One’s mind is primordially unborn.
Tibetan Buddhism
Morning meditation — Knowledge and Ignorance are Both.
‘Knowledge and ignorance are both untrue, nothing but dream and illusion. The nonduality of true and untrue, that’s the state of buddha.’
Longchenpa
Morning meditation — Rest in the Uncreated.
‘Allow the mind to rest in the uncreated like for example the pouring of water into water. The mind should be allowed its own easy mental posture in its natural condition, clear vibrant.’
The Bardo Thödol
This Moment is a Precious Time, by Khenpo Sherab Sangpo
Khenpo Sherab Sangpo talks on ‘life is time’.
Morning meditation — Letter to a Friend.
‘Many things threaten life, which is even more ephemeral than a bubble of water. Amazing to exhale after inhaling and to awake from sleep.’
Nagarjuna
Morning meditation — Nonexistent Illusion.
‘Beginningless basic space itself, primordially nonexistent illusion, is the seed of all phenomena, the buddha nature, and virtue.
It is known as the essential base of all.’
Niguma
Morning meditation — Wealthy and Famous.
‘Many have become wealthy and famous, but no one knows where they have gone with their wealth and fame.’
Acharya Shantideva
Emptiness the Womb of Compassion, by Robert Thurman
Compassion is the most realistic way of engaging with life realistically.