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Buddhism Insight Meditation Spiritual Quotations By Sun and Planets Spirituality AYINRIN

Quotation by Catherine Ingram

Rumi said, "Imagine the delight of walking on a noisy street and being the noise." In awakened awareness we are not mentally carving up the world into what should be included or not. We sense the world as a vast extension of ourselves. We belong to it and it belongs to us. Imagine the delight.

— Catherine Ingram, Passionate Presence.

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Quotation by Sharon Salzberg

It doesn't matter how long we may have been stuck in a sense of our limitations. If we go into a darkened room and turn on the light, it doesn't matter if the room has been dark for a day, or a week, or ten thousand years — we turn on the light and it is illumined. Once we contact our capacity for love and happiness . . . the light has been turned on.

— Sharon Salzberg, Practice Random Acts of Kindness by Editors of Random Acts of Kindness.

Quotation by Amy Schmidt

The five mundane powers are found in all the shamanic and yogic traditions, and occur spontaneously to a lesser extent in some individuals. They are:

Magical powers: the ability to transform one of the four basic elements of the physical world (earth, air, fire, and water) into another.

Divine ear: the ability to hear sounds near and far, on earth and in other realms.

Divine eye: the ability to see into the future, to see things near and far, on earth and in other realms.

Knowledge of one's former births and the previous births of others.

Knowledge of the states of mind of other beings; that is, the ability, to "read" or know the minds of others.

— Amy Schmidt, Dipa Ma.

Quotation by Ayya Khema

Trust is indispensable for the opening of the heart, which alone leads to devotion. We can compare this to learning how to swim. People who don't know how to swim are afraid; they lack trust that the water will bear them up. They also lack trust that the swimming teacher's advice is right. If we don't give ourselves completely to the teacher's directions and the water, we'll never learn how to swim.

When trust and devotion are lacking on the spiritual plane, every practice goes wrong. It's an absolute precondition that we dedicate ourselves wholeheartedly and follow the instructions.

— Ayya Khema, Visible Here and Now.

Quotation by Ayya Khema

For some absurd reason, we seem to prefer dislike and ill will to our potential for love. If we were to practice love and compassion, we would live in a different world, and also our mass media would be filled with totally different contents. The reason for this absurdity is that loving consists in giving and therefore letting go of self-cherishing, which is never easy to do. Dislike, however, is based on hate, and we are proud of our discriminatory abilities, so that rejection is closer to the surface out of habit and self-endorsement. But all of us have the ability to reverse this trend.

— Ayya Khema, Visible Here and Now.

Quotation by Joseph Goldstein

The Sanskrit word maitri and the Pali word metta both mean "loving-kindness" or "loving care," and refer to an attitude of friendliness, good will, and generosity of heart. When we are filled with loving-kindness and a sense of loving care, we have a very simple wish: May all beings be happy.

— Joseph Goldstein, A Heart Full of Peace.

Quotation by Jack Kornfield

Consider how it would be to approach yourself, the situation, the other people with don't-know mind. Don't know. Not sure. No fixed opinion. Allow yourself to want to understand anew. Approach it with don't-know mind, with openness.

— Jack Kornfield, The Wise Heart

Quotation by Jack Kornfield

The practice of forgiveness grows through patient repetition. One of my teachers instructed me to practice five minutes of forgiveness for myself and others, twice a day for six months, which meant 360 times. Practicing with small misdeeds, such as my uncaring treatment of a friend, over and over I inwardly asked for forgiveness and vowed to act in more caring ways.

— Jack Kornfield, The Wise Heart.

Quotation by Amy Schmidt

Dipa Ma made of her life one continuous blessing. She offered blessings to all. She blessed people from head to toe, blowing on them, chanting over them, stroking their hair. ... Practicing this spirit of blessing throughout the day can make the ordinary become something special.

— Amy Schmidt, Dipa Ma.

