Brahmaviharas (The Four Immeasurables): Equanimity, Loving Kindness, Compassion, and Sympathetic Joy.
Theravada
Morning Meditation — The single phrase ‘empty of self’.
‘‘The single phrase ‘empty of self’ sums up the words ‘impermanent (anicca), unsatisfactory (dukkha) and not self (anatta)’.’’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Morning Meditation — The mind, when it’s not engrossed.
‘The mind, when it’s not engrossed with the taste of pleasure or pain, is free in line with its nature.’
Upasika Kee Nanayon
Morning meditation — What is the resort of mindfulness?
‘‘‘Good Gotama [Buddha], what is the resort of mindfulness?’’
‘The resort of mindfulness, Brahman, is liberation.’’’
The Buddha,
Samyutta Nikaya
Morning meditation: What is the resort of Nibbana?
‘‘‘Then, good Gotama, what is the resort of Nibbana?’’
‘‘That question goes too far Brahman. No answer can encompass it.’’’
The Buddha,
Samyutta Nikaya
Morning meditation — Good Gotama [Buddha], what is mind’s resort?
‘‘Good Gotama [Buddha], what is mind’s resort?’’
‘‘Mind’s resort, Brahman, is mindfulness.’’
The Buddha,
Samyutta Nikaya
Morning meditation — I’ve often taught that tranquillity is stillness.
‘I’ve often taught that tranquillity is stillness; flowing is wisdom.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning Meditation — Simply see the natural phenomena of physical and mental events.
‘Simply see the natural phenomena of physical and mental events as they arise and pass away, arise and pass away. They’re not you. They’re not really yours. You don’t have any real control over them.’
Upasika Kee Nanayon
Buddhism now 