‘I’m telling you, it’s great fun to observe closely how the mind works.’
Ajahn Chah
Theravada
Morning meditation — If you are willing to do whatever it takes to find your way out of suffering.
‘If you are willing to do whatever it takes to find your way out of suffering — and it means confronting the roots of resistance and craving right here, right now — you can reach complete success.’
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
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 — From the time we acquire the sense of ourselves.
‘From the time we acquire the sense of ourselves as individuals, if we never change that perspective, then whatever happens to us we hold onto that conditioning for the rest of our lives.’
Ajahn Sumedho
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This sutta uses the metaphor of crossing a dangerous flood (ogha) to represent transcending samsara. The Buddha’s method—neither striving too hard nor being completely passive—illustrates the Middle Way.
Crossing the Flood.
This sutta uses the metaphor of crossing a dangerous flood (ogha) to represent transcending samsara. The Buddha’s method—neither striving too hard nor being completely passive—illustrates the Middle Way.
Thinking makes it so, by Ajahn Sumedho.
Exploring the Unborn.
Morning Meditation — When the mind is empty in line with its nature.
‘When the mind is empty in line with its nature, there’s no sense of ownership in it; there are no labels for itself. No matter what thoughts occur to it, it sees them as insubstantial, as empty of self.’
Upasika Kee Nanayon
Buddhism now 