‘What joy there is in this radiance!’
Harada Tangen Roshi
Theravada
Morning meditation — If anything is to be done.
‘If anything is to be done, do it with sustained vigour. A lax religious life stirs up the dust of passions.’
The Dhammapada
Morning meditation — Unskilful deeds are better left undone.
Unskilful deeds are better left undone, as they torment us afterwards. Good deed’s are better done without regrets.
The Dhammapada
Morning meditation —It isn’t question of thinking in terms of becoming.
‘It isn’t question of thinking in terms of becoming a stream-enterer or becoming an arahant, or wondering, ‘‘Have I attained stream-entry yet’’.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — When training the mind.
‘When training the mind it isn’t easy to find a good standard if you haven’t yet developed a ‘witness’ within yourself.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — In Buddhism we use the term.
‘In Buddhism we use the term ‘‘the Middle Way’’, or we can say ‘‘a transcendent path’’.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — This way of going from believing something to not believing something.
‘This way of going from believing something to not believing something is really a mental trick we play on ourselves.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — The Dhamma the Buddha awakened to.
‘Don’t make decisions on the strength of desires. Desires can puff us up into thinking we are something we’re not.’
Ajahn Chah
Buddhism now 