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“Prayer or good intention is not enough to change an angry or violent situation. The First Mindfulness Training is a reminder that you have to practice, to train yourself to lesson violence through understanding”

Book:The Mindfulness Survival Kit: Five Essential Practices

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“Many of us have hearts that are encrusted with anxieties, fears, aversions, sorrows, and an array of defensive armor. The non-reactive and accepting awareness of mindfulness will help to dissolve these crusts. The practice has a cyclic quality; it is self-reinforcing. At first, the practice will allow us to let go of a small amount of defensiveness. That release allows a corresponding amount of openness and tender- heartedness to show itself. This process encourages us to drop even more armor. Slowly, a greater sense of heartfeltness supports the further development of mindfulness. As our neurotic thought patterns drop away, layers of judgment and resistance atrophy, and the need to define our selves through hard-held identities relaxes. As this happens, the natural goodness of the heart shines by itself. The impulses to be aware, happy, compassionate, and free, all come from the goodness of our hearts. As we connect to these intentions and allow them to motivate our mindfulness practice, the practice becomes heartfelt.”

Life Inspirational Healing Compassion Buddhism Self Love Mindfulness Zen Well Being

Book:The Issue at Hand: Essays on Buddhist Mindfulness Practice

Source: The Issue at Hand: Essays on Buddhist Mindfulness Practice

“Impermanence is the way of reality. The world changes. We ourselves change. Change is the only truth. Therefore, to hold on to a fixed idea, concept, doctrine, or opinion is like committing spiritual suicide.”

Zen

Book:The Zen Teachings of Jesus

Source: The Zen Teachings of Jesus

“Don't just pass by the present moment. Enter it. Even ordinary moments like peeling potatoes are entry gates of better and better future.”

Spirituality Buddhism Mindfulness Zen Living In The Present

Author:Shunya

“Compassion is not a matter of charity, pity, or sympathy. It is a result of seeing the interconnectedness of all things and recognizing that this is a participatory universe in which we are all one.”

Zen

Book:The Zen Teachings of Jesus

Source: The Zen Teachings of Jesus

“Truth is like life in that we cannot freeze it without killing it.”

Zen

Book:The Zen Teachings of Jesus

Source: The Zen Teachings of Jesus

“Do you know your parents? No. You're just familiar with them. We see things again and again, become familiar with them, give them some name and think that we know them. We don't know even a single thing or person.”

Philosophy Spirituality Psychology Buddhism Zen Hinduism

Author:Shunya

“There is a famous expression in Zen: 'On the way without leaving home.' Life is a journey and, in that sense, man is always on the way. But the person who has realized the Primal Face of his True Self never leaves home. He is able to be on a journey while having, at the same time, the peace of mind he experiences in his own home.”

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Book:Zen and the Bible

Source: Zen and the Bible

“Flow with the universe and there will be bliss. Try to flow with the expectations of people and there will be pain and suffocation. Because you belong to the whole universe, not a few people.”

Spirituality Buddhism Zen Hinduism New Age

Author:Shunya

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