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

Jack Kornfield

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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
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Psychologist
Writer
the United States of America
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Religion
Science
Mind
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Buddhist

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No one knows how this world came into being. It is a creation of consciousness itself. It's extraordinary, a mystery.
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We must especially learn the art of directing mindfulness into the closed areas of our life.
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Everybody needs to take some time, in some way, to quiet themselves and really listen to their heart.
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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
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In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
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In the crystal of the awakened consciousness, one facet is love.
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True emptiness is not empty, but contains all things. The mysterious and pregnant void creates and reflects all possibilities. From it arises our individuality, which can be discovered and developed, although never possessed or fixed.
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In any moment we can learn to let go of hatred and fear. We can rest in peace, love, and forgiveness. It is never too late. Yet to sustain love we need to develop practices that cultivate and strengthen the natural compassion within us.
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Know that the freedom you seek can be found right here where you are.
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There are several different kinds of painful feelings that we might experience, and learning to distinguish and relate to these feelings of discomfort or pain is an important part of meditation practice, because it is one of the very first things that we open to as our practice develops.
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It is the place of feeling that binds us or frees us.
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To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life
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What we seek is what we are.
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Acceptance does not mean inaction. We may need to respond, strongly at times...From a peaceful center we can respond instead of react. Unconscious reactions create problems. Considered responses bring peace. With a peaceful heart whatever happens can be met with wisdom...Peace is not weak it is unshakable.
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Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
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When our identity expands to include everything, we find a peace with the dance of the world. The ocean of life rises and falls within us - birth and death, joy and pain, it is all ours, and our heart is full and empty, large enough to embrace it all.
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Those who are Awake live in a state of constant amazement.
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We must look at our life without sentimentality, exaggeration or idealism. Does what we are choosing reflect what we most deeply value?
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Compassion is our deepest nature. It arises from our interconnection with all things.
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Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
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