‘May all beings overcome low self-esteem and sadness by reflecting on their own goodness.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning Meditaton
Morning Meditation — Moved by their selfish desires, people seek after fame.
‘Moved by their selfish desires, people seek after fame and glory. But when they have acquired it, they are already stricken in years. If you hanker after worldly fame and practise not the Way, your labours are wrongfully applied and your energy is wasted.’
Buddha
Sutra in 42 Sections
Morning meditation — The mind lets go of external mind-objects.
‘The mind lets go of external mind-objects and you continue to observe internally.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — If the mind abides in no-circumstances.
‘If the mind abides in no-circumstances, then the circumstances abide in no-mind.’
Shen Hui
Morning meditation — If in the mind there is nothing different from mind.
‘If in the mind there is nothing different from mind, one does not have to stop desire.’
Shen Hui
Morning meditation — If as Buddhists we have true awareness.
‘If as Buddhists we have true awareness then morality will be our natural behaviour.’
Zen Master Bukko
Morning Meditation — Look up to the heavens or down upon the earth and they will teach you impermanence.
‘Look up to the heavens or down upon the earth and they will teach you impermanence. Look around the world and it too reveals impermanence. Yet when you attain spiritual enlightenment, true wisdom arises. That wisdom swiftly guides you to the Way.’
Buddha
Sutra in 42 Sections
Morning meditation — As we practise, a subtle shift begins.
‘As we practise, a subtle shift begins. The more we turn our attention inward, the more we come to sense that life’s deepest truths do not yield to control or analysis. Instead, these truths reveal themselves when we stop trying to define or grasp them.’
Everyday Buddhism
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