‘To glimpse of wishless liberation, we can notice the dissatisfaction — dukkha — that arises in the heart whenever we want something.’
Ayya Khema
Theravada
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
Morning meditation — There are Three Kinds of Suffering.
‘Monks, there are three kinds of suffering.
Suffering caused by pain,
suffering caused by conditioned existence,
and suffering due to change.’
The Buddha
Dukkhatāsutta
Morning meditation — Start Practising Loving-Kindness.
‘Start practising loving-kindness with ourselves. If we hate ourselves, we tend to hate others.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — Loving-kindness is a Skilful Way.
‘Loving-kindness is a skilful way of enduring what we would not normally endure.’
Ajahn Sumedho
