To some people, the Middle Way sounds like a mediocrity.
Theravada
Morning meditation — Just as a Rock.
‘Just as a rock is not shaken by a storm, the wise are not affected by praise or blame.’
The Dhammapada
Morning meditation — This One Way.
‘There is this one way for the purification of beings, for the overcoming of sorrows and griefs.’
Satipatthana Sutta
Being the Witness, by Ajahn Sumedho
Buddhist film, with teachings on awareness, and meditation.
Morning Meditation: Me and Mine.
‘Working with hopes of getting something in return, is a matter of me and mine that people are so familiar with they don’t even notice it.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Morning meditation — In a More Profound Sense.
‘To say that the Buddha has passed into Nibbana is not necessarily true. In a more profound sense the Buddha is still alive.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — Understanding Dependent Origination.
‘Understanding of dependent origination is essential. It allows us to know that the concept of ego is dependent on various causal conditions.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Morning meditation — The Unborn.
‘If, bhikkhus, there were no not-born, not-brought-to-being, not-made, not-conditioned, no escape would be discerned from what is born, brought-to-being, made, conditioned.’
The Buddha
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