Buddhist teachings to investigate your experience, from Ajahn Sumedho.
Theravada
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
Morning meditation — An intuitive moment is not a rational moment.
‘An intuitive moment is not a rational moment; it isn’t a moment based on common sense and habitual ways of looking at things.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — Don’t make decisions.
‘Don’t make decisions on the strength of your desires.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — If we study theory.
‘If we study theory, our practice won’t develop at all.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — What joy there is in this radiance!
‘What joy there is in this radiance!’
Harada Tangen Roshi
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