‘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
Theravada
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.
Morning meditation — It’s great fun to observe.
‘I’m telling you, it’s great fun to observe closely how the mind works.’
Ajahn Chah
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.
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