Jack Kornfield quotes - page 2

As we encounter new experiences with a mindful and wise attention, we discover that one of three things will happen to our new experience: it will go away, it will stay the same, or it will get more intense. whatever happens does not really matter. (Jack Kornfield)
The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit. View quote
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The entire teaching of Buddhism can be summed up in this way: Nothing is worth holding on to. View quote
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The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another. View quote
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Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love. View quote
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Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows. View quote
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When we struggle to change ourselves we, in fact, only continue the patterns of self-judgement and aggression. We keep the war against ourselves alive. View quote
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The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love. View quote
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Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live? View quote
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Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity. View quote
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable. (Jack Kornfield)
Meditation is a vehicle for opening to the truth of this impermanence on deeper and deeper levels. View quote
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Everybody needs to take some time, in some way, to quiet themselves and really listen to their heart. View quote
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We must look at our life without sentimentality, exaggeration or idealism. Does what we are choosing reflect what we most deeply value? View quote
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But forgiveness is the act of not putting anyone out of your heart, even those who are acting out of deep ignorance or out of confusion and pain. View quote
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No amount of meditation, yoga, diet, and reflection will make all of our problems go away, but we can transform our difficulties into our practice until little by little they guide us on our way. View quote
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If we are engaged in actions that cause pain and conflict to ourselves and others, it is impossible for the mind to become settled, collected, and focused in meditation; it is impossible for the heart to open. View quote
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Meditation practice is neither holding on nor avoiding; it is a settling back into the moment, opening to what is there. View quote
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There are many good forms of meditation practice. A good meditation practice is any one that develops awareness or mindfulness of our body and our sense, of our mind and heart. View quote
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Compassion is our deepest nature. It arises from our interconnection with all things. View quote
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Everyone and everything is in some degree or other our teacher. (Jack Kornfield)
To meditate is to discover new possibilities, to awaken the capacities of us has to live more wisely, more lovingly, more compassionately, and more fully. View quote
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To open deeply, as genuine spiritual life requires, we need tremendous courage and strength, a kind of warrior spirit. View quote
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It does not matter whether you have religion or are an agnostic believe in nothing, You can only appreciate (without knowing or understanding) the mysteries of life. View quote
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It is hard to imagine a world without forgiveness. Without forgiveness life would be unbearable. Without forgiveness our lives are chained, forced to carry the sufferings of the past and repeat them with no release. View quote
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