‘The Buddha emphasised this point throughout his teachings: ‘Do not associate with bad friends, do not associate with the worst of people. Associate with good friends, associate with the best of people.’
The Dhammapada
Pali Canon
Morning meditation — Here, bhikkhus, some misguided men learn the Dhamma.
‘Here, bhikkhus, some misguided men learn the Dhamma — discourses, stanzas, expositions, verses, exclamations, sayings, and answers to questions — but having learned the Dhamma, they do not examine the meaning of those teachings with wisdom.’
Alagaddupama Sutta
Morning meditation — And for one who sees the cessation of the world as it truly is with wisdom.
‘And for one who sees the cessation of the world as it truly is with wisdom, There is no notion of existence.’
Kaccānagotta Sutta
Morning meditation — This world is supported by a polarity.
‘This world is supported by a polarity: by existence and non-existence.
But for one who sees the arising of the world as it truly is with wisdom, There is no notion of non-existence.’
Kaccānagotta Sutta
Buddhist Dictionary: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines.
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Morning meditation — Luminous, monks, is the mind.
‘Luminous, monks, is the mind. And it is freed from incoming defilements. The well-instructed disciple of the noble ones discerns that as it actually is present.’
Bassui Tokushō
Morning meditation — The Buddha emphasised this point throughout his teachings.
‘The Buddha emphasised this point throughout his teachings: “Do not associate with bad friends, do not associate with the worst of people. Associate with good friends, associate with the best of people.”’
The Dhammapada
Morning meditation — Though all his life a fool.
‘Though all his life a fool associates with a wise person, he no more comprehends the Truth than a spoon tastes the soup.’
The Dhammapada
Buddhism now 