‘One accepts — does not necessarily approve — but accepts the way one is feeling. And in that perspective, the spiritual path is developed.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning Meditaton
Morning meditation — Don’t seek externals.
‘Don’t seek externals, rest in the life of reality.’
Zen Graffiti
Morning meditation — Buddha’s insight into the nature of true friendship.
‘The Buddha’s insight into the nature of true friendship illuminates the communal fabric of early Buddhism. The Sangha was not a hierarchy, but a collective of equals — a ‘horizontal’ community where mutual support and shared aspiration were central.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Everything is meditation itself.
‘Everything is meditation itself and can be regarded as an opportunity for change; this is the art of turning the negative into the positive.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Sometimes anger may give some kind of immediate support.
‘Sometimes anger may give some kind of immediate support, some kind of strength and power, but in the long run it doesn’t. There’s always some fear behind it.’
Geshe Tashi Tsering
Morning meditation — Sensory consciousness and mental consciousness.
‘Sensory consciousness and mental consciousness are interconnected. Sensory consciousness gives signals to mental consciousness, and mental consciousness follows with signals to sensory consciousness. But for us the most powerful mind is mental consciousness.’
Geshe Tashi Tsering
Morning meditation — Bodhi has always existed.
‘Bodhi has always existed;
No need to preserve it.
Vexation has never existed,
No need to eliminate it.’
Niutou Farong
Morning meditation — Āsava is a Pali term often translated as “outflows” or “taints”.
‘Āsava is a Pali term often translated as “outflows” or “taints”, referring to deep mental habits that keep the mind caught in saṃsāra.’
Everyday Buddhism
