‘The problem is that our consciousness is always working, going this way, that way, in every direction from moment to moment.’
Katagiri Roshi
Morning Meditaton
Morning meditation: Buddhism offers the Opportunity.
‘Buddhism offers the opportunity to be free from suffering. Not being awake is suffering.’
Everyday Buddhist
Morning Meditation: Don’t attach to Good and Evil.
‘Don’t attach to good and evil. Know them so thoroughly that you will never attach to them.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Morning meditation — Stop Running after Fleeting Thoughts.
‘If you stop running after fleeting thoughts, you’ll be no different from the Buddha.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning Meditation: We fear the Unknown, that is to say.
‘We fear the unknown, that is to say, we fear the unknown consequences.
Sometimes, however, there is this contradiction: we ask about practising with fear while being afraid of practising with fear…’
Corrado Pensa
Morning meditation: In Zen Buddhism it is said.
‘In Zen Buddhism it is said that this is ‘the self prior to our parents’ birth’ or prior to the germination of any single thought.’
Katagiri Roshi
Morning meditation — As rain does not.
As rain does not break into a well-thatched house, so craving does not break into a well-trained mind.
The Dhammapada
Morning meditation — Before Instructing Others.
Be skilled in what is proper before instructing others. Like the wise free from reproach.
The Dhammapada
Buddhism now 