To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.
JACK KORNFIELDThe basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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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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Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
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Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.
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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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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
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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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True love is not for the faint-hearted.
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The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
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Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.
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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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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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