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.
JACK KORNFIELDBuddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
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Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows what is just, loving, and beautiful.
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Each moment of every day is new and then it vanishes. Where is that day? Where is that moment?
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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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If you put a spoonful of salt in a cup of water it tastes very salty. If you put a spoonful of salt in a lake of fresh water the taste is still pure and clear. Peace comes when our hearts are open like the sky, vast as the ocean.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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To begin to meditate is to look into our lives with interest in kindness and discover how to be wakeful and free.
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The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
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You hold in your hand an invitation: to remember the transforming power of forgiveness and loving kindness. To remember that no matter where you are and what you face, within your heart peace is possible.
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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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In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
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We can always begin again.
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