‘I would now like to refer again to this idea of the pyramid regarding morality (shila), wisdom, and meditation (or concentration). If you physically want to build a pyramid, the base must be very strong.’
Geshe Tashi Tsering
Morning Meditaton
Morning meditation — You must just be as immovable as an incense burner.
‘You must just be as immovable as an incense burner before a Buddha-image and as unchanging as dried wood resting on cold ashes.’
Kusan Sunim
Morning meditation — The Buddha knew that because both happiness and unhappiness.
‘The Buddha knew that because both happiness and unhappiness are unsatisfactory, they have the same value.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — The outflow of ignorance is perhaps the most fundamental.
‘Avijjāsava – The outflow of ignorance is perhaps the most fundamental, as it is the source of all other āsavas. It is the veil that clouds our awareness, causing us to misperceive reality and to cling to a distorted view of self and world.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — By relinquishing attachment and seeing things.
‘By relinquishing attachment and seeing things as they truly are, we can free ourselves from the cycle of craving and dissatisfaction.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning Meditation — Buddha appeared in the world.
‘Followers of the way, Buddha appeared in the world, turned the wheel of Dharma, and then entered Nirvana.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning meditation — Whether people are happy or sad.
‘Whether people are happy or sad, content or discontent, doesn’t really depend on their having little or having much, it depends on wisdom.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — How do we practise non-clinging?
‘How do we practise non-clinging? We do it simply by giving up clinging. It can be very difficult to understand non-clinging, however. It takes a keen wisdom to investigate it, to really see the depth of it, and then to see the wisdom of it.’
Ajahn Chah