Quotation by Christopher Titmuss

In our day-to-day practice, we might simply remind ourselves of the ancient Buddhist injunction, "May all beings live in peace and harmony." Saying this is not just a convenient way to end a meditation, but an expression of an inner intention to open our consciousness to embrace all forms of life. In addition, this practice is about opening our consciousness to the way life is, not how we would like it to be.

— Christopher Titmuss, An Awakened Life.

Quotation by Jack Kornfield

One meditation teacher describes the impact of each small contribution as a "trim-tab effect." When an ocean liner is under way, its momentum is so great that it cannot be steered by moving its rudder. Instead, a series of adjustments is made in the flaps at the edge of the rudder — the trim tabs. These small changes begin to shift the direction of the ship until the rudder itself can be turned and the ship takes another course. Like trim tabs, our deliberate actions, however small, can change the course of life around us. To use our life to move the world toward compassion and away from suffering is the only thing that matters.

— Jack Kornfield, After the Ecstasy, The Laundry.

Quotation by Christopher Titmuss

My Dharma teacher, . . . regularly began his public talks with the memorable phrase: "Dear Brothers and Sisters in Birth, Aging, Pain and Death." This reminded us all that we have much more in common than we have separating us.

— Christopher Titmuss, An Awakened Life

Quotation by Christopher Titmuss

A Buddhist monk in Thailand once told me that the whole earth was his temple. The sky was the roof, the earth was the floor, and the trees and mountains were the pillars of the temple. He had a wonderful sense of holiness as the center of life. He also said that humanity was the congregation and added that it was a pity so few people realize that we are all in the same congregation. His spiritual teacher commented: "We are all brothers and sisters in birth, aging, pain and death."

— Christopher Titmuss, The Little Box of Inner Calm.

Quotation by Ayya Khema

Dukkha [suffering] is really our staunchest friend, our most faithful supporter. We will never find another friend or helpmate like it, if we see it correctly, without resistance or rejection. When we use dukkha as our incentive for practice, gratitude and appreciation for it will arise. This takes the sting out of our pain and transforms it into our most valuable experience.

— Ayya Khema, Be an Island.

Quotation by Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield

Achaan Chaa often called our life "just this much." We continually look and hope for a new, special thing that is going to last or make us happy, fulfill our needs, answer all our questions. In actuality, what are we going to get? We will get more seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, and thinking. That's it; that's what life is. We might like it to be otherwise, but it is just that much.

— Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield, Seeking the Heart of Wisdom.

Quotation by Christopher Titmuss

Two thousand years ago, the rabbi from Nazareth observed noble silence, even when asked by a powerful political leader what the truth was. The rabbi knew better than to sink to the level of debate with his tormentors.

— Christopher Titmuss, An Awakened Life.

Quotation by Christopher Titmuss

We may profoundly disagree with other people. We may not feel any sympathy for their values and decisions, but we do not have to build a wall of resistance against them. Let's never forget that our blood is all of one color.

— Christopher Titmuss, An Awakened Life.

Quotation by Larry Rosenberg

We work with what we have. We take what joy we can.

— Larry Rosenberg, Living in the Light of Death by Larry Rosenberg, David Guy.

Quotation by Christopher Titmuss

Some people get the idea that living with kindness is a mistake. Kind people always get walked over, they claim, and so they harden their hearts so that nobody can reach them. The same defensive call also stops them from reaching deep within themselves. There are risks in kindness. The most obvious one is being taken advantage of by the selfish and the unscrupulous. Yes, that happens, but authentic kindness, tempered with equanimity, will not wither under such exploitation. Our kindness is then a public statement of personal dignity. Furthermore, a good conscience makes for a soft pillow.

— Christopher Titmuss, An Awakened Life.

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— Christopher Titmuss, An Awakened Life.

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— Jack Kornfield, After the Ecstasy, The Laundry.

Quotation by Larry Rosenberg

Self-images are a problem. They are designed to help us feel adequate and secure but also often cause a great deal of suffering. We all have them, and most of us aren't aware we do. We spend enormous time and energy and even money creating and protecting them, trying to keep them intact while our daily experience is chipping away at them. Then when someone sees us in a different way, we are shattered.

