Don’t seek the friendship of the unpleasant or corrupt. Find good friends and seek the friendship of the honourable.
The Dhammapada
Theravada
Morning meditation — The wise master themselves.
Followers of the way: Irrigators care for rivers, fletchers straighten arrows, carpenters shape wood, the wise master themselves.
The Dhammapada
Morning meditation — Just as a rock is not shaken by a storm.
Just as a rock is not shaken by a storm, the wise are not affected by praise or blame.
The Dhammapada
Morning meditation — On hearing the Dharma.
On hearing the Dharma, the wise become pure like a deep, clear, and still lake.
The Dhammapada
Morning meditation — The wise who point out our faults.
The wise who point out our faults, are worth cultivating as they guide us to a hidden treasure.
The Dhammapada
Morning meditation — The way out of suffering.
‘The way out of suffering is meditation itself.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — When operating on a personal level.
‘When operating on a personal level ― from how things should be ― it seems that life is always a struggle.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — The crude, beginning level of the practice.
‘The crude, beginning level of the practice is a little hard to maintain, but the refined levels all come out of this.’
Ajahn Chah
Buddhism now 