‘We say that we’ll practice in this way—but only a day or two goes by, maybe just a few hours, and we forget all about it.’
Ajahn Chah
Theravada
Morning Meditation: Don’t attach to Good and Evil.
‘Don’t attach to good and evil. Know them so thoroughly that you will never attach to them.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Morning meditation — As rain does not.
As rain does not break into a well-thatched house, so craving does not break into a well-trained mind.
The Dhammapada
Morning meditation — Before Instructing Others.
Be skilled in what is proper before instructing others. Like the wise free from reproach.
The Dhammapada
Morning meditation: As for Mindfulness.
‘As for mindfulness, monks, I declare that it is always useful.’
The Buddha,
Samyutta Nikaya
Morning meditation: This is one Extreme.
‘Everything exists — this is one extreme. Nothing exists — this is the other extreme. Avoiding both, the Tathagata teaches the Middle Way.’
Samyutta Nikaya
Morning meditation — Once the Mind has.
‘Once the mind has let go of external mind–objects, it means you’ll no longer feel disturbed by sound of traffic or other noises.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning Meditation: Mind through Endless Kalpas.
‘Mind through endless kalpas without beginning, has never varied. It has never lived or died, appeared or disappeared, increased or decreased.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
