Often reciting the sacred texts without putting them into practice is like a cowherd who only counts the cows of others.
The Dhammapada
Theravada
Morning meditation — The Dukkha does Not.
‘The dukkha does not necessarily arise because we can’t fulfil our wish; most likely we can.’
Ayya Khema
Morning meditation —Because we are not Desire.
‘Because we are not desire, however, desire is something that we can observe and learn from.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — Glimpse Wishless Liberation.
‘To glimpse of wishless liberation, we can notice the dissatisfaction — dukkha — that arises in the heart whenever we want something.’
Ayya Khema
Morning meditation — Only the Heedful and Aware.
Don’t give way to heedlessness.
Don’t indulge in sense pleasure.
Only the heedful and aware attain great happiness.
The Dhammapada
Morning meditation —We Create Burdens.
‘We create burdens out of the foolishness of our thoughts.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — Delight in Heedfulness.
Those who delight in heedfulness and look with fear on heedlessness will not slip. They are close to Nibbana.
The Dhammapada
Morning meditation —Establish Loving-Kindness with Ourselves.
‘We establish loving-kindness with ourselves by not creating burdens out of what we have done in the past.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Buddhism now 