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I've spent quite a bit of my life as a meditation teacher and writer commending the strengths of love and compassion.

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Sharon Salzberg
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 5
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New York City
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By prizing heartfulness above faultlessness, we may reap more from our effort because we're more likely to be changed by it.
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Our path, our sense of spirituality demands great earnestness, dedication, sincerity & continuity.
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For all of us, love can be the natural state of our own being naturally at peace, naturally connected, because this becomes the reflection of who we simply are.
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You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine
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Someone who has experienced trauma also has gifts to offer all of us - in their depth, their knowledge of our universal vulnerability, and their experience of the power of compassion.
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The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.
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I will love myself as long as I never make a mistake.
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The cultivation of generosity is the beginning of spiritual awakening. Generosity has tremendous force because it arises from an inner quality of letting go. Being able to let go, to give up, to renounce, and to give generously all spring from the same source, and when we practice generosity ... we open up these qualities within ourselves.
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We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
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The most common response I hear when I tell people I teach meditation is, I'm so stressed out. I could use some of that! A response I also sometimes hear, which amuses me a lot is, My partner should really meet you!
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We do good because it frees the heart. It opens us to a wellspring of happiness.
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There are many different ways to practice meditation it's good to experiment until you find one that seems to suit you.
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My earliest experiences in meditation were in a context of intensive retreats.
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Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition.
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Things don't just happen in this world of arising and passing away. We don't live in some kind of crazy, accidental universe. Things happen according to certain laws, laws of nature. Laws such as the law of karma, which teaches us that as a certain seed gets planted, so will that fruit be.
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What comes up is not nearly as important as how you relate to what comes up.
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