In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived How well we have loved How well we have learned to let go.
JACK KORNFIELDBuddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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No amount of meditation, yoga, diet, and reflection will make all of our problems go away, but we can transform our difficulties into our practice until little by little they guide us on our way.
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When we have for so long been judged by everyone we meet, just to look into the eyes of another who does not judge us can be extraordinarily healing.
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Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
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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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Wherever you are is the perfect place to awaken. This moment is the exact place to practice compassion and loving awareness. You have all the ingredients to breathe and find freedom just where you are.
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Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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Every individual in the world has a unique contribution.
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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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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?
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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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A second quality of mature spirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.
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We can always begin again.
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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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At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
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