A productive day starts with a productive morning. A great year depends on planning in spring. So, if you start off your mornings with self-cultivation, self-reflection, self-improvement, or self-reminders, your mind will be clear for the entire day, filled with energy and motivation. Your thoughts will be sharp and wise. You will be productive at work and the results will be good.
I remind you to wake up by 6 am every morning. You can do things such as cleaning, exercising, cooking, or reading. You can also meditate, do prostration, chant, etc. You can do all of these. Excellence depends on hard work and diligence.
When you meditate in the morning, you can feel profoundly meditative since the world remains quiet and peaceful. Life satisfaction may be increased by regular morning meditation.
Betters Your Health and Happiness: Practicing meditation helps you unwind physically and mentally with the help of music and visualization exercises, allowing you to recover from exhaustion and discomfort more quickly and get a better night’s rest. On the other hand, it may help improve your health and well-being as a whole by allowing you to relax your mind and heart, therefore reducing stress and improving your immune system.
Elevates Your Perceptual Ability: Meditation enables you to observe your internal experience so that you may gain insight into and emotional distance from your thoughts, feelings, and emotions. It’s less difficult to manage and eliminate negative thinking, and it helps you appreciate the present moment more fully. Your day will go more smoothly and successfully as you use the enhanced awareness and clarity gained from morning practice to your advantage.
Grandmaster JinBodhi’s Short Dharma Teachings: Blessing in The Sunshine
Every morning, when I see the sunrise in the east, I think, not poetically but truly, “I wish for peace on Earth.” I wish that wherever the sun shines, life will be peaceful and wonderful. No pain. No hunger. No war. No lies. May all on whom the sun shines become happy and disease-free. All will smile as there is no more suffering. All will be at ease, free of fear.
Every morning, as I start my practice, I welcome the rising sun. As it slowly rises, I wish these things from the bottom of my heart and also that the sunshine carries my most compassionate blessing. Apart from peace on Earth, I also wish all wonderful blessings upon the mountains, rivers, land, trees, grass, and all kinds of plants and insects.
Our compassionate heart should become a part of our soul and a part of all things in the world. Only then could a person become a truly compassionate person. So, every day, I send this blessing. May everybody receive this energy so that they may face their life every day with courage and energy.
What Do We Say When Praying?
Buddhist morning prayers often use Buddhist mantras, which are used to communicate directly with deities. By repeating the mantras of buddhas and bodhisattvas, we may gain their blessings. In a sense, it is the same as sending energy up to the deities themselves.
Mantras’ sounds haven’t changed since the Buddha first taught them. Mantras are only sounds; thus, they should be pronounceable in any language. However, this is not the case with translated names. It doesn’t matter who chants the mantras to the deities; the mantras are always spoken in the same manner in order for the deities to hear them.
Learn Buddhist mantra chanting here.
The Benefits of Mantras for Morning Meditation
When you’re emotionally worn out, despite getting a full night’s rest, you can feel drained and overwhelmed. Buddhist morning prayers, chants, and mantras can help us start our day off right.
If you can make it through an hour of chanting, regardless of what occurs, you will feel calm. Your mind will be at ease, your thoughts will be clear, and your wisdom will begin to shine. After chanting, you won’t only feel better; you’ll be happy, your face will glow with health, and your body will burst with energy. You, as well, will enjoy the Buddha’s favor, along with prosperity and good fortune. However, practice it regularly to reap the full benefits of chanting.
What’s the Ritual for Morning Praying?
The mood you establish in the morning can determine your whole day. With the right mindset, you can take on each day with confidence and focus.
Always Affirm the Best in Yourself
Affirmations are comments that are repeated to increase one’s optimism and self-assurance. Positive affirmations are a popular morning ritual that helps set the tone for a happy day. Saying encouraging words to yourself first thing in the morning can change your mind from a negative state to positivity early in the morning.
The same brain regions that light up in response to other joyful events, like eating your favorite dish or receiving a prize, also light up when you say positive affirmations, as was seen in a study conducted by Oxford University using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The positive effects of affirmations and the resulting ease with which the brain can deal with future difficulties are the consequence of an actual rewiring of the brain.
So, include upbeat affirmations in your daily routine to begin the day on a good note.
How To Use Morning Mantras
How do mantras work? Just repeating a thought and saying it aloud wholeheartedly helps you digest the thought, thereby transforming it into energy.
When we communicate with each other, our thoughts give rise to an exchange of feelings. Between a mother and a young child, there exists an intuitive bond: If the child falls and hurts him or herself while the mother is at work, the mother may be able to strongly sense her child’s accident.
The power of thoughts is especially evident between relatives, for example, siblings, or grandparents and their grandchildren, as well as good friends; good friends can experience an intuitive bond, though it’s especially strong between couples who are deeply in love.
What I am talking about is the effect of the mantra, which is the power of thoughts in motion. Positive temperament and thoughts can bring about many positive things in life. And the first thought upon waking in the morning is very important. Everyone must understand the power of, and use these affirmations:
I am great today!
I am happy today!
I am gracious!
I am courageous!
I am confident!
I will overcome all challenges!
Today will definitely be a better day than yesterday!
I will definitely be happy today!
24 Positive Morning Affirmations to Use Daily
Every person has special abilities and is here on this earth for a certain reason. We are all composed of both strong and weak points. The question now is: how can we discover the meaning of our lives and use our skills to the fullest extent possible? The clue may be found in the Golden Words written by Grandmaster JinBodhi. If you want your day to be filled with good energy, try starting it off by reciting the following positive affirmations out loud every morning.
Self-Confidence
- I am most compassionate.
- I am most confident.
- I am most tolerant.
- I am most courageous.
- I am most trustworthy.
- I am most punctual.
- I can do anything.
The Power of Knowledge
- I am full of wisdom.
- I am most knowledgeable.
- I love to read.
- I love to observe.
- I love to listen.
- I love to think.
- I take decisive action.
Life Purpose
- I am a gem of the Universe.
- I am most charming.
- I am most talented.
- I sing most beautifully.
- I love challenges.
- I am most accountable.
- I will fulfill my life purpose.
The Life Mantra
- In Heaven and on Earth, I am Supreme!
- In Heaven and on Earth, I am Supreme!
- In Heaven and on Earth, I am Supreme!
How to Use Affirmations?
Pick up some positive affirmations that you can say to yourself first thing in the morning. With a good mental attitude established in the morning, you can count on having a wonderful day. You may also try reading the full text out loud one to three times a day, ideally first thing in the morning. Revel in the glow of self-assurance and strength as you pursue your true calling.
The Path to a Healthy Life is Through Bodhi Meditation!
At Bodhi Meditation, we provide in-person and online students with all-encompassing meditation courses and training opportunities. Let’s assume that you have made up your mind to make Buddhist morning prayers part of your daily routine. You are welcome to attend our online lectures and meditation courses in order to discover how meditation can boost your physical and mental health, and transform your life!