— Larry Rosenberg, Living in the Light of Death by Larry Rosenberg, David Guy.

Quotation by Joseph Goldstein

As an experiment, the next time you are doing an errand, stuck in traffic, or standing on line at the supermarket, instead of being preoccupied with where you're going or what needs to be done, take a moment to simply send loving wishes to all those around you. Often, there is an immediate and very remarkable shift inside as we feel more connected and more present.

— Joseph Goldstein, A Heart Full of Peace.

Quotation by Christina Feldman

In the Zen tradition of Buddhism it is often said that if you want to truly know a Zen master, talk to their spouse. Our actions and behavior speak louder than a thousand words . . . The greatest teachers are not those who have transcended the world around them, but those who have transcended fear, hatred and greed.

— Christina Feldman, Silence.

Quotation by Jack Kornfield

Love is . . . our capacity to trust in a reality beyond fear, to trust in a timeless truth bigger than all our difficulties.

— Jack Kornfield, Frederic Brussat's Twitter Collection.

Quotation by Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield

If we work with them, hindrances will enrich our lives. They have been called manure for enlightenment, and some teachers speak of them as "mind weeds," which we pull up and bury near the plant to give it nourishment. Our practice is to use all that arises within us for the growth of understanding, compassion, and freedom.

— Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield, Seeking the Heart of Wisdom.

Quotation by Jack Kornfield

The quality of presence determines the quality of life.

— Jack Kornfield, Frederic Brussat's Twitter Collection.

Quotation by Jack Kornfield

Compassionate generosity is the foundation of true spiritual life because it is the practice of letting go.

— Jack Kornfield, Frederic Brussat's Twitter Collection.

Quotation by Sharon Salzberg

We react as though good fortune were a limited commodity, so the more someone else has, the less there will be for us. . . .

An alternative to feeling painfully cutoff, all alone on our little island of resentment, is to develop what's known in Buddhist teaching as sympathetic joy, rejoicing in the happiness of others.

— Sharon Salzberg, The Kindness Handbook.

Quotation by Sharon Salzberg

Evolving a spiritual practice is not about having and getting; it is about being more and more compassionate toward ourselves and toward others. It is not about assuming a new self-image or manufactured persona; it is about being compassionate naturally, out of what we see, out of what we understand. Compassion is like a mirror into which we can always look. It is like a stream that steadily carries us. It is like a cleansing fire that continually transforms us.

— Sharon Salzberg, The Kindness Handbook.

Quotation by Christopher Titmuss

One of the ways employed currently to remind us to stay mindful concerns bell-ringing. It may be the front-door bell, a church bell, the telephone or a bell announcing a time for meditation. Upon hearing the bell, we stop for three or four seconds for the practice of just listening.

Such a mindfulness exercise sounds very simple and is certainly easy to implement. It is one thing to practice this on a daily basis and it is something else to suddenly stop the mind in its tracks. We are often caught up in a headlong flow of activity, going from one thing to another. To suddenly stop, totally arrest the movement of our mind and body, brings us back to the present moment. We can then pick up the telephone mindfully and respectfully.

— Christopher Titmuss, An Awakened Life.

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Quotation by Christina Feldman
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Attention is the key that opens the door to inner peace and awareness. Learning to bring a loving and mindful attention to all the moments of our lives, we find ease everywhere. Without attention we live only on the surface of life. The song of a bird, the beauty of a sunset, the cries of someone who needs us are lost to us. It is only when we are attentive to that we are able to explore our inner landscape and learn the lessons we are asked to learn if we are to live with authenticity and freedom. To be touched by anything in the world, to love and to live fully, we need to be present and awake. If we are to love with compassion, balance and generosity, we need to cultivate the art of attentiveness. . . .

