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Letting Go

It is hard to let go of things, harder to let go of ideas, and even harder to let go of spiritual pretensions. Over time, as we familiarize ourselves with the many subtle twists and turns of letting go, we begin to be more savvy about how ego steps in to appropriate the entire process. In the millions of mini-decisions we make day by day and moment by moment, we are challenged each time either to let go or to re-solidify.

– Judy Lief, “Letting Go”

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8. As long as you’re alive, everything is possible.

“Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible.”

– Thich Nhat Hanh

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Meditation, Simply Defined

Meditation, simply defined, is a way of being aware. It is the happy marriage of doing and being.

– Lama Surya Das, “The Heart-Essence of Buddhist Meditation “

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“When we get stuck, when we’re not leading with a wise heart, when we get reactive, how do we come back to our deepest intelligence, creativity and open-heartedness?”

– Tara Brach

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“Suffering has always been with us; does it really matter what form it comes? All that matters is how we bear it and how we fit it into our lives.”

– Hillesum

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“Suffering has always been with us; does it really matter what form it comes? All that matters is how we bear it and how we fit it into our lives.”

– Hillesum

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Noble Truths

Of all the amazing things the Buddha could have reported from his awakening, this is what he chose to focus on: what exactly suffering is, how it’s caused, and how to put an end to it. This indicates that these truths deserve to be placed before all others.

– Thanissaro Bhikkhu, “What’s Noble about the Four Noble Truths?”

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A Tempered Response

In Buddhism, we say yes, there is an ocean of suffering. So it’s not bad to show that there’s anger, hatred, delusion, and greed in the world. In a way, the media are presenting some very important facts. Given that, we can look for different emotional responses

– In Buddhism, we say yes, there is an ocean of suffering. So it’s not bad to show that there’s anger, hatred, delusion, and greed in the world. In a way, the media are presenting some very important facts. Given that, we can look for different emotional responses

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Living Fully

The problem with our life does not lie in the individual circumstances or occurrences of our day-to-day existence. It’s not that they’re inherently meaningless and boring. The problem is that we make them meaningless and boring; because we are so invested in maintaining our own sense of self, we actually don’t relate to anything in a direct way. Unwilling to fully live the life that is arriving in our bodies moment by moment, we find ourselves left with no real life at all.

– Reggie Ray, “Touching Enlightenment”

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Touching Enlightenment

My sense is that there is a very real problem among Western Buddhist practitioners. We are attempting to practice meditation and to follow a spiritual path in a disembodied state, and our practice is therefore doomed to failure. The full benefits and fruition of meditation cannot be experienced or enjoyed when we are not grounded in our bodies.

– “”Touching Enlightenment, ” Reggie Ray

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