Wisdom without love is like having lungs but no air to breathe. Do not seek wisdom in order to acquire knowledge but in order to live and love more fully.
ADYASHANTISince everything is already the Supreme Buddha Nature, where are you going to find it?
More Adyashanti Quotes
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Real meditation is not about mastering a technique; it’s about letting go of control.
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When you begin to become conscious, more aware, when your eyes begin to open, the first thing you see is how deluded you are and how much you’re holding onto that which makes you suffer. This is, in many ways, the most important step: Are you willing to be aware?
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Why is it that so few people are truly free? Because they try to conform to ideas, concepts, and beliefs in their heads.
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The middle way is an invitation to leap beyond nirvana and samsara and to realize the unborn Buddha mind right in the middle of everywhere.
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Gratitude is the appreciation of what is, of life, of existence, of anybody and anything, for just the way it is.
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Be a true representative of the goodness in your heart, and don’t expect it to be easy or even noticed.
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The important thing is allowing the whole world to wake up. Part of allowing the whole world to wake up is recognizing that the whole world is free,
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Right now you can allow yourself to experience a very simple sense of not knowing – not knowing what or who you are, not knowing what this moment is, not knowing anything.
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Self-inquiry is a spiritually induced form of wintertime. It’s not about looking for a right answer so much as stripping away and letting you see what is not necessary, what you can do without, what you are without your leaves.
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When you see that everything is a momentary display of reality, then you stop resisting it. Resistance hurts, only every single time. Love is the state of nonresistance.
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As if it were their job to be nice to you, you put yourself at odds with what is, and suffering will surely follow.
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I invite you to stop and ask: How am I avoiding the enlightenment that is already present in each moment? How am I seeing separation where it doesn’t exist?
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Grief, unresisted, is grace. It doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt anymore, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t rip your heart out….In great grief, there’s an incredible love in it. In love there’s a tinge of bitter. In true love.
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The main requirement for spiritual growth: A yearning to know who you really are.
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You don’t awaken, what has eternally been awake realizes itself. That which is eternally awake is what you are.
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