Attention is the common thread that runs through every meditative discipline and art. It enables us to cut through the habits of entanglement and speculative thought and the reactions that trigger agitation. Through calm and gentle attention we learn to cultivate the clarity and sensitivity that allow understanding and stillness to deepen. Wise attention is a gesture of kindness to ourselves, freeing us from the chaos and abrasiveness of a mind that is too easily scattered and divided. . . .

Attention is the art of cultivating happiness and well-being. We do not need to postpone that ease to a time in our lives when there are fewer demands upon our attention. We can discover it now — in the midst of a life of activity, a mind that has thoughts and a world that is ceaselessly bombarding us with a multiplicity of impressions and demands. Attention awakens us — to ourselves and to everything that comes into our world. . . .

Attention in itself is not difficult; it is remembering to be attentive that is challenging. But in discovering that wise attention is the source of deep inner happiness and well-being, our dedication to its cultivation will grow.

— Christina Feldman, Heart of Wisdom, Mind of Calm.
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Quotation by Christina Feldman
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Attachment is the near enemy of compassion. It is not the attachment itself or the deep bonds of care that sabotage compassion and wisdom. It is your desire to control all things, including pain, that undermines compassion. It is your insistence that impermanence should never touch you or those you love. You get lost in the belief that your love should be powerful enough to protect those you love from suffering. Then you discover that it is not. Panic and anxiety can arise with that discovery; so too can a heart that is boundless in its compassion.
— Christina Feldman, Compassion.

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Quotation by Tara Brach
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Even if we don't push others away with anger or hatred, we can easily overlook people and unknowingly withhold our kindness. This can be most striking in relation to those whom Buddhist compassion practices describe as "neutral" people — those who evoke neither a negative nor positive response. They might be the postman, children in the carpool, the spouse of a friend, a distant relative. In teaching compassion practices I sometimes ask students to choose someone they see regularly but are not personally involved with. When they have brought this person to mind, I invite them to consider, "What does he or she need?" "What does this person fear?" "What is life like for this person?"
— Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance.

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Quotation by Christina Feldman
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We have demonized pain and suffering so often that flight seems to be the only option. Rarely does anyone tell you it is a good idea to stop running and be still, that instead of fleeing from sorrow you could come closer to it, befriend it, feel and understand it. Finding the commitment to stop running from pain is the first step in cultivating compassion. Your willingness to turn toward suffering rather than away from it is the beginning of approaching the world with greater kindness and tenderness. To listen to the cries of the world, you are asked to be still, to let go of your arguments, judgments, fault-finding, and the effort to make the difficult disappear.
— Christina Feldman, Compassion.

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Quotation by Christina Feldman
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Compassion has a ferocity born of the capacity to unflinchingly identify the causes of sorrow and pain. Compassion is vaster than a feeling; it finds expression in wise action. The courage, balance, and resolve needed to end suffering are made manifest through the words and acts that are bridges to the world around you.
— Christina Feldman, Compassion.

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Quotation by Ajaan Lee
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Aging, illness and death are treasures for those who understand them. They're Noble Truths, Noble Treasures.
— Ajaan Lee, Living in the Light of Death by Larry Rosenberg, David Guy.

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Quotation by Sharon Salzberg
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Love releases us from our efforts to control life. Love opens our hearts wide enough to admit the unknown.
— Sharon Salzberg, Frederic Brussat's Twitter Collection.
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Quotation by Jack Kornfield
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The good news is that I am not my personality. None of us is. . . .
Once we recognize the patterns of personality, we can see them for what they are: simply different patterns of energy.
— Jack Kornfield, The Wise Heart.

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Buddhist psychology offers meditation, cognitive strategies, ethical trainings, a powerful set of practices that foster inner transformation. But it starts with a most radical vision, one that transforms everyone it touches: a recognition of the innate nobility and the freedom of heart that are available wherever we are.
— Jack Kornfield, The Wise Heart.
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Quotation by Christopher Titmuss
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Undertaking the practice of wise speech is a true act of kindness. Since the things we say often travel much further afield than we realize, we need to stick to the principle that whatever we say about someone who is not present, we would be willing to say in the same way, in the same tone, to their face. If not, it is preferable to observe noble silence: when there are no hearers there are no recriminations later.
— Christopher Titmuss, An Awakened Life.

