"Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path."
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"If you touch one thing with deep awareness, you touch everything."
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"You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now."
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"It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love."
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"You are me, and I am you. Isn't it obvious that we "inter-are"? You cultivate the flower in yourself, so that I will be beautiful. I transform the garbage in myself, so that you will not have to suffer."
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"Looking deeply into the wrong perceptions, ideas, and notions that are at the base of our suffering is the most important practice in Buddhist meditation."
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"Our own lives are the instruments with which we experiment with truth."
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"When your mind is liberated, your heart floods with compassion."
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"The true miracle is not walking on water or walking in air, but simply walking on this earth."
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"Forgiveness will not be possible until compassion is born in your heart."
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"The secret to happiness is happiness itself. Wherever we are, any time, we have the capacity to enjoy the sunshine, the presence of each other, the wonder of our breathing. We don't have to travel anywhere else to do so. We can be in touch with these things right now."
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"The buddha called suffering a holy truth, because our suffering has the capacity of showing us the path to liberation. Embrace your suffering and let it reveal to you the way to peace."
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"The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart."
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"The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion."
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"Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others."
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"The heart of the matter is always our oneness with divine spirit, our union with all life."
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"In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change."
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"I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live."
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"Anger is like a flame blazing up and consuming our self-control, making us think, say, and do things that we will probably regret later."
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"We need to be aware of the suffering, but retain our clarity, calmness and strength so we can help transform the situation."
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