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When even one virtue becomes our nature, the mind becomes clean and tranquil. Then there is no need to practice meditation; we will automatically be meditating always. (151) ↗

— Swami Satchidananda

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True compassion is undirected & holds no conceptual focus. That kind of genuine, true compassion is only possible after realizing emptiness. ↗

— Tsoknyi Rinpoche

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Through recognizing and realizing the empty essence, instead of being selfish and self-centered, one feels very open and free ↗

— Tsoknyi Rinpoche

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The is a secret for greater self-control, the science points to one thing: the power of paying attention. ↗

— Kelly McGonigal

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As you notice your whole being, your entirety, your wise inner nature, there are messages there for you. Quietly give permission for your wholeness, your entirety, to share its deepest wisdom. ↗

— Janet Gallagher Nestor

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We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

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Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

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Learn to say no to demands, requests, invitations, and activities that leave you with no time for yourself. Until I learned to say no, and mean it, I was always overloaded by stress. You may feel guilty and selfish at first for guarding your down- time, but you’ll soon find that you are a much nicer, more present, more productive person in each instance you do choose to say yes. ↗

— Holly Mosier

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The very first noble truth of the Buddha points out that suffering is inevitable for human beings as long as we believe that things last—that they don’t disintegrate, that they can be counted on to satisfy our hunger for security. ↗

— Pema Chödrön

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Mindfulness has never met a cognition it didn't like. ↗

— Daniel J. Siegel

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