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Quotation by Joan Halifax
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I believe that it is through our failures that the muscles of truth, compassion, and courage strengthen. Where we have been weak is where we find strategies for the development of our strengths.
— Joan Halifax, For a Future to Be Possible by Thich Nhat Hanh.
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Quotation by Christopher Titmuss
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If we look into our own minds, we can see that the unhealthy aspects of ourselves often show up in our contact with others. When we find problems with another person, we only see the gross extensions of their personality. It's easy to forget that we are concentrating on just one or two aspects of them. We then use these impressions to support a fixed and hostile view.
— Christopher Titmuss, An Awakened Life

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Quotation by Mahasi Sayadaw
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We are at liberty to create fresh karma that leads toward either our progress or our downfall.
— Mahasi Sayadaw, Good Karma by Joan Duncan Oliver.
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Quotation by Jack Kornfield
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We can bow to both beauty and suffering, to our entanglements and confusion, to our fears and to the injustices of the world. Honoring the truth in this way is the path to freedom.
— Jack Kornfield, After the Ecstasy, The Laundry.
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We all know that after the honeymoon comes the marriage, after the election comes the hard task of governance. In spiritual life it is the same: After the ecstasy comes the laundry.
— Jack Kornfield, After the Ecstasy, The Laundry.
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Forgiveness is both a preparation and an end in spiritual life. To forgive we must face the pain and sorrow of our betrayal and disappointment, and discover the movement of the heart that opens to forgive in spite of it all.

— Jack Kornfield, After the Ecstasy, The Laundry.
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Quotation by Patrick Ophuls
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So meditation is not about ignoring, abandoning, or repressing your body electric, much less despising it or crushing it into submission. To practice well is to cherish the body and purify it, so that it turns into a vessel of enlightenment.
— Patrick Ophuls, Buddha Takes No Prisoners.
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Quotation by Christina Feldman
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Compassion doesn't always call for grand or heroic gestures. It asks you to find in your heart the simple but profound willingness to be present, with a commitment to end sorrow and contribute to the well-being and ease of all beings. A word of kindness, a loving touch, a patient presence, a willingness to step beyond your fears and reactions are all gestures of compassion that can transform a moment of fear or pain. Aligning yourself with the path of understanding and compassion, you are learning to listen to the cries of the world.
— Christina Feldman, Compassion.
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Quotation by Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano
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Taming our speech is just part of our task, but we should not neglect it; for here is an essential means of restraining the bad and promoting the good. . . . Good effects accumulate and make for spiritual progress.
— Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano, Longing for Certainty.

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Quotation by Tara Brach
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Radical Acceptance reverses our habit of living at war with experiences that are unfamiliar, frightening or intense. It is the necessary antidote to years of neglecting ourselves, years of judging and treating ourselves harshly, years of rejecting this moment's experience. Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our life as it is. A moment of Radical Acceptance is a moment of genuine freedom.
— Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance.
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Quotation by Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano
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In Buddhism, we do not find any such division of the day into tedium and recreation, or material cares and spiritual leisure, or hours to cherish and hours to reject. True improvement in our lives is not just a matter of more minutes allotted to desire, but of wiser attention and worthier behavior at all times.
— Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano, Longing for Certainty.

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Quotation by Sharon Salzberg
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The Buddha said that a true spiritual life is not possible without a generous heart. Generosity is the very first quality of an awakened mind. The spiritual path begins there because of the joy that arises from a generous heart. Pure unhindered delight flows freely when we practice generosity. We experience joy in forming the intention to give, in the actual act of giving, and in recollecting the fact that we've given.
— Sharon Salzberg, The Kindness Handbook.

