‘You don’t have to be all that precise with terminology when you are looking at the reality.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Theravada
Morning Meditation: Busy mind has trouble thinking things through.
‘Busy mind has trouble thinking things through and confuses things. Giving us an idea of how important it is to use wisdom in our work.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Morning meditation — There’s no Friendship with a Fool.
It’s better to live alone; there’s no friendship with a fool. Live alone and skilfully, carefree like an elephant in the forest.
The Dhammapada
Morning meditation — Only those who think.
Only those who think that they will live forever don’t settle their quarrels.
The Dhammapada
Morning Meditation: Selfishness is a Terrible Burden.
‘Selfishness is a terrible burden for the entire world. You can see that all the problems, all the conflict, are the result of selfishness.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Morning meditation — We Start Directly.
‘We start directly from using our knowledge faculties rather than the believing ones.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — The only Way we can.
‘The only way we can be liberated, is through knowing it for ourselves, not through anyone else’s understanding.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation —When I feel fed up.
‘When I feel frustrated, exasperated or fed up, I use that opportunity for insight into the noble truth of suffering.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Buddhism now 