‘Should they come to mind, reflect on how success and failure come and go.’
Words of my Perfect Teacher
Tibetan Buddhism
Morning meditation — When in company watch your mouth.
‘When alone check your mind. When in company watch your mouth.’
Atisa Dipamkara
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Morning meditation — Occupied by the turmoil of many worthless activities.
‘Occupied by the turmoil of many worthless activities, I’ve been an idiot taking trivial things to be Dharma.’
Taking the Result as the Path: Core Teachings of the Sakya Lamdre Tradition
Morning meditation — How do we get rid of self.
‘Q: How do we get rid of self.
Chime Rinpoche: You never had one in the first place.’
Lama Chime Rinpoche
Morning meditation — If you wish to practice, you should study.
‘If you wish to practice, you should study.
Without proper study, how will you be able to reflect?
Those who do not study and reflect
Cannot cut through doubts and misconceptions during meditation.’
Chokgyur Lingpa
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Morning meditation — The timeless the truth of enlightenment.
‘Sunyatā: The born — the temporal — and the unborn — the timeless the truth of enlightenment — of the Buddha’s own discourses.’
Lucid Exposition of the Middle Way
Morning meditation — Becoming and Nirvana.
‘Becoming and Nirvana — neither of these is existent; the complete understanding of becoming may be called Nirvana.’
Arya Nagarjuna
Morning meditation — Holding the science of healing in the palm of your hand.
‘Holding the science of healing in the palm of your hand,
You quell all illness.
Great sages,
You destroy all diseases—outer, inner, and other.
Guru, may we be inseparable!.’
Chokgyur Lingpa
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