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Quotation by Amy Schmidt
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The journey of transformation involves more, however, than the valiant effort to surpass one's limitations. It also requires us to balance our effort, our intentions, and our energy. Dipa Ma often said, "if you practice for a result, then it becomes a hindrance."
— Amy Schmidt, Dipa Ma.
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Quotation by Sharon Salzberg
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Learning to share in the joy of others transforms our thinking about where we can find happiness. Usually we rejoice in what we get, not in what others have. But sympathetic joy is a practice of generosity, and giving isn't just about doing someone a favor — it also makes us feel better.
— Sharon Salzberg, The Kindness Handbook.

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Quotation by Jack Kornfield
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There is a neurological basis for compassion as well. In the 1980s, Italian scientist Giacomo Rizzolatti and his colleagues discovered a class of brain cells called "mirror neurons." Extensive research since that time has shown that through our mirror neurons, we actually feel the emotions, movements, and intentions of others. Researchers describe this natural empathy as part of the social brain, a neural circuitry that connects us intimately in every human encounter.
In Buddhist psychology, compassion is not a struggle or a sacrifice. Within our body, compassion is natural and intuitive. We don't think, "Oh, my poor toe or finger is hurt, maybe I should help it." As soon as it is injured, we instantly respond because it is a part of us. Through meditation, we gradually open the boundaries of our consciousness to compassion for all beings, as if they were part of our family. We learn that even when our compassion is lost through fear and trauma, it can be reawakened. Faced with a crying child in a burning house, a hardened criminal is as likely as anyone else to take the risk of rescuing her. We all have moments when the openness and beauty of our Buddha nature shines.
— Jack Kornfield, The Wise Heart.
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As children, many of us were taught courage in the form of the warrior or explorer, bravely facing danger. In the Buddhist understanding, however great courage is not demonstrated by aggression or ambition. Aggression and ambition are more often expressions of fear and delusion. The courageous heart is the one that is unafraid to open to the world. With compassion we come to trust our capacity to open to life without armoring.
— Jack Kornfield, The Wise Heart.

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As children, many of us were taught courage in the form of the warrior or explorer, bravely facing danger. In the Buddhist understanding, however great courage is not demonstrated by aggression or ambition. Aggression and ambition are more often expressions of fear and delusion. The courageous heart is the one that is unafraid to open to the world. With compassion we come to trust our capacity to open to life without armoring.
— Jack Kornfield, The Wise Heart.
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Quotation by Jack Kornfield
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Work with compassion practice intuitively. At times it may feel difficult, as though you might be overwhelmed by the pain. Remember, you are not trying to "fix" the pain of the world, only to hold it with a compassionate heart. As you practice again and again, relax and be gentle. Breathe. Let your breath and heart rest naturally, as a center of compassion in the midst of the world.
— Jack Kornfield, The Wise Heart.

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Quotation by Sharon Salzberg
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Learning to share in the joy of others transforms our thinking about where we can find happiness. Usually we rejoice in what we get, not in what others have. But sympathetic joy is a practice of generosity, and giving isn't just about doing someone a favor — it also makes us feel better.
— Sharon Salzberg, The Kindness Handbook.
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Quotation by Sharon Salzberg
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Spirituality is the movement from our prison of self-blame and self-preoccupation to an inclusive and open engagement with all of life. In many ways a spiritual path is essentially about connection — a deep connection to our own inherent capacity for wisdom and love no matter what, a connection to a bigger picture of life no matter what.
— Sharon Salzberg, The Kindness Handbook.
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Quotation by Amy Schmidt
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The journey of transformation involves more, however, than the valiant effort to surpass one's limitations. It also requires us to balance our effort, our intentions, and our energy. Dipa Ma often said, "if you practice for a result, then it becomes a hindrance."
— Amy Schmidt, Dipa Ma.
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Quotation by Sharon Salzberg
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The Buddha said that a true spiritual life is not possible without a generous heart. Generosity is the very first quality of an awakened mind. The spiritual path begins there because of the joy that arises from a generous heart. Pure unhindered delight flows freely when we practice generosity. We experience joy in forming the intention to give, in the actual act of giving, and in recollecting the fact that we've given.
— Sharon Salzberg, The Kindness Handbook.

