‘Practice is separate from any posture. It is a matter of directly looking at the mind.’
Ajahn Chah
Theravada
Morning meditation — Each step along the Buddha’s path to happiness.
‘Each step along the Buddha’s path to happiness requires practising mindfulness until it becomes part of your daily life.’
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Morning meditation — Watching others is bad practice.
‘Watching others is bad practice.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — Peace comes from.
‘Peace comes from doing things completely with your whole body and mind.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — There’s noise and unpleasant things happen.
‘There’s noise and unpleasant things happen, but if we become averse to them, then we are creating hostility.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — If the standards are too high.
‘If the standards are too high and everything is just perfect, then any little thing that disturbs can get you into a rage.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — An intuitive moment is not.
‘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 — No matter how appealing an object.
‘No matter how appealing an object, it’s appealing only in worldly sense. It isn’t happiness of liberation; it won’t free you from the world.’
Ajahn Chah
Buddhism now 