‘Patience requires us to go beyond the choice between fleeing or fighting. It is the third and most difficult way.’
Corrado Pensa
Morning Meditaton
Morning meditation — Dharma in its essence is pure.
‘Dharma in its essence is pure. Sunyatā (emptiness) is above defilements and attachments, there’s no self, no other.’
Bodhidharma
Morning meditation — The self is like a puppet dancing.
‘The self is like a puppet dancing on the strings of Karma.’
Zen Graffiti
Morning meditation — Doing a koan is a bit like.
‘Doing a koan is a bit like being a fly trying to get through an open window.’
Trevor Leggett
Morning meditation — We’ve fallen into existence because.
‘We’ve fallen into existence because of our disregard for cause and effect, so we have to return to a place where we stop the causal mind.’
Motoko Ikebe
Morning Meditation — When the hurricane of impermanence strikes.
‘When the hurricane of impermanence strikes, there will be no time to wait even a minute.’
Zen Master Hakuin
Morning meditation — There is a time in meditation.
‘There is a time in meditation when the subject of concentration becomes more of a hindrance than a help in staying with the moment.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Practice is separate from any posture.
‘Practice is separate from any posture. It is a matter of directly looking at the mind.’
Ajahn Chah
Buddhism now 