Meditation is a cyclical process that defies analysis, but demands acceptance. Votes: 1
Sharon SalzbergPerfection itself is not the ultimate goalbut the ultimate condition of life. Votes: 1
Eric Micha'el LeventhalOne of the things that kills Buddhist spiritual life is excessive seriousness. Votes: 1
Gil FronsdalThe experience of pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral is the consequences of perception. Votes: 1
Allan LokosTechnology offers us a unique opportunity, though rarely welcome, to practice patience. Votes: 1
Allan LokosOur path, our sense of spirituality demands great earnestness, dedication, sincerity & continuity. Votes: 1
Sharon SalzbergThe most important step in developing skillful speech is to think before speaking. Votes: 1
Allan LokosThoughts, words, emotions & deeds not coming from love are likely coming from fear. Votes: 1
Allan LokosTo advance spiritually requires a method of practice & determination to carry it out. Votes: 1
Allan LokosThe possessions themselves were not the problem, it was my relationship with possessing. Votes: 1
Chris MatakasNostalgia is an illness for those who haven't realized that todayis tomorrow's nostalgia. Votes: 1
Zeena SchreckBy practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home. Votes: 1
Sharon SalzbergWe must accept the reality that the causes of impatience travel a two-way street. Votes: 1
Allan LokosYou are the space in which these thoughts arise, but not the thoughts themselves. Votes: 1
Chris MatakasYou are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself. Votes: 1
Alan W. WattsSuffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are. Votes: 1
Allan LokosThe more we genuinely care about others the greater our own happiness & inner peace. Votes: 1
Allan LokosWe train the mind so that we can enjoy greater peace, happiness, wisdom & equanimity. Votes: 1
Allan LokosSearching outside of you is Samsara (the world). Searching within you leads to Nirvana. Votes: 1
Amit RaySearch not for happiness outside yourself, for nothing could be further from the truth. Votes: 1
Eric Micha'el LeventhalZen is the period of time during which a person has true clarity of vision. Votes: 1
Dr. Ernst ArnoldWe should live every day like people who have just been rescued from the moon. Votes: 1
Thich Nhat HanhOnce someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root. Votes: 1
Sharon SalzbergWe just have to remind ourselves that the source of any happiness is mind itself. Votes: 1
Ole NydahlThrough meditation we come to know that we are dying & being reborn in every moment. Votes: 1
Sharon SalzbergThe challenges are illusions, but necessary ones to determine if you can see through them. Votes: 1
Darrell CalkinsPeople in the midst of losing their patience are certainly experiencing as aspect of dukkha. Votes: 1
Allan LokosVulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition. Votes: 1
Sharon SalzbergThe embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patternsof fear & jealousy. Votes: 1
Sharon SalzbergSuffering is universal. It's the one thing Buddhists, Christians, and Muslims are all worried about. Votes: 1
John GreenWe can discover the capacity of the mind to be aware, to love, to begin again Votes: 1
Sharon SalzbergAs a friend of mine told me about Real Happiness: you wrote this one in American. Votes: 1
Sharon SalzbergMany do not realize that we here must die. For those who realize this, quarrels end. Votes: 1
AnonymousYou will bring yourself the suffering you need to bring yourself so that you may awaken. Votes: 1
T. Scott McLeodA person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader. Votes: 1
Daisaku IkedaTo sense which gifts to accept & which to leave behind is our path to discovering freedom. Votes: 1
Sharon SalzbergOur practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature. Votes: 1
Sharon SalzbergWe use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones. Votes: 1
Sharon SalzbergWe find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings. Votes: 1
Sharon SalzbergThe Buddha is found in other people - even the ones we do not like very much. Votes: 1
Francis Harold CookThe best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment. Votes: 1
Thich Nhat HanhIn those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go. Votes: 1
Sharon SalzbergTune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men. Votes: 1
Gautama BuddhaEvery single moment is expressive of the truth of our lives when we know how to look. Votes: 1
Sharon SalzbergWords!The Way is beyond language,for in it there is no yesterday no tomorrow no today. Votes: 1
Xinxin MingCompassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us. Votes: 1
Sharon SalzbergIt follows that I must accept myself for what I am before I can deliberately change it. Votes: 1
Christmas HumphreysWithout the ability to be present we are missing much of what the adventure has to offer. Votes: 1
Allan LokosThe big realization when we go beyond the ego is simply seeing that we've always been ok. Votes: 1
Loch KellyWorry does not keep it from raining tomorrow, but it does keep it from being sunny today. Votes: 1
Shannon L. AlderAbsent a sense of the preciousness of one's own life, why respect the life of anyone else? Votes: 1
Kentetsu TakamoriWhen the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die. Votes: 1
Gautama BuddhaMeditation is doing what you are doing - whether you are doing formal meditation or child care. Votes: 1
Norman FischerOne of the best ways to support the development of patience is to cultivate happiness with yourself. Votes: 1
Allan LokosSometimes it takes a miracle to remind us that the only permanent condition is that of impermanence. Votes: 1
Eric Micha'el LeventhalThe key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own. Votes: 1
Sharon SalzbergAt last the bottom fell out.No more water in the pail.No more moon in the water. Votes: 1
John GouldTo live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance. Votes: 1
BuddhaWhat each of us believes in is up to us, but life is impossible without believing in something. Votes: 1
Kentetsu TakamoriIt is important to realize that we so often define ourselves by what is in opposition to ourselves. Votes: 1
Chris MatakasWhen we are aware of our weaknesses or negative tendencies, we open the opportunity to work on them. Votes: 1
Allan LokosAwakening does not mean a change in difficulty, it means a change in how those difficulties are met. Votes: 1
Mark EpsteinIt is not what you can do for your country, but what you can do for all of mankind. Votes: 1
Mike NortonWhile happiness is an end in itself, it is also the state of mind we can have right now. Votes: 1
Sharon SalzbergNo one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. Votes: 1
Gautama BuddhaThat's why it's called a practice. We have to practice a practice if it is to be of value. Votes: 1
Allan LokosThe picture we present to ourselves of who we think we ought to be obscures who we really are. Votes: 1
Mark EpsteinThe knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is simply to release any images and emotions. Votes: 1
Alan W. WattsThe knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is simply to release any images and emotions. Votes: 1
Jack KornfieldOur work is not to become a better person, but to become present to the perfection we already are. Votes: 1
Allan LokosWhat a miracle, that all we have to do to be beautifully loving creatures is just relax and allow. Votes: 1
Jay MichaelsonThe very fact that you can observe this thinking mind is proof that you are not this thinking mind. Votes: 1
Chris MatakasWhy is it that one of the best songs in the world has to be written by the BeeGees?"Benedict Votes: 1
Tricia WalkerThe means and the results, the good and the bad, are within all of us who are aware and care. Votes: 1
Suman Jyoty BhanteThe way is yours for the asking - the way is yours for the taking. The way is as it should be. Votes: 1
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