Sharon Salzberg quotes - page 3

We can have skills training in mindfulness so that we are using our attention to perceive something in the present moment. This perception is not so latent by fears or projections into the future, or old habits, and then I can actually stir loving-kindness or compassion in skills training too, which can be sort of provocative, I found. (Sharon Salzberg)
In Buddhist teaching, ignorance is considered the fundamental cause of violence - ignorance... about the separation of self and other... about the consequences of our actions. View quote
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In our own lives and in our communities, we need to find a way to include others rather than exclude them. We need to find a way to allow our pain and suffering, individually and collectively. View quote
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Voting is like alchemy - taking an abstract value and breathing life into it. View quote
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When you're wide open, the world is a good place. View quote
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Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it. View quote
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Compassion isn't morose; it's something replenishing and opening; that's why it makes us happy. View quote
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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. View quote
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As we look around, it's very clear that in this world people do outrageous things to one another all of the time. It's not that these qualities or actions make us bad people, but they bring tremendous suffering if we don't know how to work with them. View quote
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There are many different ways to practice meditation; it's good to experiment until you find one that seems to suit you. View quote
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When we see the relatedness of ourselves to the universe, that we do not live as isolated entities, untouched by what is going on around us, not affecting what is going on around us, when we see through that, that we are interrelated, then we can see that to protect others is to protect ourselves, and to protect ourselves it to protect others. (Sharon Salzberg)
My ideal registration system would be an opt-out one, where every single person is registered once they turn 18. In Australia, I'm told, everyone is registered to vote and you pay a fine if you don't vote. View quote
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Some people have a mistaken idea that all thoughts disappear through meditation and we enter a state of blankness. There certainly are times of great tranquility when concentration is strong and we have few, if any, thoughts. But other times, we can be flooded with memories, plans or random thinking. It's important not to blame yourself. View quote
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Even on the spiritual path, we have things we'll tend to cover up or be in denial about. View quote
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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. View quote
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It's interesting that people bring different things to oppressive and difficult situations, when they're reduced to the barest terms of survival. That's what provides tension in a lot of films. View quote
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