Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
JACK KORNFIELDThe goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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The awakened heart and mind can be experienced as clarity itself, pure knowing.
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Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
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To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.
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True love is not for the faint-hearted.
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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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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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We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.
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What we seek is what we are.
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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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Knowledge and achievements matter little if we do not yet know how to touch the heart of another and be touched.
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Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
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The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.
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Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.
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We need a warrior’s heart that lets us face our lives directly, our pains and limitations, our joys and possibilities.
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