‘Though all his life a fool associates with a wise person, he no more comprehends the Truth than a spoon tastes the soup.’
The Dhammapada
Morning Meditaton
Morning meditation — Buddha is the teacher who uses no words.
‘Buddha is the teacher who uses no words.’
Zen Graffiti
Morning meditation — No Dukkha no awakening.
‘No Dukkha no awakening.’
Zen Graffiti
Morning meditation — The Buddha’s teaching is not complicated.
‘The Buddha’s teaching is not complicated, but it is radical. It asks us to turn away from the constant pursuit of pleasure, power, and identity, and to rest in the reality of the present. It asks us to trust in the simplicity of awareness?’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — When the mind is serene.
‘When the mind is serene, Sleep comes easily, No bad dreams occur, One wakes happily.’
The Buddha
Morning Meditation — The sage Jittoku said in one of his gathas.
‘The sage Jittoku said in one of his gathas: ‘If you wish to know what is meant by the “non- originated,” do not let any threads hang in your mind.’
Zen Master Hakuin
Morning meditation — We establish loving-kindness.
‘We establish loving-kindness with ourselves by not creating burdens out of what we have done in the past.’
Ajahn Sumedho
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
Buddhism now 