“If you are mindful in your work, if you put your best effort into it, then something comes back to you.” IfsEffortBuddhismMindfulnessBest Effort Author:Frederick Lenz
“Information is key to raising awareness of what our brain withholds from our conscious mind. Unfortunately we are hardwired emotion-driven thinkers. It takes effort and training to exercise introspection and mindfulness.” MindEffortEmotionBrainAwarenessInformationKeysExerciseMindfulnessTrainingConsciousDrivenThinkerIntrospectionConscious MindRaising Awareness Author:David Bloor
“When we let go of wanting something else to happen in this moment, we are taking a profound step toward being able to encounter what is here now. If we hope to go anywhere or develop ourselves in any way, we can only step from where we are standing. If we don't really know where we are standing—a knowing that comes directly from the cultivation of mindfulness—we may only go in circles, for all our efforts and expectations. So, in meditation practice, the best way to get somewhere is to let go of trying to get anywhere at all.” IfsKnowsWayTryingMayMomentsHappensAbleHopeEffortStepsPracticeKnowingMeditationLetting GoMindfulnessExpectationsStandingProfoundCirclesBest WayEncountersCultivationMeditation Practice Book:Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life Source: Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
“So too, monks, I saw the ancient path, the ancient road traveled by the Perfectly Enlightened Ones of the past. And what is that ancient path, that ancient road? It is just this Noble Eightfold Path; that is, right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration.” ActionPastViewsEffortPathSawsSpeechMindfulnessIntentionAncientNobleEnlightenedConcentrationTraveledMonkLivelihoodRight ActionRoads Traveled Author:Gautama Buddha
“Whatever forms of meditation you practice, the most important point is to apply mindfulness continuously, and make a sustained effort. It is unrealistic to expect results from meditation within a short period of time. What is required is continuous sustained effort.” ImportantFormResultsEffortPracticeMeditationPeriodsMindfulness Author:Dalai Lama
“Zen is not a particular state but the normal state: silent, peaceful, unagitated. In Zazen neither intention, analysis, specific effort nor imagination take place. It's enough just to be without hypocrisy, dogmatism, arrogance - embracing all opposites.” StatesEnoughImaginationEffortParticularBalanceNormalMindfulnessOppositesIntentionSilentPeacefulAnalysisArroganceHypocrisyDogmatism Author:Taisen Deshimaru
“This Ariyan Eightfold Path, that is to say: Right view, right aim, right speech, right action, right living, right effort, right mindfulness, right contemplation.” ActionViewsEffortPathSpeechMindfulnessAimContemplationRight ActionLiving Right Author:Gautama Buddha
“The Noble Eight-Fold Path is the path of living in awareness. Mindfulness is the foundation. By practicing mindfulness, you can develop concentration, which enables you to attain understanding. Thanks to right concentration, you realize right awareness, thoughts, speech, action, livelihood and effort. The understanding which develops can liberate you from every shackle of suffering and give birth to true peace and joy.” GivingActionJoySufferingUnderstandingRealizingEffortPathAwarenessBirthMoralitySpeechMindfulnessEthicsFoundationEightNobleThanksConcentrationFoldsLivelihoodShacklesPeace And JoyTrue Peace Author:Nhat Hanh