‘When our mind is firm and stable, mindfulness will arise quickly and easily and this is where we have wisdom.’
Ajahn Chah
Theravada
Morning meditation — Lot of our experience is of confusion.
‘Lot of our experience is of confusion, doubt, uncertainty, but we don’t like these kinds of feelings, do we? We prefer clarity and certainty.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — Trust is important.
‘Trust is important. There is so much fear and suspicion in our lives that we don’t trust ourselves or anyone else very much.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — We practise Buddhism until we.
‘We practise Buddhism until we have a feeling for it. After a time, a new kind of understanding arises.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning Meditation: One will never come to see Dhamma by.
‘One will never come to see Dhamma by means of rational thinking.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Morning meditation — When the mind is agitated, that is the wrong time to cultivate.
‘When the mind is agitated, that is the wrong time to cultivate the enlightenment-factors of investigation-of-states, of energy, of rapture.’
The Buddha
Morning meditation — My mind is not concentrated on before or after.
‘My mind is not concentrated on before or after — it’s set free, undirected. I dwell in contemplation of the body, clearly aware. I’m joyful.’
The Buddha
A Taste of Freedom, by Ajahn Chah
All the teachings are merely similes and comparisons, means to help the mind see the truth.
Buddhism now 