824 quotes found
“The point is to be free, not to be crazy.”
“All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others”
“Mindfulness has never met a cognition it didn't like.”
“Your emotional understanding about the preciousness of your human birth comes through conscious, repetitive mind training.”
“Remind yourself that your mental & emotional health are important.”
“Our work is not to become a better person, but to become present to the perfection we already are.”
“Patience is both the tool for and the result of, our efforts.”
“An open beginner's mind is a powerful tool for developing patience.”
“Without the ability to be present we are missing much of what the adventure has to offer.”
“There is no illness that is not exacerbated by stress.”
“A modern definition of equanimity: cool. This refers to one whose mind remains stable & calm in all situations.”
“Our actions speak for us & they speak loudly.”
“Like water poured from one vessel to another, metta ows freely, taking the shape of each situation without changing its essence.”
“We can understand the inherent radiance & purity of our minds by understanding metta. Like the mind, metta is not distorted by what it encounters.”
“Although social and personal circumstances will play their part in contributing to how an individual suffers, in Buddhist thought blame is seen as a "poison" that will only lead to negative actions...”
“When we practice metta, we open continuously to the truth of our actual experience, changing our relationship to life.”
“People in the midst of losing their patience are certainly experiencing as aspect of dukkha.”
“Im helped by a gentle notion from Buddhist psychology, that there are near enemies to every great virtuereactions that come from a place of care in us, and which feel right and good, but which subt...”
“You are already the awakeness that you seek!”
“Rest as the awareness that is aware without using thought.”
