Thought for the day

First day at Kopan Monastery on the 10-day Introduction to Buddhism course. First meditation at 6.45am each day, followed by breakfast, teaching, lunch, discussion group, teaching, tea, meditation, supper, meditation or Q&A, bed. With breaks, it's not an endurance test! Silence from 10pm till after lunch next day, though we were all mostly in bed and asleep before 10!