‘Let go of the sorrow of disgrace and the joy of success.’
Zen master Hsuan Chuen
Morning Meditaton
Morning meditation — When we are mindful and accept the way it is.
‘When we are mindful and accept the way it is, then we are not creating hostility.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — Although the [Buddha’s] teachings still exist.
‘Although the [Buddha’s] teachings still exist, unless we follow them they can be of no benefit to us.’
Words of my Perfect Teacher
Morning meditation — Just as any living beings depend on.
‘Just as any living beings depend on the great earth — so Bodhisattvas are all upheld by the perfection of wisdom.’
The Buddha
Morning meditation — Followers of Buddha are always poor.
‘Followers of Buddha are always poor. Poverty is of the body, not of the Buddha mind or the Way!’
Zen master Hsuan Chuen
Morning meditation — All Buddha’s teachings.
‘All Buddha’s teachings end up here.’
Zen Graffiti
Morning meditation — I warn you not to use those exercises for meditation.
‘I warn you not to use those exercises for meditation on quietude or for keeping the mind a blank.’
Hui Neng
Morning meditation — I can’t do anything about it.
‘When you say, “Another delusion! I can’t do anything about it.” You are giving these delusions wheels, aren’t you?’
Motoko Ikebe
Buddhism now 