‘Who should undertake this Buddhist training?
Anyone who is tired of being unhappy.’
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Theravada
Morning meditation — In a more profound sense the Buddha.
‘To say that the Buddha has passed into Nibbana is not necessarily true. In a more profound sense the Buddha is still alive.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — Trees don’t know anything.
‘Trees don’t know anything, they act on natural laws, yet they do know enough to grow away from danger, to incline towards a suitable place.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — Buddha is wisdom.
‘Buddha is the knowing of condition as condition. Buddha is wisdom, knowing wisdom, and this is what we take refuge in.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — It would be better to swallow a red-hot iron ball.
It would be better to swallow a red-hot iron ball, blazing like fire, than as an immoral and uncontrolled monk to eat the alms of the people.
The Dhammapada
Morning meditation — The wise, constantly cultivate.
The wise, constantly cultivate tranquillity and insight.
The Dhammapada
The A, B, C of Buddhism, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
You have heard that the Lord Buddha, in his enlightenment, discovered the Dhamma…
Morning meditation — Once we express our views.
‘Once we express our views, hopes, and beliefs, the argument starts, and tears start flowing.’
Ayya Khema
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