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Loving-kindness and compassion are the basis for wise, powerful, sometimes gentle, and sometimes fierce actions that can really make a difference - in our own lives and those of others.

Sharon Salzberg

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Sharon Salzberg
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 5
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Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.
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We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.
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To sense which gifts to accept which to leave behind is our path to discovering freedom.
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As we practice meditation we are bringing forth ease, presence, compassion, wisdom & trust.
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The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear & jealousy.
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Because the development of inner calm and energy happens completely within and isn't dependent on another person or a particular situation, we begin to feel a resourcefulness and independence that is quite beautiful - and a huge relief.
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Voting is like alchemy - taking an abstract value and breathing life into it.
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The movement of the heart as we practice generosity in the outer world mirrors the movement of the heart when we let go of conditioned views about ourselves on our inner journey. Letting go creates a joyful sense of space in our minds
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Let the power of intention lead the way.
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It is so powerful when we can leave behind our ordinary identities, no longer think of ourselves primarily as a conductor, or writer, or salesclerk, and go to a supportive environment to deeply immerse in meditation practice.
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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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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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Mindfulness needs to not be judgmental to really be mindfulness, which means it needs a basis of loving kindness.
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You should never use the word Karma when talking about someone else, it's only a concept you should apply to yourself as a matter of investigation.
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Meditation may be done in silence & stillness, by using voice & sound, or by engaging the body in movement. All forms emphasize the training of attention.
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True giving is a thoroughly joyous thing to do. We experience happiness when we form the intention to give, in the actual act of giving, and in the recollection of the fact that we have given. Generosity is a celebration. When we give something to someone we feel connected to them, and our commitment to the path of peace and awareness deepens.
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To cherish others is to cherish ourselves. To cherish ourselves is to cherish others. And in that same way, we relate to the truth. If we support it, if we embrace it, if we uphold it, we will be embraced by it, we will be supported and upheld by it.
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To remember non-attachment is to remember what freedom is all about. If we get attached, even to a beautiful state of being, we are caught, and ultimately we will suffer. We work to observe anything that comes our way, experience it while it is here, and be able to let go of it.
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