I have included an extract from Bodhidharma’s work here, as it is less widely known.
Theravada
Morning meditation — This is the Buddha’s firm and unshakeable awareness.
‘This is the Buddha’s firm and unshakeable awareness that watches over and protects the mind.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — The Buddha’s path is one of practice and insight.
‘The Buddha’s path is one of practice and insight, leading each person to their own awakening, beyond words, beyond teachers, and beyond the constraints of the ordinary mind.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Reflective thought, isn’t a judgement.
‘Reflective thought, isn’t a judgement, it’s not should or shouldn’t; it’s saying: There’s suffering; there’s this feeling of pain; there’s this feeling of anguish, there’s a recognition of the way things happen to be as an individual being.’
Ajahn Sumedho
Morning meditation — Having transcended all conceptual views.
‘Having transcended all conceptual views, being pure and peaceful within, well liberated and independent, one goes beyond all attachment.’
The Buddha
Udāna Sutra
Morning meditation — Just as the great ocean has one taste.
‘Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so too this Dhamma-Vinaya has one taste, the taste of liberation.’
The Buddha
Udāna Sutra
Morning meditation — The Tathagata has abandoned that clinging to views.
‘The Tathagata has abandoned that clinging to views, that adherence to views. Having seen what can be seen as it actually is, without grasping, without rejection . . .’
The Buddha
The Way Things Really Are.
The Sutta-nipata is one of the earliest texts of the Pali cannon, coming from the same period as the Dhammapada, before the monastic tradition was strong.
Buddhism now 