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Jack Kornfield Quotes: "Your happiness and suffering depend on your actions and not on my wishes for you."

Your happiness and suffering depend on your actions and not on my wishes for you.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "Whatever we cultivate in times of ease, we gather as strength for times of change."

Whatever we cultivate in times of ease, we gather as strength for times of change.




Jack Kornfield Quotes: "It does not matter whether you have religion or are an agnostic believe in nothing, You can only appreciate (without knowing or understanding) the mysteries of life."

It does not matter whether you have religion or are an agnostic believe in nothing, You can only appreciate (without knowing or understanding) the mysteries of life.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity."

Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.




Jack Kornfield Quotes: "We can always begin again."

We can always begin again.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "To live fully is to let go and die with each passing moment, and to be reborn in each new one."

To live fully is to let go and die with each passing moment, and to be reborn in each new one.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "Meditation practice is neither holding on nor avoiding; it is a settling back into the moment, opening to what is there."

Meditation practice is neither holding on nor avoiding; it is a settling back into the moment, opening to what is there.




Jack Kornfield Quotes: "According to Buddhist scriptures, compassion is the "quivering of the pure heart" when we have allowed ourselves to be touched by the pain of life."

According to Buddhist scriptures, compassion is the "quivering of the pure heart" when we have allowed ourselves to be touched by the pain of life.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "Knowledge and achievements matter little if we do not yet know how to touch the heart of another and be touched."

Knowledge and achievements matter little if we do not yet know how to touch the heart of another and be touched.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "Train your mind the same way you’d train a puppy: Be patient, be consistent, and have some fun along the way."

Train your mind the same way you’d train a puppy: Be patient, be consistent, and have some fun along the way.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose."

Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner's mind."

The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner's mind.




Jack Kornfield Quotes: "You awaken your True spirit by way of the broken heart: ragged, vulnerable, fierce and finally compassionate. Chris trod this rough way and shows honestly how it can be done."

You awaken your True spirit by way of the broken heart: ragged, vulnerable, fierce and finally compassionate. Chris trod this rough way and shows honestly how it can be done.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "This life is a test-it is only a test. If it had been an actual life, you would have received further instructions on where to go and what to do. Remember, this life is only a test."

This life is a test-it is only a test. If it had been an actual life, you would have received further instructions on where to go and what to do. Remember, this life is only a test.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit."

The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "Refraining from false speech: speech from the heart. Undertake for one week not to gossip (positively or negatively) or speak about anyone you know who is not present with you (any third party)."

Refraining from false speech: speech from the heart. Undertake for one week not to gossip (positively or negatively) or speak about anyone you know who is not present with you (any third party).



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "When we struggle to change ourselves we, in fact, only continue the patterns of self-judgement and aggression. We keep the war against ourselves alive."

When we struggle to change ourselves we, in fact, only continue the patterns of self-judgement and aggression. We keep the war against ourselves alive.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today."

No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life"

To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "Love is based on our capacity to trust in a reality beyond fear, to trust a timeless truth bigger than all our difficulties."

Love is based on our capacity to trust in a reality beyond fear, to trust a timeless truth bigger than all our difficulties.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "The person who betrayed you is sunning themselves on a beach in Hawaii and you're knotted up in hatred. Who is suffering?"

The person who betrayed you is sunning themselves on a beach in Hawaii and you're knotted up in hatred. Who is suffering?



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "The quieting of our mind is a political act."

The quieting of our mind is a political act.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "Forgiveness is primarily for our own sake, so that we no longer carry the burden of resentment. But to forgive does not mean we will allow injustice again."

Forgiveness is primarily for our own sake, so that we no longer carry the burden of resentment. But to forgive does not mean we will allow injustice again.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "To begin to meditate is to look into our lives with interest in kindness and discover how to be wakeful and free."

To begin to meditate is to look into our lives with interest in kindness and discover how to be wakeful and free.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "All of spiritual practice is a matter of relationship: to ourselves, to others, to life's situations."

All of spiritual practice is a matter of relationship: to ourselves, to others, to life's situations.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "Buddhist teachings are not a religion, they are a science of mind."

Buddhist teachings are not a religion, they are a science of mind.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "Samadhi doesn’t just come of itself; it takes practice."

Samadhi doesn’t just come of itself; it takes practice.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "Meditation is a vehicle for opening to the truth of this impermanence on deeper and deeper levels."

Meditation is a vehicle for opening to the truth of this impermanence on deeper and deeper levels.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "The words of the Buddha offer this truth: ∼ Hatred never ceases by hatred but by love alone is healed."

The words of the Buddha offer this truth: ∼ Hatred never ceases by hatred but by love alone is healed.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle."

The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it."

Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others."

To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "Only in the reality of the present can we love, can we awaken, can we find peace and understanding and connection with ourselves and the world."

Only in the reality of the present can we love, can we awaken, can we find peace and understanding and connection with ourselves and the world.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "As surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home."

As surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "Spiritual life doesn't make you a good person; you ARE a good person, you are a holy being when you are born. What spiritual life does is remind us that this is who we really are."

Spiritual life doesn't make you a good person; you ARE a good person, you are a holy being when you are born. What spiritual life does is remind us that this is who we really are.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "A second quality of mature sirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance."

A second quality of mature sirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "Everybody needs to take some time, in some way, to quiet themselves and really listen to their heart."

Everybody needs to take some time, in some way, to quiet themselves and really listen to their heart.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "We each need to make our lion's roar - to persevere with unshakable courage when faced with all manner of doubts and sorrows and fears - to declare our right to awaken."

We each need to make our lion's roar - to persevere with unshakable courage when faced with all manner of doubts and sorrows and fears - to declare our right to awaken.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves."

Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "You need a community. They remind you when you forget, and you remind them when they forget."

You need a community. They remind you when you forget, and you remind them when they forget.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "We are awakened to the profound realization that the true path to liberation is to let go of everything."

We are awakened to the profound realization that the true path to liberation is to let go of everything.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "We don't know all the reasons that propel us on a spiritual journey, but somehow our life compels us to go."

We don't know all the reasons that propel us on a spiritual journey, but somehow our life compels us to go.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "What would we have to hold in compassion to be at peace right now? What would we have to let go of to be at peace right now?"

What would we have to hold in compassion to be at peace right now? What would we have to let go of to be at peace right now?



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists."

Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "Beneath the sophistication of Buddhist psychology lies the simplicity of compassion. We can touch into this compassion whenever the mind is quiet, whenever we allow the heart to open."

Beneath the sophistication of Buddhist psychology lies the simplicity of compassion. We can touch into this compassion whenever the mind is quiet, whenever we allow the heart to open.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate."

Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "Our ideas of self are created by identification. The less we cling to ideas of self, the freer and happier we will be."

Our ideas of self are created by identification. The less we cling to ideas of self, the freer and happier we will be.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "Though outer events may be difficult, the key to our happiness is how our mind responds to them."

Though outer events may be difficult, the key to our happiness is how our mind responds to them.



Jack Kornfield Quotes: "To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else."

To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.