"The root of compassion, is compassion for oneself."
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"We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment."
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"We don’t sit in meditation to become good meditators. We sit in meditation so that we’ll be more awake in our lives."
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"Resisting what is happening is a major cause of suffering."
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"Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing."
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"The treasure we seek requires no lengthy expedition, no expensive equipment, no superior aptitude or special company. All we lack is the willingness to imagine that we already have everything we need. The only thing missing is our consent to be where we are."
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"In order to have compassion for others, we have to have compassion for ourselves."
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"Everything in our lives has the potential to wake us up or put us to sleep. Allowing it to awaken us is up to us."
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"I dedicate the merit of the occasion to all beings. This gesture of universal friendship has been likened to a drop of fresh spring water. If we put it on a rock in the sunshine, it will soon evaporate. If we put it in the ocean, however, it will never be lost. Thus the wish is made that we not keep the teachings to ourselves but to use them to benefit others."
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"Compassion isn't some kind of self-improvement project or ideal that we're trying to live up to. Having compassion starts and ends with having compassion for all those unwanted parts of ourselves, all those imperfections that we don't even want to look at."
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"The mind is very wild. The human experience is full of unpredictability and paradox, joys and sorrows, successes and failures. We can't escape any of these experiences in the vast terrain of our existence. It is part of what makes life grand-and it is also why our minds take us on such a crazy ride. If we can train ourselves through meditation to be more open and more accepting toward the wild arc of our experience, if we can lean into the difficulties of life and the ride of our minds, we can become more settled and relaxed amid whatever life brings us."
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"Next, feel your heart, literally placing your hand on your chest if you find that helpful. This is a way of accepting yourself just as you are in that moment, a way of saying, "This is my experience right now, and it's okay." Then go into the next moment without any agenda."
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"In the most ordinary terms, egolessness is a flexible identity. It manifests as inquisitiveness , as adaptability, as humor, as playfulness. It is our capacity to relax with not knowing, not figuring everything out, with not being at all sure who we are, or who anyone else is, either."
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"We cannot be present and run our story-line at the same time."
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"Things become clear when there is no escape."
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"The wisdom, the strength, the confidence - the awakened heart and mind are always accessible -- here, now, always."
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"Allow situations in your life to become your teacher."
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"The Process of becoming unstuck requires tremendous bravery, because basically we are completely changing our way of perceiving reality."
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"We are not given any promises that, because of our noble intentions, everything will be okay. We learn that what truly heals is gratitude and tenderness. We [need] to transform our minds and actions for the sake of other people and for the future of the world."
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"When we sit down to meditate, we connect with something unconditional - a state of mind, a basic environment that does not grasp or reject anything. Meditation is probably the only activity that doesn't add anything to the picture. Everything is allowed to come and go without further embellishment. Meditation is a totally nonviolent, non aggressive occupation. Not filling the space, allowing for the possibility of connecting with unconditional openness - this provides the basis for real change."
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