

“The greatest communication is usually how we are rather than what we say.”
― Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening
― Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening

“Our progress in meditation does not depend on the measure of pleasure or pain in our experience. Rather, the quality of our practice has to do with how open we are to whatever is there.”
― Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom
― Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom

“Love, compassion, and peace do not belong to any religion or tradition. They are qualities in each one of us, qualities of our hearts and minds..”
― A Heart Full of Peace
― A Heart Full of Peace

“We can then see for ourselves the obvious truth that when we cling or hold on to that which changes, we suffer.”
― Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening
― Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening

“Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the mind.”
― Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom
― Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom
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