‘Buddha is the knowing of condition as condition. Buddha is wisdom, knowing wisdom, and this is what we take refuge in.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Theravada
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
Morning meditation — Our lives as human beings.
‘Our lives as human beings are spent in dealing with the experience of consciousness.’
Ajahn Sumedho
You Don’t ‘Experience’ Consciousness, by Ajahn Sumedho
Buddhist insights, from impermanence to conscious awareness, bright, shining everywhere.
Morning Meditation: Only one familiar with the observation.
‘Only one familiar with the observation of mind can really understand Dhamma.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Buddhism now 