‘Fools think they harm themselves by putting others first.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning Meditaton
Morning meditation — Awareness does not belong to anyone.
‘Awareness does not belong to anyone; it is not ‘my’ awareness or ‘your’ awareness. It is vast, boundless, and ever-present, beyond the categories of self and other.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — It might be pure meditation or concentration.
‘It might be pure meditation or concentration (shamatha), but without the ethical base, there will be no substance to it.’
Geshe Tashi Tsering
Morning meditation — If I had set out for enlightenment, then I would wish to fully know it.
‘Manjushri: If I had set out for enlightenment, then I would wish to fully know it. But I do not strive after enlightenment, because enlightenment is just the same thing as this Manjushri, the Crown Prince.’
Prajnaparamita
Morning meditation — The Cloud of Noble Jewels Sutra says.
‘The Cloud of Noble Jewels Sutra says: bodhisattva is one who perseveres in all different types of actions without getting tired in body or mind. This is called the persistent perseverance of a bodhisattva.’
Master Bojo
Morning meditation — Those who seek for the Tathagata should seek for the self.
‘Those who seek for the Tathagata should seek for the self. For ‘self’ and ‘Buddha’ are synonymous.’
Prajnaparamita
Morning meditation: Sometimes life feels like a battle doesn’t it?
‘Sometimes life feels like a battle doesn’t it? We go though the gate and face ten thousand warriors.’
Zen Buddhism
Morning meditation — Just as the self does absolutely not exist.
‘Just as the self does absolutely not exist, and cannot be apprehended, so also the Buddha. As the self cannot be expressed by any dharma, so also the Buddha.’
Prajnaparamita
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