‘Wanting to get rid of sadness is an expression of the universal aspiration to happiness.’
Corrado Pensa
Morning Meditaton
Morning Meditation: Freedom from Craving.
‘Freedom from craving brings many incidental benefits.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Morning meditation — Mindfulness and Clear Comprehension.
‘Mindfulness and clear comprehension alone are not enough to control the situation.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — This Profound Teaching.
‘But when in the world of darkness
Buddhas arise to make things bright,
They present this profound teaching
Which brings suffering to an end.’
Vipallasa Sutta
Morning meditation — This Liberation.
‘This liberation is like fire because it ends the craving of all sentient beings.’
Avalokiteshvara
Morning meditation — The Teaching.
‘The teaching grates against our desires.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning Meditation — Dwelling in Peace.
‘Dwelling in peace and forgetting hardship, let go of adornments and become genuine.’
Hongzhi Zhengjue
Morning meditation: Turn Around the Light.
‘Turn around the light to shine within, then just return.
The vast inconceivable source can’t be faced or turned away from.’
Shitou
Buddhism now 