‘The Four Stages as described in the Pali Canon are reflective teachings aimed at getting perspective on our own experience.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Theravada
Morning meditation: This is the other extreme.
‘Everything exists — this is one extreme. Nothing exists — this is the other extreme. Avoiding both, the Tathagata teaches the Middle Way.’
Samyutta Nikaya
Morning meditation — Start Practising Loving-Kindness.
‘Start practising loving-kindness with ourselves. If we hate ourselves, we tend to hate others.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — The Buddha did not teach anything inaccessible.
‘The Buddha did not teach anything inaccessible.’
Ayya Khema
Morning meditation — In the seen, only the seen.
‘In the seen, only the seen.
In the heard, only the heard.
In the sensed, only the sensed.
In the cognised, only the cognised.
Then, Bāhiya, there will be no ‘’you” in connection with that.’
The Buddha
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Morning meditation — Even a cat has sati [mindfulness].
‘Even a cat has sati [mindfulness]. When it sees a mouse, sati is there. The cat’s eyes stare fixedly at the mouse. This is sati of a cat.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — Awareness is a natural state.
‘Awareness is a natural state; it’s normal. It isn’t a compounded state that depends on other conditions.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — The wise are not affected by praise or blame.
‘Just as a rock is not shaken by a storm, the wise are not affected by praise or blame.’
The Dhammapada
