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Dharma practice means physical hardship; it means that you shouldn't be pansies about it. You should exert yourselves wholeheartedly to engage in the practice, so that it will affect your body, speech, and mind. — Ngagpa Yeshe Dorje Path of the Yogi

The heart is what is important. There is nothing more vulnerable, nothing more corruptible than the human mind; nor is there anything as powerful, steadfast and ennobling. — Daisaku Ikeda

Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root. — Sharon Salzberg The Force of...

An open beginner's mind is a powerful tool for developing patience. — Allan Lokos Patience: The...

By concentration is meant to know that all dharmas {elements of existence}, from the very beginning have no nature of their own. They neither come into nor go out of existence. Because they are caused by illusion and imagination, they exist without real existence. They are only the one mind, whose substance admits no differentiation. Those who hold this view can stop the flow of erroneous thought. This is called concentration. {pg. 398, from "A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy," translated and compiled by Wing Tsit - Chan} — Hui - ssu

The practice of lovingkindness can uplift us & relieve sorrow & unhappiness. — Allan Lokos Pocket Peace:...

Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what's happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what's happening, stories that get in the way of direct experience. Often such stories treat a fleeting state of mind as if it were our entire and permanent self. — Sharon Salzberg Real Happiness:...

{S}he believed that the Buddhists were right–that if you want, you will suffer; if you love, you will grieve. {68}

It turned out this man worked for the Dalai Lama. And she said gently-that they believe when a lot of things start going wrong all at once, it is to protect something big and lovely that is trying to...

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