‘As long as you do not understand the Way of Buddha, you think that practice is the result of the Way.’
Harada Sekkei Roshi
Morning Meditaton
Morning meditation — Symbols and Conventions can be.
‘Symbols and conventions can be used for awareness rather than for developing worldly attitudes to becoming some kind of Buddhist.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation: Buddhist Practice Starts.
‘All Buddhist practice starts with awakening.’
Zen Graffiti
Morning meditation — If we have Wisdom.
‘If we have wisdom then we’ll be able to examine this natural mind of ours and use it as our subject of study.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation: Are you Awake?
‘Zuigan would call to himself, “Are you awake?” Then answer, “Yes!”
Then he’d say, “Don’ t be fooled by others.”
And would answer, “No, no!”.’
Harada Sekkei Roshi
Morning meditation — There are Three Kinds of Suffering.
‘Monks, there are three kinds of suffering. Suffering caused by pain, suffering caused by conditioned existence, and suffering due to change..’
The Buddha
Morning meditation — The heart’s Release.
‘I declare that the heart’s release by equanimity has the sphere of nothingness for its excellence.’
The Buddha
Morning meditation: Anatta Literally Means.
‘Anatta literally means not-self.
Bad translations are no Soul, no Ego.
Belief of self is so deep it’s thought of as real.Awakening dissolves the idea of both self and not self.
Emptiness (Sunyatā) is a synonym for the insight of seeing not-self (anatta).’
Everyday Buddhism
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