A second quality of mature spirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.
JACK KORNFIELDThe heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
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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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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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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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The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
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Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting.
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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
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May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.
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Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.
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To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others.
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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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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
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To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life.
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