‘We all have to learn the comfort of being ourselves — and not someone else.’
John Aske
Morning Meditaton
Morning meditation — Whether directly or indirectly.
‘Whether directly or indirectly avoid doing anything which does not contribute to the welfare of others.’
Acharya Shantideva
Morning meditation — Our bodies do not belong to us.
‘Our bodies do not belong to us. They are the true activity of the life of the great universe.’
Dôgen Zenji
Morning meditation — Buddhas and sentient beings.
‘Followers of the way Buddhas and sentient beings are not two.’
Kusan Sunim
Morning meditation — Now, during this intermediate period of the bardo of this life.
‘Now, during this intermediate period of the bardo of this life, decide, with complete certainty, that the wisdom of your own awareness is dharmakāya, and sustaining the ongoing experience of its self-radiance, the meditation which is naturally clear’
Longchenpa
Morning meditation — Don’t make decisions.
‘Don’t make decisions on the strength of your desires.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — There’s no ‘truth’ corresponding to the word truth.
‘There’s no ‘truth’ corresponding to the word truth.’
Lucid Exposition of the Middle Way
Morning meditation — Among all living things mountains and rivers, grasses and trees.
‘Among all living things mountains and rivers, grasses and trees, even the sounds of blowing winds and rising waves — there is nothing that is not the nembutsu.’
Ippen
Buddhism now 