People turn to meditation because they want to make good decisions, break bad habits
Sharon SalzbergTags: buddhism inspiration spirituality meditation
Meditation is essentially training our attention so that we can be more aware— not only of our own inner workings but also of what’s happening around us in the here
Sharon SalzbergTags: buddhism inspiration mindfulness mediation
Attachment leads to suffering.
Gautama BuddhaTags: buddhism
Meditation may be done in silence
Sharon SalzbergTags: inspirational buddhism mindfulness meditation
Consider this:
1. Would you ride in a car whose driver was on the consciousness-expanding "entheogenic" drug LSD?
And here's a bonus question:
2. Why does an "expanded consciousness" include the inability to operate a motor vehicle?
Tags: consciousness buddhism zen drugs
If you’re reading these words, perhaps it’s because something has kicked open the door for you, and you’re ready to embrace change. It isn’t enough to appreciate change from afar, or only in the abstract, or as something that can happen to other people but not to you. We need to create change for ourselves, in a workable way, as part of our everyday lives.
Sharon SalzbergTags: wisdom buddhism inspiration change mindfulness meditation
Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.
Thich Nhat HanhTags: happiness buddhism freedom peace anger
A modern definition of equanimity: cool. This refers to one whose mind remains stable
Allan LokosTags: buddhism psychology mindfulness meditation equanimity mind-training
We need never be bound by the limitations of our previous or current thinking, nor are we ever locked into being the person we used to be, or think we are.
Allan LokosTags: thinking buddhism mindfulness meditation
If the whole universe can be found in our own body and mind, this is where we need to make our inquires. We all have the answers within ourselves, we just have not got in touch with them yet. The potential of finding the truth within requires faith in ourselves.
Ayya KhemaTags: inspirational buddhism faith introspection inquiry potential body-and-mind
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