‘When the mind is agitated, that is the wrong time to cultivate the enlightenment-factors of investigation-of-states, of energy, of rapture.’
The Buddha
Four Immeasurables
Morning meditation — My mind is not concentrated on before or after.
‘My mind is not concentrated on before or after — it’s set free, undirected. I dwell in contemplation of the body, clearly aware. I’m joyful.’
The Buddha
Morning meditation — When the mind is agitated, that is the right time to cultivate.
‘When the mind is agitated, that is the right time to cultivate the enlightenment-factors of tranquillity, concentration, equanimity’
The Buddha
Morning meditation — I declare that the heart’s release.
‘I declare that the heart’s release by sympathetic joy has the sphere of infinite consciousness for its excellence.’
The Buddha
Compassion, by John Aske
Compassion requires wisdom as well as love to grow in us.
Equanimity, by John Aske
Equanimity is not a state or a condition, it is what we have always been, flow and change, with no attempt to allow or prevent anything.
Sympathetic joy — Mudita by John Aske
Sympathetic joy is not bound by give and take, it is founded on compassion.
Morning meditation — The heart’s Release by Loving-Kindness.
‘I declare that the heart’s release by loving-kindness has the beautiful for its excellence.’
The Buddha
Buddhism now 