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Quotation by Christopher Titmuss
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One of the main reasons for anger is to demonstration or recover a sense of power. "They did this to me. They have to learn that they cannot treat me like this." It seems so clear. We believe that right and wrong, good and evil exist in watertight compartments. We see those who have provoked our righteous anger as wrong and perhaps even bad, so we have the right to make them suffer. Making the other — or others who have some connection with the main perpetrator of suffering — suffer gives us a sense of satisfaction in having regained power. The determination to get even serves as temporary relief, but the abused becomes the abuser. We need to remember that this projection of blame acts as a defense against having to look inward.
— Christopher Titmuss, Transforming Our Terror.

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Quotation by Joseph Goldstein
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The essence of One Dharma is wisdom. We practice paying attention — to our bodies, our thoughts, our emotions, to awareness itself — and through a deepening concentration and stillness of mind, we gain insight into some basic truths. Wisdom sees the impermanent, ephemeral nature of experience and the fundamental unreliability of changing phenomena. Wisdom opens our minds to selflessness, the great liberating jewel of the Buddha's enlightenment, and to the clear recognition of the Nature of Mind: intrinsically empty, naturally radiant, ceaselessly responsive. Finally, wisdom brings the understanding that nonclinging is the essential unifying experience of freedom. We see that nonclinging is both a practice to cultivate and the nature of the awakened mind itself.
— Joseph Goldstein, One Dharma.
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The essence of One Dharma is wisdom. We practice paying attention — to our bodies, our thoughts, our emotions, to awareness itself — and through a deepening concentration and stillness of mind, we gain insight into some basic truths. Wisdom sees the impermanent, ephemeral nature of experience and the fundamental unreliability of changing phenomena. Wisdom opens our minds to selflessness, the great liberating jewel of the Buddha's enlightenment, and to the clear recognition of the Nature of Mind: intrinsically empty, naturally radiant, ceaselessly responsive. Finally, wisdom brings the understanding that nonclinging is the essential unifying experience of freedom. We see that nonclinging is both a practice to cultivate and the nature of the awakened mind itself.
— Joseph Goldstein, One Dharma.
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Quotation by Matthew Flickstein
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The Buddha speaks of four categories of communication and our responsibility regarding each category: saying something that is untrue and displeasing to hear (such as false accusations) should never be done; voicing something that is untrue but pleasing to hear (such as flattery) should also be withheld; saying something that is true but displeasing to hear (such as constructive criticism) should only be spoken when the person is receptive to what is being said; and finally, communicating something that is true and pleasing to hear (such as positive feedback) should also be withheld until the timing is suitable. The Buddha's words point out that for communication to have integrity and to be effective, we need to consider both the content and timing of that communication.
— Matthew Flickstein, Swallowing the River Ganges.

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Quotation by Jack Kornfield
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In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
— Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace.

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Quotation by Joseph Goldstein
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Faith is the link that transforms our experience of suffering into a vehicle of awakening; faith allows us to see the suffering as a necessary condition for liberation.
— Joseph Goldstein, One Dharma.
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Quotation by Jack Kornfield
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It is hard to imagine a world without forgiveness. Without forgiveness life would be unbearable.
Without forgiveness our lives are chained, forced to carry the sufferings of the past and repeat them with no release.
— Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace.

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Quotation by Joseph Goldstein
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"Faith," "devotion" and "confidence" are all translations of the Pali word saddha. All of these terms refer to that feeling that opens the mind and the heart to what is beyond our usual ego concerns and desires; saddha opens us to what is greater than ourselves, to the possibility of freedom. Faith becomes both our initial inspiration to practice and explore what sustains our continuing efforts.
— Joseph Goldstein, One Dharma.
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Quotation by Christopher Titmuss
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We have to face stress. Stress is the collision of desire and fear. We want to get something done and we fear that we won't. We get trapped in these two inner forces and when both collide, we call it stress. For stress to stop, living in desire and fear must end. Stress invades every aspect of our being — emotions, thoughts, perceptions and even our cells. A genuinely successful life reveals a lack of stress, a depth of awareness, love, right action and liberation.
— Christopher Titmuss, Light on Enlightenment

