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Meditation trains the mind the way physical exercise strengthens the body.
Sharon Salzberg
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Sharon Salzberg
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 5
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It's a rare and precious thing to be close to suffering because our society - in many ways - tells us that suffering is wrong. If it's our own suffering, we try to hide it or isolate ourselves. If others are suffering, we're taught to put them away somewhere so we don't have to see it.
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Seeking is endless. It never comes to a state of rest it never ceases.
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In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.
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Faith is not a commodity we either have or don't have-it is an inner quality that unfolds as we learn to trust our own deepest experience.
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Love and concern for all are not things some of us are born with and others are not. Rather, they are results of what we do with our minds: We can choose to transform our minds so that they embody love, or we can allow them to develop habits and false concepts of separation.
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Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you're doing.
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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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