When we have for so long been judged by everyone we meet, just to look into the eyes of another who does not judge us can be extraordinarily healing.
JACK KORNFIELDNo amount of meditation, yoga, diet, and reflection will make all of our problems go away, but we can transform our difficulties into our practice until little by little they guide us on our way.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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Live in joy, luminosity, and peace even among the troubles of the world. Remember who you are.
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Most people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.
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Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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We each need to make our lion’s roar – to persevere with unshakable courage when faced with all manner of doubts and sorrows and fears – to declare our right to awaken.
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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
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It does not matter whether you have religion or are an agnostic believe in nothing, You can only appreciate (without knowing or understanding) the mysteries of life.
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Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
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Compassion for ourselves gives rise to the power to transform resentment into forgiveness, hatred into friendliness, and fear into respect for all beings.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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To live fully is to let go and die with each passing moment, and to be reborn in each new one.
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Within each of us there is a silence as vast as the universe. We long for it. We can return to it.
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When we struggle to change ourselves we, in fact, only continue the patterns of self-judgement and aggression. We keep the war against ourselves alive.
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