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Quotation by Christopher Titmuss
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Dependency on praise has an insidiously corrupting influence on our inner life, and it can generate self-doubt or inflated views of self-importance. It weakens our ability to deal with the non-pleasurable world that manifests in countless forms. Attachment to praise takes the joy out of being.
— Christopher Titmuss, Light on Enlightenment
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Quotation by Joseph Goldstein
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The Buddha talked of the eight great vicissitudes of life: pleasure and pain, gain and loss, praise and blame, and fame and disrepute. These changes happened to everyone. One of the great laws of the Dharma that I find myself often rediscovering is, "If it's not one thing, it's another."
— Joseph Goldstein, One Dharma.
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Quotation by Sylvia Boorstein
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If, as you sit [in meditation], your attention does not get caught in particular events, you'll have a direct experience of the end of suffering. Pleasant or unpleasant will not matter. You will be able to notice, with relaxed interest, the passing show of all phenomena. The alert mind, unruffled by clinging or aversion, is comfortable. It is free.
— Sylvia Boorstein, Don't Just Do Something, Sit There.

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Quotation by Jack Kornfield
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To cultivate generosity directly is another fundamental part of living a spiritual life. Like the training precepts and like our inner meditations, generosity can actually be practiced. With practice, its spirit forms our actions, and our hearts will grow stronger and lighter. It can lead us to new levels of letting go and great happiness.
— Jack Kornfield, The Faces of Buddhism in America by Charles S. Prebish, Kenneth K. Tanaka,editors.

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Quotation by Sylvia Boorstein
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The more attention you bring to the direct experience of eating, the more interesting it becomes.
Now, eat slowly, and savor the moment.
— Sylvia Boorstein, Don't Just Do Something, Sit There.
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Quotation by Sylvia Boorstein
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The more attention you bring to the direct experience of eating, the more interesting it becomes.
Now, eat slowly, and savor the moment.
— Sylvia Boorstein, Don't Just Do Something, Sit There.
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Quotation by Sylvia Boorstein
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The more attention you bring to the direct experience of eating, the more interesting it becomes.
Now, eat slowly, and savor the moment.
— Sylvia Boorstein, Don't Just Do Something, Sit There.

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Quotation by Ayya Khema
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Emptiness is not a negative state; it denotes a mind which has no tension, no worry or fear, and is wide open to see the Dhamma within.
— Ayya Khema, Be an Island..
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Quotation by Catherine Ingram
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Seeking is compelling because it produces a way for the mind to have a job. . . . Nevertheless, it is strange how much we resist the inherent peace and quiet that is always possible. Perhaps this is because resting in simple presence is so foreign to a lifelong habit of mental complication, and we may have confused complication with a sense of aliveness. We might assume that having no particular mental project would result in boredom. Or we may be overwhelmed by how vast and free life suddenly feels when our minds are not on the hunt.
— Catherine Ingram, Passionate Presence.
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Quotation by Sylvia Boorstein
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If, as you sit [in meditation], your attention does not get caught in particular events, you'll have a direct experience of the end of suffering. Pleasant or unpleasant will not matter. You will be able to notice, with relaxed interest, the passing show of all phenomena. The alert mind, unruffled by clinging or aversion, is comfortable. It is free.
— Sylvia Boorstein, Don't Just Do Something, Sit There.

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Quotation by Jack Kornfield
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To cultivate generosity directly is another fundamental part of living a spiritual life. Like the training precepts and like our inner meditations, generosity can actually be practiced. With practice, its spirit forms our actions, and our hearts will grow stronger and lighter. It can lead us to new levels of letting go and great happiness.
— Jack Kornfield, The Faces of Buddhism in America by Charles S. Prebish, Kenneth K. Tanaka,editors.