By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.
SHARON SALZBERGOnce someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.
More Sharon Salzberg Quotes
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We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.
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Sometimes kindness is stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right & just being happy for someone.
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We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight.
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Self-compassion is like a muscle. The more we practice flexing it, especially when life doesn’t go exactly according to plan (a frequent scenario for most of us), the stronger and more resilient our compassion muscle becomes.
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Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.
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Mindfulness is the agent of our freedom. Through mindfulness we arrive at faith we grow in wisdom & we attain equanimity.
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You are a person worthy of love. You don’t have to do anything to prove that.
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If we fall, we don’t need self-recrimination or blame or anger – we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to re-commit, to be whole-hearted once again.
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Abiding faith does not depend on borrowed concepts. Rather, it is the magnetic force of a bone-deep, lived understanding, one that draws us to realize our ideals, walk our talk,and act in accord with what we know to be true.
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Seeking is endless. It never comes to a state of rest; it never ceases.
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Let the breath lead the way.
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Just as a prism refracts light differently when you change its angle, each experience of love illuminates love in new ways, drawing from an infinite palette of patterns and hues.
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The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear and jealousy.
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The mind thinks thoughts that we don’t plan. It’s not as if we say, ‘At 9:10 I’m going to be filled with self-hatred.
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Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we’re adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere.
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