‘Those who cross this teeming sea, hard with mighty waves.
Wisdom’s theirs the holy life lived, world’s end reached, gone beyond.’
Samyutta
Pali texts
Morning meditation — When the mind is agitated, that is the wrong time to cultivate.
‘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
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
Morning meditation — One thing I Teach.
‘One thing I teach, dukkha and release from dukkha.’
The Buddha
Morning meditation — Meditate Monks.
‘Here monks, are the roots of trees!
Here are lonely places! Meditate monks.
Do not be slothful, have no subsequent regrets.’
The Buddha
Morning meditation — Whatever a Teacher Ought.
‘Whatever a teacher ought to do out of compassion, for the profit of his disciples, that I have done, having compassion for you.’
The Buddha
Buddhism now 