‘Don’t you see the difference? The ‘‘emptiness’’ of the mind when you’re involved in activities is ‘‘play’’ emptiness, imitation emptiness. It’s not the real thing.’
Upasika Kee Nanayon
Theravada
Morning Meditation — Knowing the root cause of Dukkha.
‘Knowing the root cause of Dukkha, one will be able to extinguish it. That root cause is delusion, the wrong understanding that there is a self and things belonging to a self.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Morning meditation — Those who cross this teeming sea.
‘Those who cross this teeming sea, hard with mighty waves.
Wisdom’s theirs the holy life lived, world’s end reached, gone beyond.’
Samyutta
Morning meditation — Awareness; you can chew gum, wash up and listen.
‘Awareness; you can chew gum, wash up and listen to the radio at the same time and still be aware, because it includes the thing.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — You must use loving-kindness.
‘You must use loving-kindness. When angry states of mind arise in meditation, balance them by developing feelings of loving-kindness.’
Ajahn Chah
Buddhist teachings to investigate your experience, from Ajahn Sumedho.
Buddhist teachings to investigate your experience, from Ajahn Sumedho.
Morning meditation — When the mind feels attraction, when it feels aversion.
‘When the mind feels attraction, when it feels aversion, you don’t lose the path, but you know these conditions for what they are.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — We can’t meditate in only one posture.
‘We can’t meditate in only one posture. There are four postures for humans, standing, walking, sitting, and lying down.’
Ajahn Chah
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