‘It’s of great importance that we practise the Dhamma. If we don’t practise, then all our knowledge is only superficial knowledge, just the outer shell of it.’
Ajahn Chah
Theravada
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Morning meditation — It mostly requires a deliberate effort to identify oneself.
‘It mostly requires a deliberate effort to identify oneself with the joys and successes of others.’
Nyanaponika Thera
Morning meditation — Finding joy in the happiness and success of others.
‘Finding joy in the happiness and success of others, has not received sufficient attention either in expositions of Buddhist ethics, or in the meditative development.’
Nyanaponika Thera
Morning meditation — This is where the practice really begins.
‘This is where the practice really begins.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — If one really practises, one will hear the Buddha-Dhamma.
‘If one really practises, one will hear the Buddha-Dhamma whether sitting at the root of a tree, lying down or in whatever posture. This is not something to merely think about. It arises from the pure mind.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — Our minds aren’t peaceful because of our old habits.
‘Our minds aren’t peaceful because of our old habits. We inherit these because of our past actions and thus they follow us around and constantly plague us. We struggle and search for a way out, but we’re bound by them and they pull us back.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — Come to practise for liberation!
‘Come to practise for liberation! It isn’t easy to live in accordance with true wisdom, but whoever earnestly seeks the path and fruit and aspires to Nibbāna will be able to persevere and endure.’
Ajahn Chah
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