For those steeped in conventional ideas about teachers.
‘For those steeped in conventional ideas about teachers, doctrines, and spiritual attainment, the Buddha’s self-enlightenment was difficult to grasp.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Have a few cups of tea.
‘Gorge yourself first on the drink of sages;
Have a few cups of tea, and then
like the famed Hermit Luipa,
you will quickly gain siddhi.’
Yangchen Shepai Dorje
Morning meditation — Why do you have doubts?
‘Why do you have doubts? Who is it that doubts? Only through self-examination can you understand.’
Ajahn Chah
Happy New Year everyone. — Whatever is in the future is not here yet.
‘Whatever is in the future is not here yet, so do not direct your hopes and longings towards it; for, when minding about the future ceases of itself, it can be said that there is no future.’
Hui Hai
Morning meditation — The past is an idea.
‘The past is an idea.
The future is an idea.
All the time; all the time.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — In the quest to accomplish the wisdom tradition.
‘In the quest to accomplish the wisdom tradition
As taught by the mighty Tathagata himself,
Keep inner vision as your peerless guide;
Launch into meditation on the nature of voidness,
Legacy of Nagarjuna, and accomplish his state.’
Yangchen Shepai Dorje
Morning meditation — Being born itself implies that we are going to be subject to different forces.
‘Being born itself implies that we are going to be subject to different forces beyond our control.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Buddhism now 