‘I declare that the heart’s release by sympathetic joy has the sphere of infinite consciousness for its excellence.’
The Buddha
Theravada
Morning meditation — Awareness is aware of doubts.
‘Awareness is aware of doubts about our ability to meditate, about our doubts about being aware!’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — Awareness isn’t personal.
‘Awareness isn’t personal. The idea that we are not aware and need to develop awareness, is in itself a creation.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Afternoon meditation — Once we penetrate to the truth.
‘Once we penetrate to the truth, we are freed from everything. Only peace remains.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — Buddha was a conscious individual human.
‘Buddha was a conscious individual human being not lost in delusion or the conditioning of his mind.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — Emotions can be very convincing.
‘Emotions can be very convincing, very powerful, like a melodrama. They can sound real and true when they’re going on.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — Don’t seek the friendship of the unpleasant.
Don’t seek the friendship of the unpleasant or corrupt. Find good friends and seek the friendship of the honourable.
The Dhammapada
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
Buddhism now 