The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.
JACK KORNFIELDThe way I treat my body is not disconnected from the way I treat my family or the commitment I have to peace on our earth.
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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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Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
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Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
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The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.
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Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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To understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free.
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As long as you are trying to be something other than what you actually are, your mind wears itself out. But if you say, ‘This is what I am, it is a fact that I am going to investigate and understand,’ then you can go beyond.
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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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The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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Every facet, every department of your mind, is to be programmed by you. And unless you assume your rightful responsibility, and begin to program your own mind, the world will program it for you.
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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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