black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.

Sharon Salzberg

We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.
SHARON SALZBERG

Experience Mindset
We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.
SHARON SALZBERG

Kind Life Religious
Even as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free.
SHARON SALZBERG

Feeling Freedom Happiness
Meditation may be done in silence & stillness, by using voice & sound, or by engaging the body in movement. All forms emphasize the training of attention.
SHARON SALZBERG

Attention Silence Sound Training Voice
Meditation is a microcosm, a model, a mirror. The skills we practice when we sit are transferable to the rest of our lives.
SHARON SALZBERG

Life Ourselves Skill Transformation
When you recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you are building a bridge to a place of kindness and caring.
SHARON SALZBERG

Care Kindness Place Reflection Yourself
Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.
SHARON SALZBERG

Compassion Feeling Love Spiritual Thinking
The overarching practice of letting go is also one of gaining resilience and insight.
SHARON SALZBERG

Let Go Resilence
We cannot simply forgive and forget, nor should we.
SHARON SALZBERG

Forget Forgiveness Simplicity
All forms of meditation strengthen & direct our attention through the cultivation of three key skills: concentration, mindfulness & compassion or loving & kindness.
SHARON SALZBERG

Attention Direction Kindness Strength
The combination of realizing our distinctiveness along with our unity is seeing interdependence.
SHARON SALZBERG

Difference Independence Unity
We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight.
SHARON SALZBERG

Fight Philosophy
It is awareness of both our shared pain and our longing for happiness that links us to other people and helps us to turn toward them with compassion.
SHARON SALZBERG

Compassion Deep Happiness Pain People Philosophy
Training attention through meditation opens our eyes.
SHARON SALZBERG

Attention Eyes Ourselves Spiritual Training
Kindness is really at the core of what it means to be and feel alive.
SHARON SALZBERG

Alive Feeling Kindness
The movement of the heart as we practice generosity in the outer world mirrors the movement of the heart when we let go of conditioned views about ourselves on our inner journey. Letting go creates a joyful sense of space in our minds
SHARON SALZBERG

Creation Generosity Heart Joy Let Go Ourselves Space World

Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Sharon Salzberg Quotes