‘So where do we learn? We learn here in this very body with its perceptions and mental activity.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Morning Meditaton
Morning meditation — But when one indulges in those passing thoughts.
‘Passing thoughts arise — that is natural, and they can bring us inspiration. But when one indulges in those passing thoughts, attaching to them, they link up into a sort of chain of hopes, fears, doubts, anxieties, views and opinions.’
Diana St Ruth
Morning meditation — Let the mind open.
‘Let the mind open. Observe, but not as someone watching. Try not to become involved in thoughts. Let them fulfil their function and then let them pass on, otherwise you will not be free.’
Diana St Ruth
Morning Meditation — If, bhikkhus, there were no not-born.
‘If, bhikkhus, there were no not-born, not-brought-to-being, not-made, not-conditioned, no escape would be discerned from what is born, brought-to-being, made, conditioned.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Morning meditation — Please don’t become frustrated or depressed on account of this inability to control the mind.
‘Please don’t become frustrated or depressed on account of this inability to control the mind. You are seeing how the mind works. You are discovering how you work. That is why you are meditating.’
Diana St Ruth
Morning meditation — Remember that calmness and compassion.
‘Remember that calmness and compassion are an important part of living a fruitful, positive human life.’
Dalai Lama
Morning meditation — Observing these changes.
‘Observing these changes — these never- ceasing transformations — you know that you must perish. But do you also know that when you perish, something in you does not perish with you?’
Surangama Sutra
Morning meditation — In dealing with others.
‘In dealing with others, fairness is paramount; in self-reflection, sincerity is crucial.’
Classic of Spiritual Flight
